| Peninsula Library System | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1971 |
| Location | San Mateo County, California |
| Branches | 35 |
| Access and use | |
| Population served | 718,451 |
| Website | http://www.plsinfo.org/ |
The Peninsula Library System is the public library organization serving San Mateo County, California, United States, which forms the bulk of the region within the San Francisco Bay Area known as "The Peninsula". The library has dozens of branches in local communities and at various area community colleges, a bookmobile and also participates in the Library-a-go-go program with a book vending machine at the Millbrae BART and Caltrain station.[1]
The peninsula's library system's mission statement is "The Peninsula Library System strengthens local libraries through cooperation, enabling them to provide better service to their diverse communities."
There are two branches in Burlingame one main and one at Easton. The PLS operates the libraries at Cañada College, College of San Mateo and Skyline College. There are four branches in Daly City and they are the John D. Daly branch on Hillside, the Bayshore, Serramonte and Westlake locations. Menlo Park has a main branch and one at Belle Haven. Redwood City, Fair Oaks, Redwood Shores, and Schaberg make up the four branches in the community of Redwood City. San Mateo has a main downtown location plus two minor branches while South San Francisco has two a self-titled main branch and one on Grand Avenue. Pacifica has two branches at Sanchez and Sharp. The remaining cities in the county of San Bruno, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, San Carlos, Woodside, and Portola Valley have one location each.