 As of 2008 , the libraries , combined , employed about 120 people ( FTE ) , of which 23 were librarians . The three had a total of almost 1 @.@ 6 million volumes in the collections , 16 @,@ 992 serials , 2 @.@ 1 million microform documents , and 3 @,@ 849 e @-@ books . The Valley Library alone contained 1 @.@ 4 million volumes and 14 @,@ 000 serials out of those totals . Valley also has over 500 @,@ 000 government documents and maps , as it has served as a Federal Depository Library since 1907 and is a deposit library for the state government as well . The three libraries combined had a budget of $ 10 @.@ 8 million and a circulation of 347 @,@ 000 while servicing 24 @,@ 000 inter @-@ library loans and averaging about 34 @,@ 000 people per week at the libraries . 
