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Outreach Services offered at King County Library System

The King County Library System provides outreach services through various programs and mobile services. Regular stops are made by Traveling Library Center (TLC) vans at housing projects, nursing homes, retirement homes, and child care facilities throughout King County outside the city of Seattle. Annotated lists of staff-selected large print books are available. The Techlab mobile classroom travels to community, youth, and senior centers. The Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Federal Way, Kent, and Shoreline branches have specially adapted computers that magnify the library system's computerized catalog and include a synthesizer to read screens aloud. The Traveling Library Center also offers materials in many languages, with printed materials available upon request in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Marathi, Punjabi, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese.

Location: 960 Newport Way Northwest, Issaquah, WA 98027

Hours

Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Check days, times, and locations for specific TLC stops.

Library Cards and Fees

Library cards are required to check out materials. Patrons may apply for a card at any KCLS library. Homebound patrons can request service by calling the Traveling Library Center. There are no fees or late fines for overdue materials.

Service Area

Residents of most cities and unincorporated areas in King County. Note: This service does not serve the city of Seattle.

Agency Information

King County Library System operates 49 public libraries, one institutional outlet, and mobile library services that serve daycare centers, community centers, and low-income housing facilities.