Address:
500 West 3rd Street
Fort Worth,
Texas
76102-7305
United States
County: Tarrant 
Region: Fort Worth
Phone: 817-871-7323
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Fort Worth Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Fort Worth Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 823,243 volumes. The library circulates 4,433,396 items per year. The library serves a population of 758,738 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Midori Clark .
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
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in Texas
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 758,738 | Residents |
| Collection size | 823,243 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 4,433,396 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2014 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1990 |
| Web Content Management | Ektron | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Fort Worth - MetrOPAC Libraries (view map) | ||
| 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: 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.
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 1504 |
| OCLC Symbol | IFA |
| NCES FSCSKEY | TX0050 |
| NCES LIBID | 143 |
Record History: This listing was created on Nov 1, 1997 and was last modified on Feb 17, 2025.
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