Address:
43-500 Monterey Avenue
Palm Desert,
California
92260
United States
County: Riverside 
Phone: 760-773-2563
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: College of the Desert Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with College of the Desert (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 61,978 volumes. The library circulates 14,263 items per year. The library serves a population of 5,587 FTE Enrollment.
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Administration: The director of the library is Char Whitaker .
Organizational structure: The library is part of a publicly-funded organization. It operates on a Non-profit financial model.
Academic Level: The library Serves an educational institution at the Community College level. The Carnegie Foundation designates this institution as: Associate's Colleges (level 40).
| Statistics Academic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | 5,587 | FTE Students |
| Collection size | 61,978 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 14,263 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to National Center for Education Statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $665,167 | $8,570 | $62,696 | $5,174 | $69,714 | $49,829 |
| 2010 | ||||||
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Alma* | 2018 |
| Previous Automation System | Polaris | 2012 |
| Previous Automation System | Symphony | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | DRA | |
| (* This system was recently acquired and may not yet be installed) | ||
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the California Community College Library Consortium (view map) | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 11449 |
| NCES LIBID | 113573 |
Record History: This listing was created on Sep 19, 2004 and was last modified on Aug 8, 2018.
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