Spokane Public Library

Spokane Public Library stands with public libraries across the U.S. and Canada in supporting this call for change and collaborative solutions around eBook licensing.

Digital collections are essential for education, accessibility, and lifelong learning, helping libraries serve seniors, rural residents, students, and readers with disabilities. Yet libraries often pay significantly more for temporary access to eBooks and audiobooks, resulting in longer wait times and increased strain on public resources.

We support sustainable, equitable models that ensure libraries can continue providing access to digital content while supporting authors, publishers, and readers alike.

Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL) Urban Libraries Council Public Library Association (PLA)

ULC joins our peers at the Association for Rural & Small Libraries (ARSL), the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), Canadian Urban Libraries Council / Conseil des bibliothèques urbaines du Canada (CULC/CBUC), and the Public Library Association (PLA) to publicly call attention to the e-books pricing crisis and demand change from the largest publishers.

This effort matters because it sends a message that, as organizations advocating for and representing nearly all public libraries in the US and Canada – small and large, urban and rural, and everything in between – we stand united for change while open for dialogue, at a moment when states are turning up the pressure on publishers with legislative efforts.

Read our full statement: https://buff.ly/cbnGjrd

Indian Trail Library is closed today, May 26, for carpet cleaning and general maintenance. All other locations are open.

The library is closed today, May 25 for Memorial Day. Access streaming books, movies, and more 24/7 using our digital library: https://www.spokanelibrary.org/explorealldigital/.

Explore All Digital - Spokane Public Library Discover your next favorite read or film from any one of our streaming services. Use your library card to choose from thousands of eBooks, audiobooks, movies, songs, and more for all ages! Download apps for many of these services here.

Our community has THREE library systems? What's the difference?

If you’ve ever been confused about the difference between Spokane Public Library (that's us!), Spokane County Library District, and Liberty Lake Municipal Library … you are definitely not alone.

The good news? Even though you belong to one library system, local agreements allow many residents to still borrow physical materials from neighboring library systems, helping expand access across the region. Read more to learn which library your taxpayer dollars support! https://www.spokanelibrary.org/which-library-system-is-which/