Montgomery Free Library, serving an area of 3,600 residents, has a collection of 18,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 220 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 380 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $5,000. Patrons make 10,500 visits annually, and check out materials 22,000 times. Forty percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
