The Kitsap Regional Library system is a library system serving Kitsap County, Washington. It runs nine libraries throughout the county, and provides a bookmobile and outreach services for youth and schools, serving a population of 233,400. The system owns over 500,000 books, and provides computers and technology for residents of Kitsap County.

Kitsap Regional Library sponsors a One Book, One Community program for Kitsap County. The inaugural program featured Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...

in 2008 and followed with John Steinbeck's Cannery Row

Cannery Row

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in 2009. The library also sponsors a summer reading program that drew both record numbers of participants and record numbers who completed the program in 2009. KRL also has community partnerships with independent booksellers to sponsor a series of author visits (called "West Sound Reads'), with local school districts to encourage children to become familiar with the library, and with local work source and career development organizations to help Kitsap adults develop their careers and find jobs when they are unemployed.

The system was funded by a property tax rate of $.28 per $1000 of property value in 2009 (the rate varies year by year, depending on the change in property assessments in its district).

A vote to raise the levy rate in 2007 was unsuccessful. In the ensuing years, KRL brought the growth of its expenses in line with the projected growth of property tax dollars, assuring a sustainable budget for the foreseeable future.

Libraries

• Bainbridge Island Library
• Downtown Bremerton Library
• Kingston Library
• Little Boston Library
• Manchester Library
• Port Orchard Library
• Poulsbo Library
• Silverdale Library
• Sylvan Way Library and Service Center