Washoe County Library System is the public library system of

Washoe County, Nevada Washoe County () is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 486,492, making it Nevada's second-most populous county. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County is included in the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statis ...

. In 2002 it had a bond for new branches and extensive renovations and in a span of several months library usage increased by 17%. The library system did financially well until 2009 with the

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. The county cut 500 county jobs then, and by 2015 there had been a 40% decline in the number of employees and in the library system's budget. By 2016 the library system was removing thousands of books which were not parts of historical collections and which had not been checked out by patrons in the previous four years.

Branches

Downtown Reno Library The Downtown Reno Library is the main library of the Washoe County Library System, at 301 S. Center St. in Reno, Nevada. It occupies a historic Modern-style building listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Washoe County Library. ...

* Duncan/Traner ** It is located in northeast Reno. It is named after Glenn Duncan Elementary School and Traner Middle School, which it is adjacent to. It has of space. * Gerlach School and Library -

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* Incline Village * North Valleys * Northwest Reno * Senior Center * Sierra View * South Valleys * Spanish Springs * Sparks - Sparks ** Former building ** The current Sparks Library has of space. By 2019 the library started a

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despite opposition from politically conservative groups. * Verdi Seven of the libraries have

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References

External links

Washoe County Library System
{{coord missing, Nevada Education in Washoe County, Nevada Libraries in Nevada