Allen/Lyon County Library District 1, serving an area of 840 residents, has a collection of 8,800 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 69 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 92 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $2,100. Patrons make 2,700 visits annually, and check out materials 5,600 times. Forty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.