Buena Park Library, serving an area of 80,000 residents, has a collection of 100,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 3,200 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 2,900 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 21 employees, of whom 6 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $147,000. Patrons make 310,000 visits annually, and check out materials 440,000 times. Forty-two percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
