Grand Saline Public Library, serving an area of 7,500 residents, has a collection of 18,900 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 520 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 660 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 $5,800. Patrons make 4,800 visits annually, and check out materials 14,700 times. Forty-two percent of all check-outs are children's materials.