Somerset County Fed Library System, serving an area of 8,000 residents, has a collection of 100,000 books and periodicals.
Staffing consists of 2 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. The system comprises one central library, plus one bookmobile. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $16,000. Patrons make 44,000 visits annually, and check out materials 48,000 times. Fifty-two percent of all check-outs are children's materials.