Fort Vancouver Regional Library District is located in Southwest and South Central Washington state. The district was established in 1950 as the first inter-county rural library district in Washington. The district has grown since 1950 to serve all of Clark, Skamania and Klickitat Counties, and the city of Woodland and the independent Yale Valley Library District in Cowlitz County.
With thirteen libraries, three bookmobiles, a Vancouver operations center, and Internet access to electronic services, Fort Vancouver Regional Library District provides information resources and services, and community and cultural events for a population of more than 454,000 residents. The service area is more than 4,200 square miles (11,000 km2) and includes farm, open range and national forest lands, communities along the Columbia River, small towns and expanding urban and industrial areas.
The collection for the district includes more than 720,000 books, magazines, videotapes, DVDs, and audio book CDs and tapes.
Read more about Fort Vancouver Regional Library District: Current Board Members, Current Member Libraries
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