Help Us Keep One County One System

Why Should I Donate to the Public Libraries of Jefferson County?

WHAT IF… you needed 22 library cards—one for each city library in our county?

WHAT IF… you only had access to the items at your local library – not 2 million as a cooperative?

WHAT IF… you had to drive to each library to pick up materials or reserve items?

WHAT IF… the public libraries of Jefferson County had no Internet access?

After 33 years of funding, the Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC) was eliminated from the Jefferson County budget. We are asking for your continued support to keep our One County – One Library Card system alive.

Local library buildings, staff, and operations are funded at the local level. But JCLC, a non profit organization, provides all 40 Jefferson County city public libraries—including your local library—with essential services like internet access, book and DVD delivery between libraries, one centralized catalog and one centralized library card, and access to free databases like the business resource Reference USA.