The DeKalb County Public Library serves 60,690 residents of Fort Payne and DeKalb County. The library maintains a collection of 84,538 volumes and circulates approximately 79,800 items per year. Its items span fiction and nonfiction, local history & genealogy, periodicals, newspapers, books on CDs, and educational and recreational videos. It offers Internet access and personal computers for in-library use, wireless Internet access, copying, printing, children's storytimes, and summer reading programs for children.