Regional Manager: Richard Counsil
Seattle Reads 2025
Read this year's selection, "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World," edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, and join us for events that explore and celebrate the book!
Sensory Kits
We have sensory kits at every location to help make the Library more welcoming and accessible to all patrons. Ask staff to borrow one during your visit!
The new International District/Chinatown Branch opened June 11, 2005. It was the 16th project completed under the "Libraries for All" building program. The branch is located inside International District Village Square II. Long hanging lamps illuminate a ceiling canopy made of ribbons of wood.