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The King County Library System (KCLS) is a library system serving most residents of King County, Washington, United States.Headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, KCLS was the busiest library system in the United States as of 2010, circulating 22.4 million items. [3]
The Renton Public Library is the King County Library System (KCLS) branch library in Renton, Washington, in the United States.It was a city library between its construction in 1966 and 2010, when it was one of the last three non-KCLS members in the county outside of Seattle and it was incorporated into KCLS after what may have been "the most contentious annexation fight in the system's 71 years".
In October 1999, after two public meetings, the Seattle Library Board voted to build a new branch on the current site of the Henry Branch. [1] The Library Board rejected an offer from a private developer that sought to put the new library branch in a mixed-use development at Broadway and 10th Avenue East, after public opposition to the 65-foot ...
Also, at this time The Seattle Public Library was a mainstay of the King County Library System (then known as the King County Rural Library District), with 70,000 book loans in 1948 to King County patrons outside the city. [18] By mid-century, The Seattle Public Library circulated a lot more than books.
The Carnegie library was in operation until the 1950s when it was deemed by the county to be unsafe due to the bowing of the second floor from the weight of the books. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Despite the razing of the building the library system hosted a 100-year celebration of the original library in 2013 and attempted to raise $12,000 to match the ...
The Everett Public Library was created on June 10, 1894, by the Everett Woman's Book Club. On that day a group of local women met in the home of Mary Lincoln Brown to form the Book Club that would have as its aim the "improvement of the mind through the study of literature", but more specifically, the establishment of a public library.
Most of King County is served by the King County Library System, with the exception of Seattle, Hunts Point, and Yarrow Point. [89] [90] The city of Seattle is served by the Seattle Public Library system, which has 27 branches compared to King County's 49 locations. [91]
The Seattle Central Library is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story (185 feet or 56.9 meters high) glass and steel building in the downtown core of Seattle , Washington was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.