Redwood City Public Library
The Redwood City Public Library is proud to announce that it has been given a "Five Star Rating" in the "Library Journal Index of Public Library Service"- the Library Journal's premier public library national rating system. Scoring is based on per capita measurements such as number of items borrowed, number of visits, event attendance, and level of public computer use. RWC Library's prestigious ranking indicates that the locals are incredibly involved and engaged with their community library and take full advantage of all the resources made available to them. Renee Schiavone of the Patch lists a couple statistics that contributed to the top shelf rating of the Redwood City Public Library:


  • Over 1 million visits to Redwood City’s four branches, and 1.7 million items checked out
  • Over 2,000 uses of the Library’s community meeting rooms
  • 130,000 volunteer hours were contributed by community members of all ages
  • About a thousand local teens used our Teen Center, averaging about 10 visits each
  • Over 9,000 community programs, events, and activities were conducted by the Library, with total attendance at 200,000
  • The Library’s public computers were used over 900,000 times
  • Over 20,000 books were added to the Library collection
"This is a great honor for the City and especially for our wonderful Library staff," states Redwood City mayor Jeffrey Gee. “Getting the top rating for the fourth year in a row really illustrates our success in making the Redwood City Public Library a place that connects our community. We’ll continue to work hard to maintain this ranking, and continue providing the Library services that the people of Redwood City really care about.”

You can read the full Patch news article here or visit the Library's website here.