about us

WDL by the Numbers for Fiscal Year 2026, covering July 2025 through June 2026. Open Hours: 5,122 Library Locations: 2 Computer and Wi-Fi Uses: 31,562 Items Owned: 73525 Databases: 3 databases with 3,255 uses Residents in Service Area: 24,589 Registered Users: 8,523 Items Borrowed from Other Libraries: 15,354 Summer Reading Program: 1 program 1,636 participants 28,652 hours read 1,148 prizes awarded (and counting) 774 items donated Visitors: 81,577 Home Deliveries: 464 Items Borrowed Total: 210,608 Books: 135,786 Magazines: 1,657 Movies: 15,046 Audio: 5,876 Digital: 51,048 Other: 1,195 Programs Offered: 639 total programs with 22,321 attendees 217 programs for adults with 7,603 attendees 126 programs for teens with 2,182 attendees 296 programs for kids with 12,536 attendees Community Partners: 23

library history

On June 15, 1927 the Washington Mother’s Club opened a public library in a room of the City Hall.  In 1937, the township voters approved taxes to support the library.  When it outgrew the City Hall in 1950, a new library was built at 301 Walnut.  An addition to that building was built in 1970.  The Sunnyland Branch opened in the Plaza in 1975 to better serve the entire area.  In October 2007, the main library moved to its current location in Five Points Washington.