Athena Public Library, serving an area of 1,800 residents, has a collection of 8,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 440 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as .
Staffing consists of one employee, plus volunteers. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $9,600. Patrons make 5,000 visits annually, and check out materials 11,500 times. Thirty-eight percent of all check-outs are children's materials.