Canton Public Library
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Canton Public Library serves more than 85,000 residents of Canton. Their mission statement is "The Canton Public Library connects your community."
The library is located at 1200 S. Canton Center Rd in Canton.
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[edit] Services
CPL lends books, DVDs and video games. Ebooks are available through the website. They also have some non-media items like Kill a watt energy meters.
There is free WiFi in the building as well as computers with internet access. Jungle Java has set up shop at the entrance to provide coffee to library patrons.
On Thursdays, the closing announcement is sung to the tune of children's songs.
[edit] By The Numbers
- CPL contains approximately 270,600 unique titles and 307,300 total materials
- Canton Public Library is the busiest single-branch library in the state
- 1,796,819 items circulated in 2008 - an increase of over 11% from 2007
- Set a one-day circulation record of 12,167 items on June 16, 2008
- Issued 8,835 library cards in 2008
- Over 75% of cardholders are Canton residents
- Facility is 53,000 square feet
- International language collection: Over 5,000 items in 21 languages
- Employs 127 people in full-time, part-time, seasonal and on-call positions
[edit] People
Eva Davis is the library director.
Members of the Canton Public Library Board of Trustees are James G. Fausone, Kimberly Schulz, Michael Siegrist, George Snow, Don Turner, and Colleen Van Auken.
[edit] Newsletter
A printed newsletter, Canton Public Library Connections, is available in the library and is mailed bulk rate to Canton residents. It contains program information and a library calendar.
[edit] Reference services
CPL reference librarians can be reached online during business hours via chat for quick reference questions.
[edit] External Links
[edit] News references
Canton Public Library stories in the Canton Observer this week
