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In August 1972, the Nevada County Library System was incorporated, with the Nevada City library serving as the main branch, along with the Grass Valley Library Opens a New Window. and Truckee Library Opens a New Window. . In 1976, the new Truckee Branch Library was opened. In 1991, the $2.2 million Madelyn Helling Library Opens a New Window. was built next to the Eric Rood Government Center and became the main branch, while the Nevada City Library began a new mission as the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research Opens a New Window. . The Bear River Library Opens a New Window. (a partnership with the Bear River High School Library) and Penn Valley Library Opens a New Window. (located in a shopping center) were added in 2002.

Today, the Nevada County Community Library includes the Collaborative Technology Center Opens a New Window. , a 5,000-foot addition to the Madelyn Helling Library, which houses a classroom, two study rooms, and a bank of public computers. The Library also has a Mobile Technology Center which goes out into the community to provide technology classes and programs, as well as book-lending kiosks in North San Juan and Chicago Park.