Burlingame Community Library, serving an area of 1,000 residents, has a collection of 10,500 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 96 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 290 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $6,900. Patrons make 8,800 visits annually, and check out materials 24,000 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.