[Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards

[Jocelyn Levin]

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but my library checks the Michigan Secretary of State's Find My Clerk page to verify what municipality the patron pays taxes in and therefore whether a patron lives in our service area: [ https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Clerk | https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/Clerk ] 

Jocelyn Levin, MLIS 
Youth and Teen Services Librarian 
jlevin at lyon.lib.mi.us 

Lyon Township Public Library 
27005 Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178 
248.437.8800 Ext. 615 
[ http://www.lyon.lib.mi.us/ | www.lyon.lib.mi.us ] 


From: "Michlib-l" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
To: "Adrianne Schinkai" <amschinkai at gmail.com>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org> 
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:52:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards 



We were just looking into this, and found the following: 



[ https://michigan.hometownlocator.com/ | https://michigan.hometownlocator.com/ ] 



[ https://usgeocoder.com/ | https://usgeocoder.com/ ] 





From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] On Behalf Of Adrianne Schinkai via Michlib-l 
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:07 PM 
To: michlib-l <michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org> 
Subject: [Michlib-l] Determining Residency and Millages for Public Library Cards 




Hello everyone, 

In the past, my library has used [ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml | American Factfinder ] to help determine where millages are paid and how classifications for residency are determined for our library cards. We were basically able to punch in an applying [ https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t | 
patron’s address into the system ] and based on the Economic Place results, we were able to easily determine the classification. 

However, American Factfinder is going offline on March 31 st and we are having some issues with navigating the Census Data website thus far. As I am waiting to hear a reply from the Census Data website of whether this feature will be part of the migration or going obsolete, we are exploring other options, such as working with Google Maps. Nothing is showing the ease of access we are hoping for thus far. 

Would anyone mind sharing their foolproof go to for determining residency and where mileages are paid? 

Thanks in advance for your help and advice. 


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Adrianne M. Schinkai 


    * Head of Reference and Circulation Services 
    * Vicksburg District Library, Vicksburg, MI 
    * [ mailto:aschinkai at vicksburglibrary.org | Work Email ] 
    * [ mailto:amschinkai at gmail.com | Personal Email ] 
    * [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amschinkai/ | LinkedIn Account ] 


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