Mission Statement
The San Juan Island Library provides community access to diverse and relevant collections, information resources, and services in support of individual educational, occupational, and recreational interests. The Library offers a welcoming place for community connection and promotes exploration of the joys of reading and of learning, while encouraging the discovery of life’s possibilities.
Description
About Our Public Library
The San Juan Island Library circulates approximately 170,000 items each year. We regularly rank among the top 10 libraries in the state for per capita circulation. It’s a very busy place receiving approximately 120,000 visits each year, with more than 500 public programs attended by close to 15,000 people each year. We are proud to serve many different functions for many different people.
Our Collection
The San Juan Island Library provides community access to diverse and relevant collections, information resources, and services in support of individual educational, occupational, and recreational interests. Areas receiving particular focus include instruction/how-to publications on building, gardening, small business, travel and handicrafts; cultural/educational publications on history, art, health and science; and high demand/high interest new fiction and non-fiction titles. Formats in the Library collection include films on DVD, audiobooks on CD and on Playaway, and eBooks and eAudiobooks available for digital download. The Library periodical collection is unusually strong given the Library size, due in part to specific titles being 'sponsored’ by local businesses or individuals who donate the annual subscription cost. Additionally, the Library attempts to receive, classify and make available documents published in, or relating to, San Juan County.
