From the start, the Memorial and Library Association was established as a private nonprofit organization, as opposed to a municipal public library. Local industrialist-inventor, Stephen Wilcox and his ...

Called athenaeums, a Greek word meaning "temple of Athena," the concept predates the traditional public library.

Plans to restore a Kent library building as a community and cultural hub have been submitted to the county council.

At hidden hubs for the Seattle Public Library and King County Library systems, thousands of books a day begin their journeys across the region.