Address:
13500 SW Hall Boulevard
Tigard,
Oregon
97223
United States
County: Washington 
Phone: 503-684-6537
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Tigard Public Library is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with the library system that serves Tigard, OR.
The collection of the library contains 188,069 volumes. The library circulates 1,522,367 items per year. The library serves a population of 59,265 residents .
Other Info: The Tigard Public Library began in 1963 as a project of the Junior Women’s League. The donated collection was housed in a back room of City Hall. In 1976 the library moved into a former mattress factory on Main Street where it operated for ten years. In 1986, with the help of local and LSCA funds, a new library was constructed which now occupies 13,000 square feet as a part of the Tigard Civic Center. In May 2002, Tigard voters passed a $13 million bond measure to build a new library. The new 47,000 square feet building was completed in the Summer of 2004 and opened to the public Aug. 2, 2004.
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Organizational structure: This is a publicaly funded and managed library.
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in Oregon
| Statistics Public | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Population | 59,265 | Residents |
| Collection size | 188,069 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 1,522,367 | transactions |
| Expenditures Reported to Institute of Museum and Library Services | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total | Tech | Books | EBooks | Serial | E-Serials |
| 2012 | $5,535,683 | $403,140 | $0 | |||
| 2010 | $5,463,980 | $402,553 | $0 | |||
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Wireless: The library offers wireless access to the Internet.
| Technology Profile | ||
|---|---|---|
| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2000 |
| Previous Automation System | Dynix | 1985 |
| Previous Automation System | None | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (view map) | ||
| Identifiers | |
|---|---|
| libraries.org ID | 3104 |
| OCLC Symbol | OQW |
| NCES FSCSKEY | OR0086 |
| NCES LIBID | OR0086-002 |
Record History: This listing was created on Sep 17, 1998 and was last modified on Jul 7, 2017.
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