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
- Former building
- The current Sparks Library has 23,000 square feet (2,100 m²) of space.^[4]^[5] By 2019 the library started a Drag Queen Story Hour despite opposition from politically conservative groups.^[6]
Verdi

Seven of the libraries have geocaches.^[7]

References

^ Skorupa, Susan (2015-04-28). "Slow recovery: What's in store for Washoe libraries?". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ Robison, Mark (2016-07-21). "Is Washoe library getting rid of thousands of books?". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ "Duncan/Traner Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ "Sparks Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ "Spanish Springs Library". Washoe County Library System. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
^ 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.
^ Skorupa, Susan (2015-04-27). "9 newsy library things: geocaching and fallout shelter". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

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