Kirkland Town Library

Name

Kirkland Town Library

Legal name

Kirkland Town Library

Website

https://kirklandtownlibrary.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Library Services

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (51921), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Libraries & Information Services (BPAIACAO)

Keywords

• Public library services
• Community lending programs
• Digital resource access
• Children's literacy services
• Community meeting spaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Clinton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Funding (NYS Education Law 259): Primary funding source at 66.8% of budget. Approved through annual school district ballot vote. For 2026, the proposed budget is $365,718, adding approximately $0.01 per $1,000 of assessed home value.
2. Fundraising: Annual fundraising efforts including Friends of the Library book sale and jewelry sale, and annual appeal. Represents 14.7% of operating income.
3. Gifts and Miscellaneous: Grants and donations from community. Represents 13.7% of 2025 funding. Since 2012, library has received approximately $35,750 in programming/services grants and over $417,170 for building improvements.
4. Government Funding: Oneida County provides 3.5% and New York State provides 1.0% of funding. No funding received from Town of Kirkland or Village of Clinton.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kirkland Town Library is a nonprofit public association library that lends physical and digital collections to community members free of charge, including books, American Girl dolls, cake pans, games/puzzles, kits and toys, outdoor equipment, musical instruments, park and museum passes, and seeds. It also delivers free community services such as public computers and printing, notary public, tech support, and reservable meeting rooms, and runs recurring programs such as the Poetry Path walking trail, reading competitions, and rotating art exhibitions.

Product overview

Kirkland Town Library is a public association library serving Clinton, NY, offering a unified lending and community services platform. The core offering centers on its physical and digital collections (books, American Girl dolls, cake pans, games/puzzles, kits/toys, music/technology items, park passes, outdoor equipment, seeds) augmented by services (community rooms, computers/printing, notary, tech support, newsletters) and programs (art shows, Poetry Path, Clinton Challenge reading competition, Friends book/jewelry sales). The library participates in the Mid York Library System (44 libraries) for shared catalog access and interlibrary loans, with digital resources accessed through Libby, ComicsPlus, and various databases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Books Physical and digital book lending service offering fiction, nonfiction, large type, audio books on compact disc, Playaways (MP3 audio books), Wonderbooks (read-aloud books for kids), with access to the shared Mid York Library System catalog of 44 libraries.
• American Girl Doll Collection Historical doll collection featuring 12 American Girl dolls, each with history cards, reading lists, and accessory kits including Cultural Celebrations themed packs for Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Lunar New Year.
• Cake Pans Lending collection of themed cake pans including shapes such as butterfly, dinosaur, fire truck, Lego Minifig, Mickey Mouse, teddy bear, train, and Wonder Woman for one-week checkout.
• Digital Resources Subscription-based digital content access including Libby (ebooks/audiobooks/magazines), ComicsPlus (digital comics/graphic novels/manga), Ancestry, CreativeBug, Tutor.com, Consumer Reports, Mometrix eLibrary, Credo Reference, NoveList Plus, and NOVELny databases.
• Games, Puzzles & Creativity Board game lending (Catan, Ticket to Ride, Codenames, etc.), original art jigsaw puzzles created by local artists, Mind-Full cognitive kits for adults, starter kits for crochet/origami/knot tying, and outdoor puzzle exchange.
• Kits & Toys for Kids Educational kit lending including Explorer Bags (hiking, birds/butterflies, camping, weather), Hooked on Books (100 bags of 10 books each for early literacy), Launchpads (financial literacy tablets), Play With Me Kits (age-specific 0-48 months), Storytime To-Go Bags, Yoto Mini Player, and Road Trip Kit.
• Music & Technology Equipment lending including guitars and ukuleles with accessories, outdoor musical instruments, CD/DVD players, digital projector and screen, Nintendo Switch with games library, Playdate handheld gaming device, and mobile hotspot internet access.
• Park and Museum Passes Discounted admission passes to 13 regional attractions including Adirondack Experience, Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, Empire Pass (NY State Parks), Everson Museum, Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo, MOST science museum, Munson art center, Onondaga County Parks, ScienCenter, Utica Zoo, and Wild Center.
• Outdoor Equipment & Games Seasonal equipment lending including adaptive bikes, scooters, sports equipment (bocce, cornhole, croquet, pickleball, spikeball, tennis), Orion StarBlast telescope, camping gear (tents, fishing poles), and winter equipment (kicksleds, snowshoes).
• Seed Library Free heirloom seed lending program open March/April annually; patrons may borrow up to five seed packets and are encouraged to return seeds for community sharing.
• Community Rooms Four reservable spaces: Bristol Room (up to 65 people with A/V), History Room (up to 12 people), Stryker Room (up to 8 people), and seasonal Deck (up to 15 people); plus drop-in work/study/tutoring areas.
• Computers, Printing, Scanning & Faxing Six public PCs, three borrowable ChromeBooks, free black-and-white printing (wireless available), document scanning to email/USB (free), black-and-white copies ($0.25/page), and outgoing fax service (free).
• Notary Public Free notary services weekdays 10 a.m.-Noon and 1-4 p.m. on drop-in basis; requires valid photo ID and unsigned documents.
• Tech Support Free technology assistance via Wednesday drop-in sessions (11 a.m.-2 p.m.) and scheduled appointments; covers device operation, email, Microsoft Office, Google Docs, catalog access, Libby/Mid York app setup, and digital resource guidance.
• Weekly E-Newsletter Bimodal email newsletters: one for adults and another for kids, teens, and families; covers programs, events, and collection additions.
• Poetry Path Self-guided 1.5-mile walking route featuring 12 outdoor poetry installations by local and historical poets including Valerie Worth, Dorothy Forsythe Dale, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Carl Sandburg, and John Keats; opened August 2016.
• Clinton Challenge Inter-library summer reading competition for adults (ages 18+) against seven Clinton libraries across multiple states; spans May 25 - August 31 with six reporting rounds and prize raffles.
• Friends Annual Book Sale Annual used book sale held on the Village Green in July, organized by Friends of the Kirkland Town Library; next scheduled July 2027.
• Friends Jewelry Sale Annual costume and fine jewelry sale held in late November; accepts donations of necklaces, earrings, pins, rings; next scheduled November 27-28, 2026.
• Art Shows Monthly rotating art exhibitions by local artists in Bristol Room and Stryker Room; open to community artists for month-long shows.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,657 items circulated annually (2013 figures)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mid York Library SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1959Charter member since 1959. Cooperative network of public libraries in Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison counties sharing resources, common online catalog, and interlibrary loan services. Kirkland Town Library is one of 44 member libraries enabling patrons to borrow materials from any member library.
• StrategicminorOthersCorporate sponsor for park and museum passes program, providing discounted admission access to local parks and museums for library patrons.
• Waterville TimesminorOthersSponsor of the Clinton Challenge summer reading competition where readers from multiple Clinton libraries compete against each other.
• Friends of the Kirkland Town LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVolunteer committee organized in 1963 that raises funds and provides volunteers for library projects. Conducts major annual fundraisers including the used book sale (July) and jewelry sale (November). Raised $15,000 in 1973 to match foundation grant for library materials.
• Clinton Historical SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in the American Girl Doll Collection program. Historical Society contributes local history context and helped develop the collection featuring Clinton history booklets accompanying each doll.
• Hamilton CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in town-gown relationship. College is located in Clinton and contributes to community programs. Library building was originally a Hamilton College fraternity house. Hamilton College has provided grants through the Town Gown Fund.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• American Library Association: National professional association for U.S. libraries that provides policy advocacy, grant funding (e.g., Thinking Money for Kids kits cited in Kirkland's offerings), and industry standards. Functions as an enabling ecosystem partner rather than a direct competitor.
• Hamilton College Library: Academic library in Clinton, NY with a documented town-gown relationship to Kirkland Town Library. Comparable as a Clinton-based library serving overlapping community interests but focused on academic users rather than the general public.
• OverDrive: Digital content platform powering the Libby app that Kirkland Town Library uses for e-books, audiobooks, and magazines. Not a peer in service delivery but a critical technology enabler and the standard digital lending infrastructure for U.S. public libraries.

Broad incumbents

• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library: Upstate New York's largest public library system, serving Erie County with 37 branches and a chartered county library. Comparable as a New York State public library operating under similar legal frameworks, but at a much larger geographic and budgetary scale.
• New York Public Library: Largest public library system in the United States, serving Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Comparable as a chartered NY public library with broad community programming, free services, and similar statutory underpinnings, though vastly larger in budget and footprint.
• Queens Public Library: Third of the three chartered NY public library systems, serving Queens with multilingual programming, digital labs, and community services. Directly comparable in mission and regulatory framework to Kirkland Town Library, though at far greater scale.
• Rochester Public Library: Municipal public library serving Rochester, NY, with charter under NYS Education Law. Comparable statutory framework and community-service mission, though operating in an urban environment versus Kirkland's small-town setting.
• Brooklyn Public Library: One of New York's three major public library systems, offering traditional lending plus extensive programming, digital resources, and community services. Operates under NYS Education Law but at vastly larger scale; comparable in mission and statutory framework.

Regional players

• Onondaga County Public Library: Central New York county library system headquartered in Syracuse, NY, serving Onondaga County residents. Comparable as a chartered NY public library with cooperative lending and programming, though serving a different county than Kirkland.

Direct peers

• Mid York Library System: Cooperative of 44 public libraries across Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison counties of which Kirkland Town Library is a charter member since 1959. It shares catalogs, digital resources, and interlibrary loan services, making it the closest comparable organization in operating model and reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

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