Hughes Memorial Library, serving an area of 1,400 residents in
Litchfield County, has a collection of 10,500 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 210 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 290 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of one employee, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $6,000. Patrons make 4,400 visits annually, and check out materials 10,000 times. Thirty-one percent of all check-outs are children's materials.