Canajoharie Library And Art Gallery, serving an area of 6,300 residents, has a collection of 32,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 1,100 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 960 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public.
Staffing consists of 4 employees, including one fully accredited librarian, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $24,000. Patrons make 48,000 visits annually, and check out materials 38,000 times. Forty-six percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
Houses a permanent collection of over 350 American paintings and sculpture, The Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery enjoys a reputation as one of the finest small art galleries in the United States. At the heart of the collection are twenty-one oils and watercolors by Winslow Homer.