Capital Area District Library
Capital Area District Libraries | |
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Location | Ingham County, Michigan |
Established | 1998 |
Branches | 13 |
Collection | |
Size | 630,864 |
Access and use | |
Circulation | 2,288,317 |
Population served | ≈ 243,677 |
Members | 98,121 |
Other information | |
Budget | $10,625,814 |
Director | Jolee Hamlin (interim) |
Employees | 222 |
Website | www |
Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) is a system of
The City of East Lansing maintains a separate library system (East Lansing Public Library).[2]
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Administration and board
Branches
- CADL Aurelius - Aurelius
- CADL Dansville - Dansville
- CADL Foster - Lansing
- CADL Haslett - Haslett
- CADL Holt-Delhi - Holt
- CADL Okemos - Okemos
- CADL Leslie - Leslie
- CADL Downtown Lansing - Lansing
- CADL Mason - Mason
- CADL South Lansing - Lansing
- CADL Stockbridge - Stockbridge
- CADL Webberville - Webberville
- CADL Williamston - Williamston
- Mobile Library
StoryWalk
StoryWalk encourages families to enjoy reading and the outdoors by posting a children's book - a page or two at a time - at intervals in a park, hiking trail or other outdoor site. StoryWalk includes activities like talking, reading, writing, singing and playing to help your child develop important early literacy skills.CADL has 13 sites throughout Ingham County, Michigan.
Student Success Initiative
The Student Success Initiative debuted in 2019, beginning with nearly 600 students in Webberville, Michigan. Currently, more than 20,000 students from 10 different Michigan school districts (Dansville, Haslett, Holt, Lansing, Leslie, Mason, Okemos, Stockbridge, Webberville and Williamston) are served through the SSI program. Through this initiative, students in participating districts can get a library card no matter where they live. It gives them access to books, audiobooks, magazines and more in both digital and physical formats.
Awards and recognition
- 2020 Michigan Library Association Public Librarian of the Year (Jessica Trotter)
- 2020 American Library Association PR Xchange Award Competition Winner (four winning entries)
- 2019 State Librarian's Award of Excellence
- 2019 Library of Michigan's Quality Services Audit Checklist Award (Excellent Level)
References
- ^ Capital Area District Library. Friends of the Library Archived 2011-05-28 at the Wayback Machine, cadl.org, retrieved 2011-Apr-06
- ^ Capital Area District Library. About Your Library, cadl.org