Washoe County Library System

Washoe County Library System is the public library system of Washoe County, Nevada.

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 Great Recession. 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.[1]

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.[2]

Branches
  • Downtown Reno 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 3,100 square feet (290 m2) of space.[3]
  • Gerlach School and Library - Gerlach
  • Incline Village
  • North Valleys
  • Northwest Reno
  • Senior Center
  • Sierra View
  • South Valleys
  • Spanish Springs
  • Sparks - Sparks
  • Verdi

Seven of the libraries have geocaches.[7]

References
  1. Skorupa, Susan (2015-04-28). "Slow recovery: What's in store for Washoe libraries?". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  2. Robison, Mark (2016-07-21). "Is Washoe library getting rid of thousands of books?". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  3. "Duncan/Traner Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. "Sparks Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  5. "Spanish Springs Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  6. McAndrew, Siobhan (2019-06-12). "Drag Queen Story Hour comes to Sparks Library; Nevada Family Alliance looks to stop event". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  7. Skorupa, Susan (2015-04-27). "9 newsy library things: geocaching and fallout shelter". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

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