Library district established:

1968

Counties served:

Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston

421,195

Almost 7,000 square miles

27 Community Libraries and 5 Cooperative Library Centers

Seven-member Board of Trustees appointed by county commissioners, with a trustee from each county and two additional trustees filling at-large positions.

TRL is funded almost totally by property taxes with some timber revenue.

2004 Statistics

Items loaned:  

4,501,383

Items in Library Collection:
 

1,293,136
(Nearly 1.7 million including magazine issues)

Holds Requested:

1,379,689

Holds Filled:

1,150,106

Cardholders:

308,143

Patron visits:

2,667,508

Public computer sessions:

605,863

499,030

Meetings in library public meeting rooms:

7,489

Adult Volunteers:

1,475

Adult Volunteer service hours:

13,679

Youth Volunteers:

1,107

Youth Volunteer service hours:

6,375