Port Jervis Free Library, serving an area of 17,600 residents, has a collection of 48,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,100 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 2,100 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 11 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $96,000. Patrons make 100,000 visits annually, and check out materials 100,000 times. Forty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.