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San Mateo County Library cares about providing excellent and courteous public service. We would like to know if we are succeeding and how we can improve.
Help with Your Account
Get help with items you’ve checked out, renewals, fines, requests, and questions about your library account.
Help with Research
Ask our reference librarians informational, research, or homework-related questions. We can generally provide brief answers to factual questions.
Help with the Library Catalog
Report technical difficulties with the online catalog.
Help with smcl.org Website
Report technical difficulties on the smcl.org website to the webmaster.
Help with the Digital Books Collection
Report technical difficulties with the Library’s Digital Books Collection of downloadable audio and text eBooks.
Suggest a Purchase
Have something you’d like the library to buy? Let us know!
Get Personalized Picks
So many books? Let us help. Please answer a few questions and our librarians will create a reading list just for you.
San Mateo County Library Administration
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