The Onalaska Public Library serves 18,975 residents in the City of Onalaska and is part of the La Crosse County Library. The La Crosse Library operates five locations in Bangor, Campbell, Holmen, Onalaska, and West Salem and is a Winding Rivers Library System member. It maintains 145,000 volumes and circulates 498,322 items per year. Onalaska Branch Library is publicly funded and opened its doors in 1989. It has library resources that span different genres and offers book clubs, ongoing book sales, public computers with internet access, copying/printing/scanning, notary, exam proctoring, and other library programs and services.