Beaver County Library System, serving an area of 72,000 residents, has a collection of 20,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 310 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 115 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 14 employees, of whom 3 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. The system comprisesone branch library, plus one bookmobile. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $110,000. Patrons make 280,000 visits annually, and check out materials 84,000 times. Forty-two percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
This facility houses administative offices. Branch libraries are listed below.