Peninsula Library System

Peninsula Library System
Location	San Mateo County, California
Established	1971;54 years ago (1971)
Branches	35 [1]
Access and use
Population served	718,451
Other information
Director	Carol Frost [2]
Website	https://plsinfo.org

The Peninsula Library System (PLS) is a consortium of public and community college libraries ^[3] in San Mateo County, California, United States, which serves the Peninsula region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The system has dozens of branches in local communities and at various area community colleges, a bookmobile, and automated book kiosks called Library-a-Go-Go. ^[4]

Member libraries

Peninsula Library System is a consortium of libraries, whose members are the branches of the San Mateo County Libraries, individual city libraries and their branches, and area community college libraries.

There are two branches in Burlingame: one main library, and one at Easton. The PLS includes the libraries at Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. There are four branches in Daly City: the John D. Daly branch on Hillside, the Bayshore branch, the Serramonte branch, and the Westlake branch. Menlo Park has both a main branch and a branch at Belle Haven. The Downtown Library, Schaberg Branch Library, and Redwood Shores Branch Library comprise the three library locations in the community of Redwood City. San Mateo has a main downtown location plus two minor branches, while South San Francisco has two self-titled branches, both a main branch and one on Grand Avenue. Pacifica has two branches at Sanchez and Sharp Park. The remaining cities—San Bruno, Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, San Carlos, Woodside, and Portola Valley—have one location each.

Member system	Branch	Street address	City	ZIP	Telephone	Image
Burlingame Public Library [5]	Burlingame Main	480 Primrose Road	Burlingame	94010	(650)558‑7400
	Easton	1800 Easton Drive	Burlingame	94010	(650)340‑6180
Community College Libraries	Cañada College [6]	4200 Farm Hill Boulevard	Redwood City	94061	(650)306‑3267
	College of San Mateo [7]	1700 West Hillsdale Boulevard	San Mateo	94402	(650)574‑6100
	Skyline College [8]	3300 College Drive	San Bruno	94066	(650)738‑4311
Daly City Public Library [9]	Bayshore	460 Martin Street	Daly City	94014	(650)991‑8074
	John Daly	134 Hillside Boulevard	Daly City	94014	(650)991‑8073
	Serramonte Main	40 Wembley Drive	Daly City	94015	(650)991‑8023
	Westlake	275 Southgate Avenue	Daly City	94015	(650)991‑8071
Menlo Park Library [10]	Menlo Park	800 Alma Street	Menlo Park	94025	(650)330‑2500
	Belle Haven	413 Ivy Drive	Menlo Park	94025	(650)330‑2540
Redwood City Public Library [11]	Downtown	1044 Middlefield Road	Redwood City	94063	(650)780‑7018
	Redwood Shores	399 Marine Parkway	Redwood City	94065	(650)780‑5740
	Schaberg	2140 Euclid Avenue	Redwood City	94061	(650)780‑7010
San Bruno Public Library [12]	San Bruno	701 Angus Avenue West	San Bruno	94066	(650)616‑7078
San Mateo City Library [13]	Hillsdale	205 West Hillsdale Boulevard	San Mateo	94403	(650)522‑7880
	San Mateo Main	55 West 3rd Avenue	San Mateo	94402	(650)522‑7800
	Marina	1530 Susan Court	San Mateo	94403	(650)522‑7890
San Mateo County Libraries [14]	Atherton	2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane	Atherton	94027	(650)328‑2422
	Belmont	1110 Alameda de las Pulgas	Belmont	94002	(650)591‑8286
	Bookmobile	620 Correas Street	Half Moon Bay	94019	(650)726‑2316
	Brisbane	250 Visitacion Avenue	Brisbane	94005	(415)467‑2060
	East Palo Alto	2415 University Avenue	East Palo Alto	94303	(650)321‑7712
	Foster City	1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard	Foster City	94404	(650)574‑4842
	Half Moon Bay	620 Correas Street	Half Moon Bay	94019	(650)726‑2316
	Millbrae	1 Library Avenue	Millbrae	94030	(650)697‑7607
	North Fair Oaks	2510 Middlefield Road	Redwood City	94063	650-670-8778
	Pacifica – Sanchez	1111 Terra Nova Boulevard	Pacifica	94044	[phone]
	Pacifica – Sharp Park	104 Hilton Way	Pacifica	94044	(650)355‑5196
	Portola Valley	765 Portola Road	Portola Valley	94028	(650)851‑0560
	San Carlos	610 Elm Street	San Carlos	94070	(650)591‑0341
	Woodside	3140 Woodside Road	Woodside	94062	(650)851‑0147
South San Francisco Public Library [15]	Grand Avenue	306 Walnut Avenue	South San Francisco	94080	(650)877‑8530
	South San Francisco Main	901 Civic Campus Way	South San Francisco	94080	(650)829‑3860

See also

• San Francisco Bay Area portal

• Santa Clara County Library District
• San Francisco Public Library

References

1. "About PLS". Peninsula Library System. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
2. "About PLS". Peninsula Library System. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
3. "Peninsula Library System : About PLS". www.plsinfo.org. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
4. BART (May 5, 2011). "Library book lending machine opens at Millbrae BART Station". Bay Area Rapid Transit. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
5. "City of Burlingame, California: Library". City of Burlingame. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
6. "Library - Cañada College". Cañada College. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
7. "College of San Mateo Library". College of San Mateo. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
8. "Library Skyline College". Skyline College. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
9. "Library". Daly City. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
10. "Library City of Menlo Park - Official website". City of Menlo Park. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
11. "City of Redwood City: Library". City of Redwood City. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
12. "San Bruno - Library". City of San Bruno. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
13. "San Mateo, CA - Official Website - Library". City of San Mateo. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
14. "San Mateo County Libraries". San Mateo County Libraries. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
15. "Library South San Francisco - Official Website". South San Francisco - Official Website. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Peninsula Library System at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website

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