Address:
814 West River Center
Comstock Park,
Michigan
49321
United States
County: Kent 
Phone: 616-784-2007
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Kent District Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Kent District Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 865,193 volumes. The library circulates 6,882,742 items per year. The library serves a population of 397,093 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Lance Werner .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council .
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 397,093 | Residents |
| Collection size | 865,193 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 6,882,742 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $15,088,890 | $1,143,175 | $642,083 | |||
| 2010 | $15,612,889 | $1,631,758 | $225,043 | |||
NCES Statistics:
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Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet.
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Symphony | 2014 |
| Previous Automation System | Sierra | 2011 |
| Previous Automation System | Millennium | 2002 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1998 |
| Previous Automation System | GLIS | 1980 |
| Discovery Interface | Enterprise | 2014 |
| Federated search product | Research Pro | |
| Item ID Type | RFID | |
| RFID Provider | 3M | |
| RFID Tag Type | HF | |
| Self-Check | 3M SelfCheck System V-Series | |
| (* Older versions of SirsiDynix Symphony were called Unicorn) | ||
| The library's automation system is hosted by the vendor through an Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) arrangement. | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
Automation Survey: The 2018 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 7332 |
| OCLC Symbol | EXE |
| NCES FSCSKEY | MI0182 |
| NCES LIBID | MI0182-002 |
Record History: This listing was created on Dec 28, 2002 and was last modified on Dec 7, 2018.
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