Belmar Public Library, serving an area of 6,000 residents, has a collection of 35,000 books and periodicals. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 2 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $33,000. Patrons make 12,000 visits annually, and check out materials 18,000 times. Forty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.