Kent District Library
The Kent District Library is a public library system located in Kent County, Michigan. With eighteen branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 5 million items (2007 circulation data), the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.[1]
The KDL Service Center, the library system headquarters, are in Plainfield Township, near the Comstock Park CDP.[2][3][4]
History[edit]
The beginnings of the library are in 1927 as a library extension work project of the Kent County Federation of Women's Clubs. The Kent County Library Association was established in 1936 and functioned as a department of Kent County until 1994 when it became Kent District Library.[5]
In summer 2013, Kent District Library invited local Wikipedians to use library space and resources for Meetups, and offered Wikipedia editing classes to the community.
Branch locations[edit]
The library has 18 branches throughout the county.
- Alpine
- Alto
- Byron Township
- Caledonia Township
- Cascade Township
- Comstock Park
- East Grand Rapids
- Gaines Township
- Grandville
- Kentwood
- Lowell (Englehardt Branch)
- Plainfield Township
- Rockford (Krause Memorial Branch)
- Sand Lake / Nelson Township
- Spencer Township
- Tyrone Township
- Walker
- Wyoming
References[edit]
- ^ "Michigan Public Library Statistics 2009". http://woodlands.lib.mi.us/stat/. Library of Michigan. 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
- ^ "Contact Us." Kent District Library. Retrieved on December 27, 2012. "KDL Service Center 814 West River Center Dr. NE Comstock Park, MI
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Comstock Park CDP, MI." (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 25, 2012.
- ^ "Street Map." (Archive) Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan. Retrieved on December 25, 2012.
- ^ "About KDL". KDL.org. Kent District Library. 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
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