Maricopa County Library District

Maricopa County Library District (established 1929) is a public library system located in central Arizona, United States. The library district serves unincorporated areas in Maricopa County, Arizona. In addition, the district partners with cities/towns and school districts to operate their libraries. The district operates 17 libraries. During fiscal year 2013-14, the Library District served 3.1 million customers and loaned 8.3 million items.

51300 West U.S. 60 Aguila, AZ 85320

14011 N. 1st Ave. El Mirage, AZ 85335

10600 W. Peoria Avenue Room 143 Sun City, Arizona 85351

12901 N. La Montana Dr. Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

202 N. Euclid Gila Bend, AZ 85337

14455 W. Van Buren St., Suite C-101 Goodyear, AZ 85338

9241 S Avenida del Yaqui Guadalupe, AZ 85283

15844 N. Hollyhock Surprise, AZ 85374

101 W. Wigwam Blvd. Litchfield Park, AZ 85340

40410 North Gavilan Peak Parkway Anthem, AZ 85086

16089 N. Bullard Ave. Surprise, AZ 85374

1965 E. Queen Creek Rd. Gilbert, AZ 85296

21802 S. Ellsworth Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242

9330 E. Riggs Rd Sun Lakes, AZ 85248

775 N Greenfield Rd. Gilbert, AZ 85234

16828 N. 99th Ave Sun City, AZ 85351

20304 W White Tank Mountain Rd Waddell, Arizona 85355

Multiple copies of best-sellers are displayed on bookstore-like shelves near library entrances and a large collection of DVDs provided for library customers. With the 24x7 ASK! service, enquirers get an answer to a question from a librarian, anytime day or night seven days a week, with the online chat service.

All 17 branch libraries utilize the District's homegrown ShelfLogic classification system (formerly referred to as Dewey-less), which means they do not use the Dewey Decimal Classification format to file books. Instead, these four libraries are set up with books and media located in "neighborhoods" by topics, like a modern bookstore.

The Maricopa County Library District also operates a virtual branch and a Books by Mail program.

Maricopa County started a free library system the day after the stock market crash in 1929. The enormous population increases in the 1960s and 1970s led the County Library System to undergo reorganization to meet the demands of the residents. In 1986 the State Legislature passed a bill allowing Arizona counties to establish library districts. In 1987 the County Board of Supervisors voted to form the Maricopa County Library District (separate governmental and tax entities). The County Board of Supervisors serves as the District’s Board of Library Directors.

During fiscal year 2007-08, the library district welcomed more than 3 million customers and loaned more than 5 million units of materials.

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