Westfield Memorial Library, serving an area of 30,000 residents, has a collection of 140,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 5,600 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 1,800 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 23 employees, of whom 10 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $189,000. Patrons make 440,000 visits annually, and check out materials 330,000 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.