Community Partners

Friends of the Daly City Library

The Friends of the Daly City Library were established in 1956 with the mission to foster closer relations between the Library and the residents of Daly City and to stimulate community interest in the activities of the Library. The Friends Board of Directors meets on a monthly basis to plan activities and programs to support the Library.

Peninsula Library System

The Peninsula Library System (PLS) is a consortium of libraries which includes all thirty-five city, county, and community college libraries in San Mateo County. Your Daly City Public Library library card is valid at all PLS libraries.

The City of Daly City

The Daly City Public Library is a department of the City of Daly City, which administers it and provides for its funding. The Mayor and City Council appoint the Library Board of Trustees.

History Guild of Daly City/Colma

The History Guild of Daly City/Colma operates a small museum at the Serramonte Main Library. The museum is open to the public Tuesdays from 1:00 to 2:30 pm.

Community Information Project

The Community Information Program (CIP) provides information on nonprofit and public services available to people who live or work in San Mateo County, California. The CIP database is available from the PLS web site.

Project Read

Project Read of North San Mateo County provides free tutoring to assist adults in learning to read and write. The Daly City Public Library, along with other area libraries, hosts Project Read tutoring and Families for Literacy story nights.

Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative Program

The Daly City Public Library is a member of the Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative. The Program was formed in 1995 as an outgrowth of the FUTURES program. The mission of this group is to promote and facilitate collaborative efforts to ensure that young children and their families have access to the health, education, and social services they need to be successful in both school and life. Our focus is on families and young children from before birth to third grade.

Other members of the Program include Accelerated Resource Center, Asian American Recovery Services, Bayshore Youth Organization, Bayshore Child Care Services, Bayshore School District, Brisbane School District, Broadmoor Police Protection District, the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County, Daly City Parks and Recreation Department, Daly City Police Department, Daly City Youth Health Center, Daly City/Coma Chamber of Commerce, FUTURES (county of San Mateo), San Francisco State University, South San Francisco Unifed School District, San Mateo County Health Services Department, San Mateo County Office of Education, San Mateo County Probation Department, Serramonte Center, Seton Medical Center, St. Andrews Catholic Church, and the Town of Colma.