The Des Moines Public Library is a department of the City of Des Moines and serves more than 211,000 residents of Des Moines. It operates six library locations, including the Central Library on Grand Avenue and branches on Hubbell Avenue, Forest Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Fifth Avenue, and Porter Avenue. The library maintains 494,233 volumes and circulates 1.4 million items per year. These resources include books, videos, audiobooks, digital collections, and reference materials, with the reference department offering special research services. Des Moines Public Library provides meeting and study rooms, wireless printing, free notary services, test proctoring, and public computers at all locations. It also has special computers for the visually impaired at the Central Library and Chromebooks at the Northside Library on Fifth Avenue. It hosts numerous events for preschoolers, children, teens, and adults.