The San Juan Island Library is a learning center for the community: a place for people to pursue independent educational and recreational interests, to use information resources, and to meet and interact in a public forum. It is located in one of the most beautiful settings in the Pacific Northwest. San Juan Island, on which the Library resides, is just one of the 172 islands which comprise San Juan County, in Washington state. The Library itself is within the town limits of Friday Harbor, the county seat of San Juan County as well as its only incorporated town.
We serve the island’s approximately 8900 residents offering a wide range of services and programs. The library’s collection is comprised of more than 53,000 individual items including books, audio books, videos, periodicals, games, and equipment. This carefully managed collection is supplemented by subscriptions to many online databases and a generous Interlibrary Loan program which circulates over 1,000 additional items each year. Our collection is housed in an approximately 9,600 square foot building located in the town of Friday Harbor.