The Kent District Library is a public library system located in
Kent County, Michigan
Kent County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the county had a population of 657,974, making it the fourth most populous county in Michigan, and the largest outside of the Detroit area. Its county seat is Grand ...
. With twenty branch locations and an annual circulation of more than 8.2 million items ''(2016 circulation data)'',
the Kent District Library is one of the largest and busiest library systems in all of Michigan.
The KDL Service Center, the library system headquarters, are in
Plainfield Township, near the
Comstock Park CDP.
History
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.
In summer 2013, Kent District Library invited local
Wikipedians
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to use library space and resources for Meetups, and offered Wikipedia editing classes to the community.
Branch locations
The library has 20 branches throughout the county and one bookmobile.
References
External links
Kent District Library Homepage
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Education in Kent County, Michigan
Public libraries in Michigan
Libraries established in 1927