Library System of Lancaster County
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| Library System of Lancaster County | |
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| Location | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Established | 1987 |
| Branches | 14 member libraries, 3 branches, bookmobile |
| Collection | |
| Size | 909,968 holdings[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 3,495,399 (2008) |
| Population served | 519,462[1] |
| Members | 218,456[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | lancasterlibraries |
The Library System of Lancaster County (LSLC) is a federated system, which serves 519,462 residents in
Purpose
The purpose of the system is to bring together its 14-member public libraries to plan and create a cost-effective network of technology, facilities and resources to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of the residents of Lancaster County. The Library System ensures that a network of support services is provided to member libraries.[2]
Recent activity (as of 2011)
In the first decade of the 21st century, the Lancaster County libraries saw more than a doubling in the number of county residents using libraries; 251,348 county residents had library cards. In the same ten-year period, circulation increased by 90%; 3,495,399 items were checked out. The system's online catalog had over 913,006 library holdings shared throughout the county. A large number of virtual visitors accessed the online catalog and databases through the library system website. Over 340,335 sessions, logins or visits to LSLC databases were made annually; most of those searches were accessed remotely from home, business, school or work.
The LSLC also delivers services via a bookmobile. It provides countywide service in the form of over 800 stops per year in primarily low- and moderate-income areas of the county, with special focus on children and older adults. The bookmobile outreach effort includes providing services to traditionally underserved groups (such as the Amish) and outreach at the Youth Intervention Center. As an agent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Lancaster County, the system promotes the improvement of member library services by providing countywide planning, policy development, centralized support services and access to core resources.[3]
Member libraries
- Adamstown Area Library (serving West Cocalico)
- Columbia Public Library
- Eastern Lancaster County Library (serving New Holland)
- Elizabethtown Public Library
- EphrataPublic Library
- Lancaster Public Library (branches at Duke Street (Lancaster City) and Mountville)
- Lititz Public Library
- Manheim Community Library
- Manheim Township Public Library
- Milanof-Schock Library (serving Mount Joy and Marietta Boroughs and the townships of East Donegal, Mount Joy and Rapho)
- Moores Memorial Library (serving Christiana and surrounding areas)
- Intercourse Library (Intercourse and Gap branches)
- QuarryvilleLibrary
- Strasburg-Heisler Library
- Shut's Environmental Library (in Lancaster County's Central Park)
Each member library has a website accessible through the system's website.
Bookmobile
The bookmobile makes regular stops at 80 locations in Lancaster County. Stops include senior-citizen centers, assisted-living centers,
References
- ^ a b c "About". Library System of Lancaster County. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ Lancaster Libraries overview Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- ^ 2010 LSLC budget request (final budget was modified) Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-05-10.
