Libraries & Hours

Built in 1966, the Downtown Reno Library is a unique architectural gem serving as the urban hub of the Library System.

The Duncan/Traner Community Library offers full access to WCLS materials, databases, and services, with a collection for all ages and public computers.

The Gerlach School/Community Library is on the edge of the Black Rock Desert and serves the Northern half of Washoe County from inside the Gerlach K-12 School.

This award-winning, 10,600 square-foot facility includes comfortable reading and study areas, a two-sided fireplace, community meeting room, murals and sculpture, outdoor patios, and a Discovery Garden.

The North Valleys Library serves the many valley communities located on the east side of Peavine Mountain.

Opened in June 1999, the award-winning 30,000-square-foot library offers a broad collection of resources, computer technology, and multi-generational programs to enhance personal enrichment and to support lifelong learning.

Located inside the Reno Senior Center at the Washoe County Complex, the Senior Center Library provides informational and recreational materials including books, newspapers, magazines, and audio-visual items especially for seniors.

The Sierra View Library houses one of the largest collections of children's materials in Northern Nevada, including an extensive and unique folk and fairy tale collection. Sierra View also offers books, music, movies, newspapers and magazines, in both English and Spanish languages.

The South Valleys Library is truly a destination library. The entire family can find a program to attend, materials to check out, and can enjoy the library with other book lovers in our community.

Features include meeting rooms, a drive-through service point to pick up and drop off materials, and a 24-hour book return.

With comfortable seating, wireless computer access, public use computers, and specialized collections of auto repair manuals and Rail City books, Sparks Library hopes to be your connection to information, people and programs.

The library is in a beautiful forest setting. There is a 20-minute nature walk right outside our door, and the Truckee River is only a block away. Verdi is indeed a Community Library and serves as a place to pick up current bestsellers, to hold a meeting, to research local history or to gain access to the entire Washoe County Library System.