William H. Jervey, Jr. Venice Public Library serves 27,300 residents in the City of Venice, and it is part of the Sarasota County Public Libraries. The library system maintains 735,000 volumes and circulates 2.9 million items per year. Venice Public Library offers books, audiobooks, DVDs, music CDs, magazines, Wi-Fi mobile hotspots, electronic resources, interlibrary loans, a curbside pickup service, computers for public use, and mobile printing services.