Muskegon Area District Library

The Muskegon Area District Library (MADL) is the largest (Class 6) multi-branch library system in Muskegon County with eleven community locations and one bookmobile. The administration headquarters are located in Fruitport Township.

• Bookmobile
• Dalton
• Egelston
• Holton
• Laketon
• Library for the Visually and Physically Disabled
• Montague
• Muskegon Heights
• Muskegon Township
• North Muskegon
• Norton Shores
• Ravenna

In the mid-1930s, James TenBrink, the County School Commissioner, was concerned that there were no public and few school libraries in Muskegon County outside the City of Muskegon.^[1] In response, he and the Muskegon County Teachers Club created the Muskegon County School Library in 1936. It was located in TenBrinks office in the Muskegon County Court House.^[1]

Within two years, the response was so great that it was decided to transition the service into a separate organization with outside funding.^[1] This became the Muskegon County Library in 1938, formed under the Michigan Public Act 138 of 1917 with the assistance of the State Library and the Muskegon County Board of Supervisors.^[1]

The first library board consisted of James TenBrink as chairman, Rena Hoeker, Raymond R. Oehrli, Helen LeJeune, and Pearl Plummer.^[1]

As a result of a millage campaign in 2006, the Muskegon Area District Library was created.^[2]

The library system celebrated it 80th anniversary in 2018.

In 2021, the Township Branch re-located into a newly built modern space at the Quarter-Apple Mall. Also, a new Bookmobile began new outreach services in 2021.

A new branch in Laketon Township was created in 2022.

The library ended 2021 with a circulation count of 631,115.

MADL is a part of the Lakeland Library Cooperative and Michigan eLibrary (MeL).

MADL patrons have access to the following online resources:^[4][5]

• Libby by OverDrive
• cloudLibrary
• Música libre
• Hoopla Digital
• RBDigital
• Canopy
• Banco de noticias
• Pronunciador
• Edición de la biblioteca de Ancestry
• Línea de valor
• Referencia de EE. UU.
• ESCOLA
• Biblioteca LearningExpress
• Pruebas de conducción.org
• Tutoría en línea de Brainfuse
• Biblioteca de libros Tumble

"Las aldeas Storyville de Muskegon son aldeas de alfabetización temprana, diseñadas a la medida de los niños, donde los niños de 0 a 5 años y sus padres/cuidadores pueden dar rienda suelta a su imaginación. Cada aldea ayuda a los niños a prepararse para el jardín de infancia, centrándose en el juego, la lectura, el canto, la conversación y la escritura. Las aldeas están ubicadas en las sucursales de MADL de Montague , Muskegon Heights y Norton Shores ." ^{[ 6 ]}