Who we are

The Carson City Public Library is located at 102 W. Main Street, Carson City, MI. Our Crystal Community Branch is located at 101 N. Main Street, Crystal, MI.
We are a Michigan Class III public library serving a population of 10,857. Our service area includes the City of Carson City and the following eight
townships:
Montcalm County - Bloomer, Bushnell, Crystal, and Ferris
Gratiot County - Fulton, New Haven, and North Shade
Ionia County - North Plains
We are a member of the Lakeland Library Cooperative and participate in interlibrary loan and reciprocal borrowing with the other Lakeland member libraries.

Our mission is to provide services and materials that will assist people of all ages in their search for information, knowledge, and reading enjoyment.

Our patrons enjoy access to educational and entertaining books including downloadable e-books, audio books including downloadable audio books, videos, magazines, newspapers, and Internet access including wireless.
People use the public access PC workstations at the Carson City Public Library and Crystal Community Library for data processing software and educational children's software, to search for jobs, submit resumes & job applications, study, research, take tests and more, all online.
People come to our libraries to read, study, discuss literature, research genealogy, and to attend educational & culturally oriented programs for children and adults.
Our friendly and knowledgeable staff look forward to serving you at the Carson City Public and the Crystal Community Libraries!

The Carson City Public Library Board of Trustees meets regularly on the second Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November at 3:00 p.m. at the Carson City Public Library.