Kent District Library
| Kent District Library | |
|---|---|
| Location | Kent County, Michigan, United States |
| Established | 1927  |
| Branches | 20 plus one bookmobile |
| Collection | |
| Size | 1,025,580 (2016)[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 8,260,738 (2016)[1] |
| Members | 258,338 (2016)[1] |
| Other information | |
| Budget | $22.3 million (2017)[2] |
| Director | Lance M. Werner |
| Employees | 221 (2016)[1] |
| Website | www |
The Kent District Library is a public library system located in Kent County, Michigan. With twenty branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 8.2 million items (2016 circulation data),[1] the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.[3]
The KDL Service Center, the library system headquarters, are in Plainfield Township, near the Comstock Park CDP.[4][5][6]
History[edit]
The beginnings of the library are in 1927 as a library extension work project of the Kent County Federation of Women's Clubs. The Kent County Library Association was established in 1936 and functioned as a department of Kent County until 1994 when it became Kent District Library.[7]
In summer 2013, Kent District Library invited local Wikipedians to use library space and resources for Meetups, and offered Wikipedia editing classes to the community.
Branch locations[edit]
The library has 20 branches throughout the county and one bookmobile.
- Ada Township (Amy Van Andel Library and Community Center)
- Alpine
- Alto
- Byron Township
- Caledonia Township
- Cascade Township
- Comstock Park
- East Grand Rapids
- Gaines Township
- Grandville
- Kelloggsville High School
- Kentwood
- Lowell (Englehardt Branch)
- Plainfield Township
- Rockford (Krause Memorial Branch)
- Sand Lake / Nelson Township
- Spencer Township
- Tyrone Township
- Walker
- Wyoming
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "KDL 2016 Fact Book" (PDF).
- ^ "2017 Strategic Plan Update" (PDF).
- ^ "Michigan Public Library Statistics 2009". Library of Michigan. 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "KDL Service Center 814 West River Center Dr. NE Comstock Park, MI". Kent District Library. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Comstock Park CDP, MI." (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 25, 2012.
- ^ "Street Map." (Archive) Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan. Retrieved on December 25, 2012.
- ^ "About KDL". KDL.org. Kent District Library. 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
External links[edit]
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