Columbus Public Library, serving an area of 3,400 residents, has a collection of 21,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 250 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 250 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 $13,800. Patrons make 17,600 visits annually, and check out materials 34,000 times. Forty-two percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
