Melrose Park Public Library, serving an area of 23,000 residents, has a collection of 88,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,150 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 1,680 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 10 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $154,000. Patrons make 72,000 visits annually, and check out materials 60,000 times. Forty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
