Amenia Free Library, serving an area of 4,000 residents, has a collection of 10,500 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 250 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 168 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of one employee, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $3,800. Patrons make 10,000 visits annually, and check out materials 13,200 times. Eighteen percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
