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]