Dayton Metro Library

Dayton Metro Library is a multi-branch library system serving 458,677 residents of the Dayton Metropolitan Area. It has 19 locations across the area (as well as two bookmobiles). Almost 5.8 million items were borrowed in 2018.[4] The Dayton Metro Library ranks in the top ten best libraries in the United States serving a population of over 250,000 by HAPLR.[5] The Dayton Metro Library system is considered a county system with branches in cities and towns throughout Montgomery County, Ohio, but does not have branches in Centerville, Germantown, Oakwood, Riverside or Washington Township. All are serviced by libraries of their own, save Riverside, various parts of which are geographically close to Dayton Metro Library locations, including Burkhardt, Electra C. Doren and Huber Heights.[6][7][8]

Dayton Metro Library
CountryUSA
TypePublic library
Established1888
Location215 E. 3rd St, Dayton, Ohio 45402
BranchesMain Library and 18 branches
Collection
Size974,405 (2018)[1]
Legal depositSelective federal depository library[2]
Access and use
Circulation5,770,221[3]
Population served458,677[3]
Members424,405[3]
Other information
Budget$62,014,544[3]
DirectorTim Kambitsch
Staff326.4 FTE[3]
Websitedaytonmetrolibrary.org
Map

History
Former Main Library in Downtown Dayton in 2015

Library service in Dayton began in 1805 with the Social Library Society of Dayton. The Society was also the first library to be incorporated in Ohio. The Society was dissolved in 1821 and books were sold at auction.

In 1847, the Dayton Library Association was established. This lasted until 1860 when it merged with the Public School Library, founded in 1855. In 1887 it was organized as a school district library. A new building was opened in Cooper Park in January 1888. Bookmobile service began in October 1923. In 1948, the library changed in legal form from a school district library to a county district library.

In November 1956, the library officially changed its name to the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library. A new $2.3 million building was constructed for the Main Library in 1960, with groundbreaking taking place on August 29. The new building, adjacent to the old building (since razed), opened on March 26, 1962, and is still in use today (albeit with renovations done in 1987 and 1998–2000). The Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library name stayed on until June 19, 2002, when it officially changed its name to the Dayton Metro Library. A new logo and website were unveiled in January 2003. (source of library history: compiled from Dayton Metro Library Personnel Manual, June 2005) Another new website was unveiled in December 2014, featuring a new logo, overall new design and a number of new functionalities.

Library Reconstruction
New Library Facility under construction

In November 2012, Dayton, Ohio area voters passed Issue 70, a $187 million bond issue covering building and renovation, with a vote of over 60% support. The project will allow for a completely renovated main branch of the library, expansion and/or remodeling and renovation on a number of existing branches, entirely new facilities for certain locations, and the consolidation of certain underperforming and outdated facilities with larger, modernized branches.[9] The Dayton Daily News reported on this levy and said, “the plan would change libraries from “books and bricks” into community centers designed to provide traditional library services, as well as the latest technology.” [10] The renovated and new facilities were originally expected to be completed by year-end 2017, though delays in construction and property acquisition have moved this back to at least 2022.[11] On March 20, 2013, it was announced that a re-examination of the plan had determined that in certain cases new libraries could be built rather than expanding or renovating certain branches, without increasing the cost of the plan. As such, it was determined that the Brookville, Miamisburg, New Lebanon, Northmont and Trotwood Branches would all be moved to new buildings, rather than being renovated/expanded.[12]

Branches
  • Brookville Branch, 120 Blue Pride Drive, Brookville
  • Burkhardt Branch, 4680 Burkhardt Ave.
  • Electra C. Doren Branch, 701 Troy St.
  • Huber Heights Branch, 6160 Chambersburg Rd., Huber Heights
  • Kettering Moraine Branch, 3496 Far Hills Ave., Kettering
  • Madden Hills Branch, 2542 Germantown St.
  • Main Library, 215 E. 3rd St.
  • Miami Township Branch, 2718 Lyons Rd., Miamisburg
  • Miamisburg Branch, 545 E. Linden Ave.,, Miamisburg
  • New Lebanon Branch, 715 W. Main St., New Lebanon
  • Northmont Branch, 333 W. National Rd., Englewood
  • Northwest Branch, 2410 Philadelphia Dr.
  • Operations Center, 120 S. Patterson Blvd. (Not open to public)
  • Outreach Services, 2293 Arbor Blvd. (Not open to public)
  • Southeast Branch, 21 Watervliet Ave.
  • Trotwood Branch, 855 E. Main St., Trotwood
  • Vandalia Branch, 330 S. Dixie Dr., Vandalia
  • West Carrollton Branch, 300 E. Central Ave., West Carrollton
  • Westwood Branch, 3207 Hoover Ave.
  • Wilmington-Stroop Branch, 3980 Wilmington Pike, Kettering

Past Branches
  • Belmont Branch, 1041 Watervliet Ave. (Permanently closed July 26, 2019, and replaced by Southeast Branch)
  • Brookville Branch, 425 Rona Parkway, Brookville (Permanently closed Saturday, July 30, 2016, and replaced by new building)
  • Dayton Mall Mini-Branch Library (Discontinued in the early 2000s)[13]
  • Dayton View Branch, 1515 Salem Ave. (Permanently closed March 30, 2016, and replaced by Northwest Branch)
  • East Branch, 2008 Wyoming St. (Permanently closed July 6, 2019, and replaced by Southeast Branch)
  • East Carnegie Branch, E Fifth St. (Discontinued in the 1960s, structure remains, and is used for meetings of the town's Southeast Priority Board)[14][15]
  • Ft. McKinley Branch, 3735 Salem Ave. (Permanently closed March 30, 2016, and replaced by Northwest Branch)
  • Genealogy Center, 359 Maryland Ave. (This was a temporary branch from 2015-2017 while the Main Library was being renovated)
  • Hills and Dales Branch, Kettering. (This was a branch located in a shopping plaza in the 1970s)
  • Miamisburg Branch, 35 S. Fifth St., Miamisburg (Permanently closed Saturday, January 28, 2017, and replaced by new building)
  • New Lebanon Branch, 500 S. Dixie Dr., Vandalia (Permanently closed Saturday, July 2, 2016, and replaced by new building)
  • Northtown-Shiloh Branch, 35 Bennington Dr. (Permanently closed March 29, 2016, and replaced by Northwest Branch)
  • Temporary Main, 120 S. Patterson Blvd (first floor). (This was the temporary Main branch from 2015-2017 while the Main Library was being renovated)
  • Trotwood Branch, 651 E. Main St., Trotwood (Permanently closed Saturday, February 22, 2020, and replaced by new building)
  • Vandalia Branch, 500 S. Dixie Dr., Vandalia (Permanently closed Wednesday, October 26, 2016, and replaced by new building. The old branch was converted into the new Board of Education building for the Vandalia-Butler City School District [their old Board of Education building was torn down and the new Vandalia Branch Library was built on its site].)
  • West Carnegie Branch, 1612 West Fifth Street (corner of Euclid and West Fifth). (Discontinued in the 1960s, later destroyed by a fire in 1979)[15]

Issue 70 Branch changes

Under the ten-year bond issue, Issue 70 (also known as "Libraries for Tomorrow"), passed by voters, the branch structure will be modified as follows:[16]

  • Main Library, Kettering-Moraine Branch, Miami Township Branch, West Carrollton Branch, Wilmington-Stroop Branch (Fully renovated and expanded)
  • Belmont Branch & East Branch (Combined and replaced with Southeast Branch)
  • Electra C. Doren Branch (Updated and renovated, Electra C. Doren branch was renamed from "E.C. Doren Branch" and re-opened January 3, 2015)[17]
  • Brookville Branch, Burkhardt Branch, Huber Heights Branch, Miamisburg Branch, New Lebanon Branch, Northmont Branch, Trotwood Branch, Vandalia Branch (Replaced with larger and modernized facilities in new locations)
  • Dayton View Branch, Ft. McKinley Branch, Northtown-Shiloh Branch (Combined and replaced with Northwest Branch)
  • Madden Hills Branch, Westwood Branch (Combined and replaced with West Branch)

Information technology

At one time, borrower's cards used at Dayton Metro Library use the nearly 40-year-old Codabar barcode format, with the symbol 'A' preceding and following the account number in the barcode proper. As of at least the early 2000s, all cards issued begin with the sequence 10060 or 10061, followed by 8 digits, with the exception of online-only cards, which begin with the sequence 10065.

As of 2012, the Dayton Metro Library's catalogue operates under the Polaris system, but had previously used Horizon from 2003 onwards, which was no longer offering software updates. Prior to this, it had used DRA from 1985.[18]

References
  1. http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/docs/2018annualreport.pdf
  2. "Ohio". GPO Federal Library Directory. United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. "2018 Ohio Public Library Statistics /website=Ohio.gov". Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  4. Dayton Metro Library: 2018 Annual Report
  5. "HAPLR Index". Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  6. Germantown Public Library official website
  7. Wright Memorial Public Library official website
  8. Washington-Centerville Public Library official website
  9. "Voters approve bond issue, levy for libraries". Dayton Daily News. November 7, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  10. Smith, J. H. (2012, June 13). Library levy to seek $187m from voters. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved from http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/library-levy-to-seek-187m-from-voters/nPgsz/
  11. Dayton Metro Library - Facilities
  12. Smith, Joanne (March 20, 2013). "Library constructing more new buildings, instead of renovating". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  13. Library Technology
  14. "Dayton Metro Library - East Branch". Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  15. Southeast Priority Board, Dayton, Ohio - Carnegie Library Buildings on Waymarking.com
  16. Library campaign website with details on renovation / construction plans Archived April 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  17. Dayton Metro Library homepage - "Your library's first renovation in Old North Dayton will re-open on January 3, 2015, at 11 A.M."
  18. Library Technology - Dayton Metro Library

Primary sources
  • Dayton Metro Library Collection (MS-007). Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, Ohio. "View online finding aid". Retrieved August 29, 2012.

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