Cortland Free Library, serving an area of 26,000 residents, has a collection of 120,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,100 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 8 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $96,000. Patrons make 88,000 visits annually, and check out materials 92,000 times. Fifty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.