Accreditation Service Levels

LIBRARY SERVICE LEVELS

Per SWKLS Library Accreditation and Development Accreditation Application, approved December 2020.

The library service levels in the Library Development Accreditation program of the Southwest Kansas Library System are adapted from those contained in 2016 Revision of Kansas Public Library Standards

Service Level	Population
Gateway Library	Fewer than 500 people
Linking Library	500 – 1,000 people
Service Center	1,000 – 2,500 people
Service Center II	2,500-10,000 people
Level I Major Service Center	10,000-25,000
Level II Major Service Center	25,000-100,000
Major Resource Library	more than 100,000 people