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Library Services offered by King County Library System
Lends materials and offers young adults/children's services as well as voter registration forms at all branches, which are located throughout King County outside the city of Seattle. May also be used as warming or cooling centers during extreme weather.
Lending of Materials: King County Library System (KCLS) has over 4 million items, 60+ online databases, government documents and reference material, and multilingual resources.
Offers Inter-Library Loans through reciprocal use agreements with several other county library systems.
Material loans can also be procured from libraries throughout the U. S. and in other countries.
Programs and Exhibits:
Free programs include musical and dramatic performances, programs relating to job search and writing skills, book groups, investments, parenting and much more.
Other activities include author visits and computer classes.
Speakers are available for presentations on a variety of topics relating to library services.
Young Adult and Children's Services:
Specially trained librarians select material and develop programs for children and teenagers.
Offers story times, puppet shows, family nights, classes, summer reading program and video gaming programs for teens.
Offers specialized children's and teen pages on the website.
Complete, current schedule of story times is also available on the website or call the Answer Line at (425) 462-9600.
The Answer Line: Provides quick answers (calls are limited to 5 minutes) to questions over the telephone.
Subjects include loaned items fines, directory assistance, grammar inquiries and questions pertaining to business, the arts, medicine, government, sports, hard-to-find homework questions and current events.
If unable to answer the question, the line will refer callers to other resources.
Staff can also renew and reserve library materials.
Computer Access:
Offers access to the Internet via branch terminals.
Locations may also offer opportunities to use other software for resumes, newsletters and spreadsheets, as well as hardware such as printers and scanners.
Provides educational software for children.
Voter registration forms are available at all community libraries.
Services available may vary slightly from branch to branch.
Please call for more details and to verify programs.
Printed materials may be available by request in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Marathi, Punjabi, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
Libraries may also be visited to escape heat or cold during extreme weather during the day.
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Book Loan
Story Hour
Public Internet Access Sites
Public Libraries
Directory of Washington Libraries offered by Washington State Office of the Secretary of State
Maintains an online searchable database of libraries in Washington state as a project of the Washington State Library.
An online searchable database of libraries in Washington state as a project of the Washington State Library. The information in the database is provided by local libraries. Some libraries may elect not to submit complete information.
Most libraries have children's library services and public internet access.
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Public Libraries
Public Internet Access Sites
Library Materials and Services offered by Seattle Public Library
Loans books, videos, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs, books on tape, and other materials at library locations throughout the city of Seattle; Provides public access to a variety of computer resources and programs.
Loans library materials, including:
- Books and magazines
- Newspapers
- CDs, DVDs and videos
- Books on CD, and other materials
- Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots.
Provides public access to a variety of computer resources, including:
- Internet
- Word processing
- Printers
- Searchable online databases
Offers story times, children's programming, teen activities and adult book discussion groups among its many services.
Among all locations of The Seattle Public Library, 400 programs are offered per month, as publicized on the Library website calendar.
Delivers reading materials to:
- Nursing homes and retirement homes
- Facilities for children and adults with mental, physical or emotional disabilities
- Day care centers
- Senior centers
Home service is set up on a regularly-scheduled basis for homebound individuals with an illness of six months duration or longer.
Books-by-mail service is available for people who meet the criteria for home service.
These services are available in Seattle only.
Libraries may also be visited to escape heat or cold during extreme weather during the day.
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Public Access Computers/Tools
Book Loan
Public Libraries
Bookmobiles
Public Internet Access Sites
Videotape/DVD Collections
Story Hour
Plaza Comunitaria offered at King County Library System
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Offers adults of any nationality to complete their primary or secondary education virtually in Spanish at no cost.
Includes Spanish curriculum, materials, tutorials and tutoring volunteers. Start any time and study at your own pace.
Offers adults of any nationality to complete their basic education virtually in Spanish.
The program offers:
- The possibility to earn a primary and / or secondary diploma.
- The opportunity to start any time and study at your own pace.
- The Spanish curriculum, materials, and tutorials.
- Tutoring volunteers to assist students.
- A placement test that allows for studying individually, starting at your level.
Completing a primary or secondary diploma will allow the student to achieve:
- Lay the foundation for HS+ or GED.
- Learn or improve English.
- Be able to help students help their children with homework.
- Have a group of volunteer teachers who will help you with computer skills and other library resources.
- Get support to achieve educational goals and dreams.
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Public Libraries
Adult Basic Education
