Shackelford County Library, serving an area of 3,300 residents, has a collection of 8,800 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 260 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as .
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $1,000. Patrons make 320 visits annually, and check out materials 2,100 times. Forty-four percent of all check-outs are children's materials.