Ashland Community Library, serving an area of 2,300 residents, has a collection of 15,400 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 330 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 880 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $6,000. Patrons make 12,600 visits annually, and check out materials 11,000 times. Forty-six percent of all check-outs are children's materials.