Viking Library System, serving an area of 120,000 residents, has a collection of 12,600 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,260 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 9,200 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of 10 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. The system comprises, plus 2 bookmobiles. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $30,000. Patrons make 96,000 visits annually, and check out materials 240,000 times. Forty-four percent of all check-outs are children's materials.