Eatontown Public Library, serving an area of 14,000 residents, has a collection of 52,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 2,300 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 1,610 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of 9 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $72,000. Patrons make 66,000 visits annually, and check out materials 110,000 times. Thirty-three percent of all check-outs are children's materials.