It receives about 100,000 guests annually and houses a collection of 75,000 books, audiobooks, music recordings, reference resources, videos (DVD and VHS) as well as an assortment of Alaskan and national periodicals.

It has the largest per capita circulation in the state of towns with populations over 2,500 people.

The large windows in front of the reading area look south across Eastern Channel towards the Pyramids.

The youth section of the library has a 100 square-foot mural of children's story characters that was completed in 1986.

[2] The library was moved into its current building in 1968 after a gift from Theodore Kettleson, a San Diego resident and shareholder in Sitka Cold Storage, enabled local organizers to begin raising funds from state and federal sources to construct a concrete building.