The Alachua County Library District is an independent special district serving about 271,000 residents in the city of Gainesville. It provides public library services at 12 branch locations, with two bookmobile and multiple deposit collections. The library maintains 952,000 volumes and circulates 2.7 million items per year. It offers meeting and study rooms, public computers, printing, a law library, a makerspace, assistive services, and some government services. It also offers various programs that include Art Shows, Book Clubs, Millhopper School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, and Storytime.