Silver Lake Library, serving an area of 1,980 residents, has a collection of 8,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 138 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 840 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 $7,200. Patrons make 7,500 visits annually, and check out materials 16,100 times. Fifty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.