Beaver Island District Library, serving an area of 560 residents, has a collection of 14,700 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 220 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 540 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 $9,600. Patrons make 12,000 visits annually, and check out materials 9,200 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
