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Libraries In Marin County

San Rafael Public Library
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58,235
1909
15,400 sq. ft.
128,000 items
10
$35.86
San Rafael Public Library
Sausalito Public Library
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7,503
1974
4,500 sq. ft.
62,000 items
10
$88.00
Sausalito Public Library, Marin County, California
Belvedere-Tiburon Library
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(includes gifts, fund raising income, reserves, building bond payments, tax receipt expenses)


11,031
1997
10,500 sq. ft.
63,159 items
13
$136.94
Belvedere Tiburon Library
Mill Valley Public Library
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13,822
1966 (renovated 1998, 2009)
27,000 sq. ft.
130,000 items
8 Internet; 3 Imax
$114.40

Mill Valley Library Public Library

Libraries Beyond Marin



Alameda City Library

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75,254
2006
47,500 sq. ft.
140,500 items
88; 14 for children
$33.89

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Hercules Public Library
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24,156
2006
21,500 sq. ft.
58,563 items
50
Unknown (part of Contra Costa Library system)

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Santa Clara Central Park Library
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115,503
2004
80,000 sq. ft.
444,126 items
79 (plus 5 database- only terminals)
$63.90


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Santa Clara Central Park Library