Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) is a system of

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, United States. It was formed in 1998 by an agreement between Ingham County and the City of Lansing. It consists of thirteen libraries and a

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. CADL is governed by a seven-member board, five of which are selected by Ingham County, and the remaining two are selected by the City of Lansing. CADL also participates with the Michigan eLibrary. The ''Friends of the Library'' support Capital Area District Libraries through fundraising and community outreach.Capital Area District Library
Friends of the Library
, cadl.org, ''retrieved 2011-Apr-06'' The City of

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maintains a separate library system ( East Lansing Public Library).Capital Area District Library
About Your Library
cadl.org

Administration and board

Management team

Board of trustees

Branches

* CADL Aurelius - Aurelius * CADL Dansville - Dansville * CADL Foster -

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

* CADL Haslett -

Haslett Haslett is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly within Meridian Charter Township with a small portion extending east into Williamstown Township. The population was 19,220 at the 2 ...

* CADL Holt-Delhi - Holt * CADL Okemos - Okemos * CADL Leslie - Leslie * CADL Downtown Lansing -

* CADL Mason - Mason * CADL South 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 skill
CADL has 11 sites
throughout Ingham County, Michigan.

Student Success Initiative

Th
Student Success Initiative
debuted in 2019, beginning with nearly 600 students in Webberville, Michigan. To date more than 20,000 students from 10 different Michigan school districts (Dansville, Haslett, Holt, Lansing, Leslie, Mason, Okemos, Stockbridge, Webberville and Williamston). 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 Associatio
Public Librarian of the Year
(Jessica Trotter) * 2020 American Library Association PR Xchange Award Competition Winner (four winning entries)

* 2019 Library of Michigan's Quality Services Audit Checklist Award (Excellent Level)

References

External links

CADL Official web sitelib-web-cats
Public libraries in Michigan Library districts Education in Lansing, Michigan Education in Ingham County, Michigan 1998 establishments in Michigan {{Michigan-stub