Address:
210 Central Avenue
Bellingham,
Washington
98225-9710
United States
County: Whatcom 
Phone: 360-778-7323
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Bellingham Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Bellingham Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 186,858 volumes. The library circulates 1,638,730 items per year. The library serves a population of 83,580 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Nancy Kerr .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 83,580 | Residents |
| Collection size | 186,858 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 1,638,730 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $3,626,754 | $256,961 | $41,614 | |||
| 2010 | $3,285,334 | $290,730 | $40,319 | |||
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Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet.
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Horizon | 2004 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1985 |
| Discovery Interface | BiblioCore | 2011 |
| Catalog Enhancement | NoveList Select | |
| Web Content Management | WordPress | |
| Item ID Type | Barcode | |
| Self-Check | liber8 | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Whatcom County Library Consortium (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. | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 25438 |
| OCLC Symbol | BLP |
| NCES FSCSKEY | WA0050 |
| NCES LIBID | WA0050-002 |
Record History: This listing was created on Oct 6, 2005 and was last modified on May 21, 2018.
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