Publications

• Directory of Washington Libraries
• Library Fact Sheets
• Public Library Survey & Usage Reports
• Public Library Trustee Manual

• Read to Your Baby Booklets
• Shared Vision for Education
• Washington Academic Library Statistics
• Washington Public Library Statistics

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Directory of Washington Libraries

The Directory of Washington Libraries provides information on all types of libraries within the state, including names, addresses, and phone numbers. The Directory of Washington Libraries' last print edition was 2007 and has been since replaced with an online searchable database at www.libraries.wa.gov.

Library Fact Sheets

Legislative District Fact Sheets

Legislative District Fact Sheets can now be found on the Legislative Fact Sheets page.

Congressional District Fact Sheets

The fact sheets illustrate funding and support from the Washington State Library to libraries across the state, organized by congressional district.

Public Library Survey & Usage Reports

Public libraries continue to see increases in use even as hours are reduced and budgets remain stagnant or decline. Those are the conclusions of two new reports produced by the Washington State Library

2010 Public Library Survey

2010 Usage Report

2008 Usage Report

Public Library Trustee Manual

The Public Library Trustee Manual gives a basic understanding of the governing powers and duties of public library trustees. They highlight information about library issues that all trustees must address.

The Public Library Trustee Manual has been replaced by the Washington Public Library Trustee Wiki.

Read to Your Baby Booklets

The Read to Your Baby booklets are available in seven languages and are free of charge for libraries and other non-profit agencies in Washington State. The booklets include tips and ideas for simple language activities and are available in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Order form 

Shared Vision for Education: Connecting Educators, Families and Libraries

A resource guide for educators, families, and libraries which highlights the educational values of libraries.

A Shared Vision for Education (pdf)

Washington Academic Library Statistics

Nationwide academic library statistics are collected biennially by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). A subset of this national data, limited to just the Academic Institutions in Washington State, have been extracted and made available as an Excel Spreadsheet by Library Development staff. 2006 Washington State Academic Library Statistics. More statistics are available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Library Statistics Program.

Washington Public Library Statistics

Public library statistics including budget, collections, and usage data, are collected and compiled on an annual basis by Library Development staff. More statistics are available from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Library Statistics Program.

Washington 2012 Map of Public Library Service

2010 Full Report (1.5 MB)

2010 Excel Spreadsheet - Note: there are multiple tabs

2010 Report Categories

Previous Statistics (1999 - 2009)