St Marys/Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Library, serving an area of 20,000 residents, has a collection of 120,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,890 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 270 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of 9 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. The system comprises one central library and 8 branch libraries. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $69,000. Patrons make 42,000 visits annually, and check out materials 78,000 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.