Park Ridge Public Library, serving an area of 38,000 residents, has a collection of 240,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 11,500 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 7,800 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 52 employees, of whom 15 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $580,000. Patrons make 480,000 visits annually, and check out materials 690,000 times. Forty-four percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
