The Central Branch Library serves over 105,000 residents in the city of Columbia, a census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland. The library is publicly funded and affiliated with the Howard County Library System, which maintains more than 1.1 million volumes and circulates 8.5 million items per year. The Central branch offers collections related to Art Education, Equity Resource, and Health Education, as well as Project Literacy, public computers, free printing and scanning, copying, and faxing services.