Patten - Veterans Memorial Library, serving an area of 1,100 residents, has a collection of 14,700 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 105 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 330 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 $7,800. Patrons make 7,500 visits annually, and check out materials 11,000 times. Twenty-seven percent of all check-outs are children's materials.