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Sno-Isle Libraries
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>While cities in Island and Snohomish counties established their own libraries in the early 20th century, the first inter-city system was created by voters in unincorporated Snohomish County in 1944.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The system's creation was spurred by the state legislature's approval of rural library districts in 1941.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The new Snohomish County Library was temporarily headquartered in the basement of the separate <a href="/facts/Everett_Public_Library/A2XyFXI7">Everett Public Library</a> before moving to another building in Everett. The system's first library was in <a href="/facts/Alderwood_Manor%2c_Washington/6SW1HUsd">Alderwood Manor</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> the first <a href="/facts/Bookmobile/dholnxdA">bookmobile</a> was purchased in 1947.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>The state government sponsored demonstration library and <a href="/facts/Bookmobile/dholnxdA">bookmobile</a> projects on Camano and Whidbey islands in 1961, which created interest in establishing an Island County system.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The Island County Rural Library District was established by voters in November 1962 and merged with the Snohomish County system on December 17,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> forming the Snohomish-Island Inter-County Rural Library District.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The new library system was named "Sno-Isle" to reflect the two counties.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> A new headquarters building near Marysville was constructed in 1965.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Initially, the Sno-Isle Regional Library signed contracts with incorporated cities to operate their libraries and join the system for a fixed amount.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Rural branches would rely on property taxes generated within the district, as well as donations from organizations and members of the community.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The library system purchased and installed its first computerized catalog system in 1983.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> Incorporated cities began voting to annex themselves into the Sno-Isle district in the late 1980s,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> with promises of new libraries and potential cost savings over the contracted service.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>A major levy lift of 9 cents per $1,000 in assessed property value was approved by voters in May 2018 by a margin of less than 0.5 percent.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> All Sno-Isle branches were closed in March 2020 due to the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Washington_(state)/S3YWSuMf">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, but reopened with curbside pick-up service three months later.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> In-person services resumed at some branches in early 2021.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>In 2024, the city government of Everett proposed a consolidation of their <a href="/facts/Everett_Public_Library/A2XyFXI7">city libraries</a> with Sno-Isle to address a budget deficit.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> The Everett Public Library's board of trustees opposed the proposal, which would require voter approval.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="branches">Branches</h2> <p>As of 2018, the Sno-Isle Libraries system has 23 branches.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> They serve every city in Island and Snohomish counties, with the exception of two cities: Everett, which has its <a href="/facts/Everett_Public_Library/A2XyFXI7">own system</a>, and Woodway, which had contracted service until 1978.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> The system covers an area of 2,260 square miles (5,900 km2) and a population of over 700,000 residents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>Two locations, in the Mariner area of Everett and <a href="/facts/Smokey_Point%2c_Washington/gytTU0XA">Smokey Point</a> area of Arlington, are "demonstration" libraries that are in leased retail spaces that precede a permanent branch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Camano_Island/3RLLVQVH">Camano Island</a> location was formerly a demonstration library that was replaced by a permanent branch in 2015.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> A permanent library for the Mariner neighborhood is planned to begin construction in 2026 as part of a <a href="/facts/Mixed-use_development/6SLcHdmJ">mixed-use development</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Name</th><th rowspan="2">Annexed<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></th><th rowspan="2">Building opened<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></th><th colspan="2">Floor space<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></th></tr><tr><th>sq ft</th><th>sq m</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Arlington%2c_Washington/dofCrLKe">Arlington</a></td><td></td><td>1981</td><td>5,000</td><td>460</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Brier%2c_Washington/D1raks0x">Brier</a></td><td></td><td>1996</td><td>2,800</td><td>260</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Camano_Island%2c_Washington/3RLLVQVH">Camano Island</a></td><td></td><td>2015</td><td>4,900</td><td>460</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Clinton%2c_Washington/Q4aRlHsc">Clinton</a></td><td></td><td>2000</td><td>1,300</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Coupeville%2c_Washington/FYHfepK2">Coupeville</a></td><td></td><td>2010</td><td>6,000</td><td>560</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Darrington%2c_Washington/qqBukDCd">Darrington</a></td><td>2008</td><td>2009</td><td>5,000</td><td>460</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Edmonds%2c_Washington/qsKP7ASQ">Edmonds</a></td><td>2001</td><td>1982</td><td>20,000</td><td>1,900</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Freeland%2c_Washington/J7ssXx9d">Freeland</a></td><td></td><td>2006</td><td>4,800</td><td>450</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Granite_Falls%2c_Washington/uYw6PfIt">Granite Falls</a></td><td></td><td>2001</td><td>6,500</td><td>600</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lake_Stevens%2c_Washington/U3y0MRKr">Lake Stevens</a></td><td>2008</td><td>1985</td><td>2,500</td><td>230</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Smokey_Point%2c_Washington/gytTU0XA">Lakewood/Smokey Point</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td><td></td><td>2018</td><td>4,000</td><td>370</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Langley%2c_Washington/Xon08nhD">Langley</a></td><td>2012</td><td>1923</td><td>3,500</td><td>330</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Lynnwood%2c_Washington/DTsWUKEN">Lynnwood</a></td><td></td><td>1999</td><td>25,900</td><td>2,410</td></tr><tr><td>Mariner (<a href="/facts/Everett%2c_Washington/Cuw7v9ag">Everett</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td><td></td><td>2017</td><td>3,700</td><td>340</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Marysville%2c_Washington/sHtJzrEp">Marysville</a></td><td>1968</td><td>1995</td><td>23,000</td><td>2,100</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mill_Creek%2c_Washington/pUp7NtjK">Mill Creek</a></td><td></td><td>1992</td><td>7,400</td><td>690</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Monroe%2c_Washington/pls9Y6rQ">Monroe</a></td><td>1966</td><td>2002</td><td>20,000</td><td>1,900</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mountlake_Terrace%2c_Washington/YmGTJIlY">Mountlake Terrace</a></td><td>1985</td><td>1988</td><td>12,800</td><td>1,190</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Mukilteo%2c_Washington/afEfeq67">Mukilteo</a></td><td>1996</td><td>1998</td><td>15,000</td><td>1,400</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Oak_Harbor%2c_Washington/btwL7zdq">Oak Harbor</a></td><td></td><td>1993</td><td>11,200</td><td>1,040</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Snohomish%2c_Washington/JSHmCa79">Snohomish</a></td><td></td><td>2003</td><td>23,000</td><td>2,100</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Stanwood%2c_Washington/MfnfdtcA">Stanwood</a></td><td></td><td>1986</td><td>5,400</td><td>500</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Sultan%2c_Washington/aLPNJ70f">Sultan</a></td><td>2008</td><td>1999</td><td>4,400</td><td>410</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="operations">Operations</h2> <p>The Sno-Isle Libraries system is headquartered at an administration and processing center on the <a href="/facts/Tulalip_Indian_Reservation/6CqluMhI">Tulalip Indian Reservation</a>, west of <a href="/facts/Marysville%2c_Washington/sHtJzrEp">Marysville</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> It is governed by a seven-member board of trustees, of whom two are appointed by Island County and five by Snohomish County.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> The system is overseen by an executive director that is appointed by the board of trustees. Jonalyn Woolf-Ivory, a longtime library employee, was appointed as executive director in 2002 and retired in 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> </p><p>The library system has annual expenditures of $77 million and revenues of $74 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> As of 2017, 98 percent of revenue was generated by a <a href="/facts/Property_tax/S0Euhhxq">property tax</a> levied on all properties within the district.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> The remaining two percent of revenue were sourced from a timber excise tax, a leasehold excise tax, contract fees from municipal governments, and donations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> </p><p>In 2022, Sno-Isle had a total circulation of 7.4 million items, placing it third in Washington behind the <a href="/facts/King_County_Library_System/zDHUxdzz">King County Library System</a> and <a href="/facts/Seattle_Public_Library/FrqRRdW5">Seattle Public Library</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> It had the state's fifth-highest turnover rate, at 4.74 checkouts per item.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a>: 22 </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sno-Isle Libraries. <ul><li><a href="http://sno-isle.org">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/libraries/16410">Sno-Isle Libraries</a> at <a href="/facts/WorldCat/TLr4VYzI">WorldCat</a></li> <li><a href="http://librarytechnology.org/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20140807654174804&code=lwc&RC=3084&Row=2">Sno-Isle Libraries</a> at <i>LibraryTechnology.org</i></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Sno-Isle Regional Library celebrating anniversaries". The Enterprise. Lynnwood, Washington. April 28, 1965. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/The_Enterprise_(Washington)" target="_blank">/wiki/The_Enterprise_(Washington)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Rural Areas Seek Vote On Libraries". The Everett Herald. September 20, 1944. p. 1. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Sno-Isle Library Plans to Move This Year Into $215,000 Building". The Everett Herald. April 22, 1965. p. A1. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-library-plans/142719543/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-library-plans/142719543/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Heath, Susan (March 1, 1965). "Sno-Isle Librarian Emily Wilson 'Never Wavered From Career Choice'". The Everett Herald. p. A10. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-librarian-emil/142719563/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-librarian-emil/142719563/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"50th Anniversary Celebration in 2012". Sno-Isle Libraries. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://sno-isle.org/events/50th-celebration" target="_blank">https://sno-isle.org/events/50th-celebration</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Establishes an inter-county rural library district (Resolution). Snohomish County Council. December 17, 1962. Retrieved December 24, 2021. <a href="https://snohomish.county.codes/SCC/2.28" target="_blank">https://snohomish.county.codes/SCC/2.28</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Salyer, Sharon (April 12, 2012). "50 years later, Sno-Isle Libraries 'bet' a success". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111924/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/704129903" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111924/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/704129903</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Sno-Isle Libraries history". Sno-Isle Libraries. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://www.sno-isle.org/about/history" target="_blank">https://www.sno-isle.org/about/history</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"New name for regional library". The Enterprise. Lynnwood, Washington. February 27, 1963. p. 2. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Sno-Isle Library Plans to Move This Year Into $215,000 Building". The Everett Herald. April 22, 1965. p. A1. Retrieved March 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-library-plans/142719543/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-sno-isle-library-plans/142719543/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Lynnwood Civic Center Near". The Seattle Times. December 28, 1969. p. F5. <a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" target="_blank">/wiki/The_Seattle_Times</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Macdonald, Sally (January 14, 1981). "Friends come to rescue of library". The Seattle Times. p. G4. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Enbysk, Monte (July 6, 1983). "Push a button and get a book in Marysville". The Everett Herald. p. A3. Retrieved October 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-push-a-button-and-get-a/157529158/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-push-a-button-and-get-a/157529158/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Brooks, Diane (August 9, 2006). "No library cards?! Families' petition spurs Sept. 19 vote". The Seattle Times. p. H3. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060809&slug=woodway09n" target="_blank">https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060809&slug=woodway09n</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Bergsman, Jerry (December 8, 1987). "Sno-Island library system looks for levy help". The Seattle Times. p. D3. <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Bray, Kari (May 5, 2018). "Sno-Isle Libraries levy officially passes by less than ½%". The Everett Herald. Retrieved February 6, 2025. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/library-levy-squeezes-by-with-less-than-half-a-percentage-point/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/library-levy-squeezes-by-with-less-than-half-a-percentage-point/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Bruestle, Sara (June 18, 2020). "Curbside service beckons bookworms to downtown Everett library". The Everett Herald. Retrieved May 9, 2021. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/life/curbside-service-beckons-bookworms-at-downtown-everett-library/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/life/curbside-service-beckons-bookworms-at-downtown-everett-library/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Dennis, Ellen (March 6, 2021). "Shrinking the 'digital divide,' area libraries slowly reopen". The Everett Herald. Retrieved May 9, 2021. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/shrinking-the-digital-divide-area-libraries-slowly-reopen/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/shrinking-the-digital-divide-area-libraries-slowly-reopen/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Nash, Ashley (January 11, 2024). "Amid deficit, Everett eyes joining fire authority, Sno-Isle libraries". The Everett Herald. Retrieved March 5, 2024. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/amid-deficit-everett-eyes-joining-fire-authority-sno-isle-libraries/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/amid-deficit-everett-eyes-joining-fire-authority-sno-isle-libraries/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Nash, Ashley (February 20, 2024). "Everett library trustees 'ideally' don't want to merge with Sno-Isle". The Everett Herald. Retrieved March 5, 2024. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett-library-trustees-ideally-dont-want-to-merge-with-sno-isle/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/everett-library-trustees-ideally-dont-want-to-merge-with-sno-isle/</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Bray, Kari (January 2, 2018). "Sno-Isle library to open in Smokey Point, in leased space". The Everett Herald. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/demonstration-library-set-to-open-in-smokey-point/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/demonstration-library-set-to-open-in-smokey-point/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Brooks, Diane (August 9, 2006). "No library cards?! Families' petition spurs Sept. 19 vote". The Seattle Times. p. H3. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060809&slug=woodway09n" target="_blank">https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20060809&slug=woodway09n</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Sno-Isle Libraries at a glance". Sno-Isle Libraries. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://www.sno-isle.org/?pg=at-a-glance" target="_blank">https://www.sno-isle.org/?pg=at-a-glance</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Bray, Kari (January 2, 2018). "Sno-Isle library to open in Smokey Point, in leased space". The Everett Herald. Retrieved January 5, 2018. <a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/news/demonstration-library-set-to-open-in-smokey-point/" target="_blank">https://www.heraldnet.com/news/demonstration-library-set-to-open-in-smokey-point/</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Bray, Kari (February 9, 2017). 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