Columbus Metropolitan Library

Columbus, OH

Address:96 South Grant Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215-4702 View map of all libraries in Columbus Ohio
United States

Map of Library Location (39.961335,-82.990708)

County Franklin View map of all libraries in Franklin County.
Phone:614-645-2275
Connect to: Library Web Site   Online Catalog
Library details: Columbus Metropolitan Library is a Public library. This library is affiliated with Columbus Metropolitan Library (view map) . The collection of the library contains 4000000 volumes. The library circulates 15000000 items per year. The library serves a population of 900000 residents .
Other Info:November, 1988: Discovery Place, a computerized card catalog, goes on-line the day after Thanksgiving 1988. Discovery Place replaces the old ComCats and VTLS systems.
Administration:The director of the library is Patrick Losinski.
Affiliations:The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council.
Statistics
Service Population900000residents
Collection size4000000volumes
Annual Circulation15000000transactions
NCES Statistics
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Technology Profile:
Product NameYear Contracted
Current Library Automation System:Polaris2012
Previous Library Automation System:Discovery Place1988
Previous Library Automation System:VTLS1984
Previous Library Automation System:Gaylord System 100 Circulation1977
Discovery product:AquaBrowser Library
Federated search product:WebFeat PRISM 

The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Columbus Metropolitan Library View map of all libraries in Columbus Metropolitan Library. .

This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system.

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Identifiers
lib-web-cats ID3278
OCLC SymbolOCO
NCES FSCSKEYOH0057
NCES LIBID157C
Record History: This listing was added to lib-web-cats on Sep 22, 1998 and was last modified on May 22, 2013. This library has been accessed 42 times through lib-web-cats.
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