The Eudora Welty Library is part of the Jackson/Hinds Library System and serves 248,643 residents in downtown Jackson, Hinds County. The library maintains 590,643 volumes and circulates 356,044 items per year. It is housed in a 45,000-square-foot building that also houses the Mississippi Writer's Exhibit and Information Resource Center with 40 public access computers. Eudora Welty Library offers interlibrary loans, meeting rooms, and a children's area featuring picture books and juvenile fiction and non-fiction.