Address:
1919 West 81st Avenue
Merrillville,
Indiana
46410
United States
County: Lake 
Phone: 219-769-3541
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Lake County Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Lake County Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 999,937 volumes. The library circulates 2,313,701 items per year. The library serves a population of 242,837 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Ingrid Norris .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in Indiana
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 242,837 | Residents |
| Collection size | 999,937 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 2,313,701 | transactions |
Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet.
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2011 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1988 |
| Previous Automation System | Ulisys | 1981 |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Lake County - Lowell Library System (view map) | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Polaris.
The 2025 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library.
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 14056 |
| OCLC Symbol | ILC |
| NCES FSCSKEY | IN0030 |
| NCES LIBID | 1455 |
Record History: This listing was created on Jun 21, 2005 and was last modified on Nov 14, 2025.
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