The Alachua County Library District is an independent special taxing district and the sole provider of public library service to approximately 280,000 citizens of Alachua County, Florida. This includes all of the incorporated municipalities in the county. It maintains a headquarters library and four other branches in Gainesville. There are branch locations in seven of the eight other incorporated municipalities in the county. The district also operates a branch at the county jail, and two bookmobiles.