The East Side Branch Library is a publicly funded and managed library that serves almost 28,000 residents in the city of New Iberia, parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It is an affiliate branch of the Iberia Parish Library, which was developed in 1947. The system has expanded to fully cater to its patrons, and East Side Branch is one of them. The branch contributes to the overall collection and services of the parish library system, which includes almost 300,000 books and serial volumes, more than 15,000 E-Books, more than 6,000 audio files, and more than 8,000 video files. The parish library system circulates almost 200,000 items, has more than 55,000 registered borrowers, and more than 180,000 visitors annually across its eight outlets throughout the parish.