Hopkinsville Christian County Public Library

The Hopkinsville-Christian County Library serves an area of 80,000 residents and has a collection of 109,000 books and periodicals. In addition, there are 3,000 CDs, records, cassettes, and other audio materials, as well as 4,000 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public as well as wireless internet for those bringing their own laptops.

Staffing consists of 10 employees, including two librarians. The system comprises of one central library. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $69,000. Patrons make 144,000 visits annually, and check out materials 154,000 times. Thirty-four percent of all check-outs are children's materials.

The library offers many other services including magazines to read, fax sending and receiving, interlibrary loan, photocopiers, newspapers on microfilm, meeting rooms to rent, and puzzles to check out!