Pierce County Library System
Information & Imagination

Thank you for allowing the Library to serve communities for 75 Years!

May 1, 2021, the Pierce County Library System celebrates 75 years of service. Thank you to the Pierce County communities for allowing the Library System to be the community’s choice for the discovery and exchange of information and ideas and to spark success for residents for 75 years!  Join the Library System to celebrate its diamond anniversary and learn about the Library’s progress and commitment to transform its services through the years to meet the diverse communities’ top priorities. FREE activities: Visit a StoryWalk. Pick up a children’s activity booklet curbside at your library. Join online story times.

 As Pierce County communities transformed from 1946 to 2021, your Library changed to meet your needs.

Through the years…

From a tiny library district of seven library locations serving 55,000 people to the state’s fourth-largest Library System with 20 locations serving 620,000 people. 

The Library connected residents with valued, reliable resources.

• With the public’s investment, the Library System continues to foster your…
  • Learning.
  • Enjoyment.
  • Community connection.

With the public’s investment, the Library System continues to support residents’ growth and curiosity, offer excellent reading choices, and work to connect and strengthen growing and changing communities.

“Happy 75th birthday to my treasured Pierce County Library System!
I absolutely love and thank the library for its incredible service to our communities. Learning to read is by far the most significant experience for me and
I thank libraries for that tremendous gift.”

Gig Harbor resident Nancy Nelson, 40-year card holder