Grand Lake Branch Library
Presque Isle Harbor’s library is the Grand Lake Branch Library, a branch of Presque Isle District Library, which serves 14,332 people and lent 51K items last year.
What stands out about Grand Lake Branch Library
Read from the library’s own yearly report. The page puts what stands out first.
About 13 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, across the whole system, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Every hour the doors are open, about 7 items go out
Fiscal year 2024, for the whole Presque Isle District Library system. The library’s own count.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.38 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Presque Isle Harbor cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $43. Operating budget $907K.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $1.3M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $907K budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 4,518 cardholders ÷ 12.
Find it
Grand Lake Branch Library, 18132 Lake Esau Highway, Presque Isle.
No late fees. E-books and audiobooks from home. Loans renew on their own if no one’s waiting. Research databases: courses, journals, genealogy. Good at every Presque Isle District Library branch.
New in Presque Isle Harbor? The Handbook →Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 3 of 7 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000 people across the U.S. A tiny town’s library always looks busier per person, so it’s only compared with its own size.
Presque Isle District Library serves 14,332 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 10,000 to 25,000.
Mostly books and media off the shelf
51K loans last year: print, kids’ and digital.
Borrow from home with your card, plus research databases: courses, journals, genealogy and more.
Libraries next door
Who has a library of their own, and how much each town borrows. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Harbor | Grand Lake Branch Library fine-free | — | 30 |
| Presque Isle | Grand Lake Branch Library fine-free | — | 30 |
| Krakow | None of its own | — | — |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report.
About these numbers
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Hours are an average. The survey reports a building’s public hours for the whole year. We divide by the weeks it was open, so check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
- Compared by size. “Similar-size” means libraries serving about as many people, nationwide. Per-resident numbers always flatter the smallest towns, so they’re never compared with big cities.
- The library’s own count. Libraries report their own visits, loans and programs. A library that didn’t respond keeps its address and hours here, with no numbers.
- System-wide. Grand Lake Branch Library is one branch of Presque Isle District Library, so the yearly numbers cover every branch and all 14,332 people it serves.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Presque Isle Harbor.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.