Fun Facts About Our Library

- Contains approximately 39,000 books.

- Receives no tax monies to buy books, audios, videos, etc.

- Purchases all items with donated contributions.

- Ranks 19th out of 80 Montana public libraries in number of items checked out.

- Ranks 6th out of 80 in children’s programs.

- Ranks 67 out of 80 in total capital expenditures.

- Is a founding member of the Montana Shared Catalog circulation system. From a starting number of 17 western Montana libraries, the MSC has now grown to more than 100 statewide.

- Works with other Partner libraries to share materials. There are now 23 Partner libraries with collections totaling nearly 1,000,000 items.

- Received the 2006 Montana Partner Libraries Library of the Year Award.

- Received the 2002 Montana State Reading Council Literacy Award.

- Reached 5938 children and young adults at 462 programs in fiscal year 2009.

- Has a service area population of 11,789.

- Has registered borrowers who are 39% city residents and 61% out-of-city residents.