Mount Vernon - Shaw Memorial Library, serving an area of 1,890 residents, has a collection of 11,500 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 380 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 560 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 $8,400. Patrons make 3,000 visits annually, and check out materials 9,200 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.