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There are two areas to fill out :  Focus Area and Service Area

Focus Area is for the specific geographic area services serviced by the library such as library–usually a city or town.  However, it may be allowed to service a larger region such as the state.  That would be the Service Area.  However, these will usually be one an the same.

You can use ZIP code for specificity. 

, town, county, state, or ZIP code. The following formats are supported:

• Salt Lake City, UT
• Broward County, FL
• CT
• 93203

Usually the library's Service Area and Focus Area are the same. In those cases you can leave Focus Area empty.

Some libraries are expected to provide service to a region larger than their focus area. For example, the New York Public Library has a focus area covering three of the boroughs of New York City (The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island), but its focus area covers the entire state of New York.

Best practice for most libraries is to use CITY, ST in Focus Area, and to leave Service Area emptyBest practice, use CITY, ST and in both Focus Areas, and Service Area  - reserving the more specific location for the Focus Area.