Floral Park Public Library, serving an area of 16,100 residents, has a collection of 88,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 2,400 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 3,000 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 7 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $147,000. Patrons make 138,000 visits annually, and check out materials 126,000 times. Forty-six percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
