According to Neil Gaiman, “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.” Get the right answer and so much more. Here are some of our favorite reasons to Love Your Library:
- All are Welcome.
- You can sit in the library all day and no one expects you to buy anything.
- Meet new friends during hundreds of events at our 23 Community Libraries.
- $7 worth of free printing every week.
- Learn or grow your hobbies with events, books, or videos.
- Make exercise or chores more interesting by borrowing digital audio.
- Get past the paywall with the Everett Herald, the New York Times, and hundreds of other newspapers and magazines.
- Enjoy the great outdoors by borrowing a Discover Pass.
- Get to know the Pacific Northwest better.
- Take the internet with you: borrow a wi-fi hotspot or To Go Kit.
- Solve family mysteries with genealogy tools.
- Spend your money wisely with Consumer Reports online.
- Get one-to-one assistance in-person or virtually with library staff: Book-a-Librarian!
- Online tutoring and homework help from 1 pm to 11 pm EVERY DAY.
- Get a better job.
- Start or grow your own business or non-profit.
- Reserve a room!
- Want the library to visit your organization or school? We do that. Contact Us.
- Stream movies and tv shows with Kanopy & Hoopla.
- Join a book group or start your own with our Book Discussion Kits.
- Get a custom reading list!
- Learn a language on a convenient app.
- Get that book or DVD you can't find anywhere.
- Learn how to fix your car. Or your lawn mower. Or anything, really.
- Find a legal form, and read up on the basics.
- Need someone to read a story to your child? Try StoryPhone, available in English, Spanish, and Korean.
- Want to be among the first to get the hot new title? Sign up for Author Alerts (Alertas de autor).
- FREE BOOKS. You can't keep them forever, but you can borrow them again (and again, and again...) when you're ready for a re-read.
