The North Shelby Library serves over 47,000 residents of the city of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama. The library maintains roughly 72,870 volumes and circulates approximately 301,800 items per year, including books, audiobooks, CDs, DVDs, and video games. It also provides jumper cables, telescopes, microscopes, cake pans, and other Library of Things items for borrowing. The library offers meeting space reservations, notary public services, adult book clubs, language club, computer classes, storytime for children, and other programs and services.