Friendship Public Library, serving an area of 1,100 residents, has a collection of 15,400 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 56 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 20 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 $3,400. Patrons make 2,600 visits annually, and check out materials 5,600 times. Forty-six percent of all check-outs are children's materials.