The Cedar County library has two branches:  The Geneva Sharp Library/Stockton Branch and the John D. Smith Library/El Dorado Springs Branch.  

Employees:  There are two full-time and five part-time employees who keep each branch open 44 hours a week.  

Tax Rate: The library has the next to lowest tax rate in Cedar County at $0.08 per $100 valuation.  

Board:  The library board is comprised of five volunteers who are appointed to a staggered four-year term by the county commission.

Friends:  Each branch has a Friends of the Library organization that buys all the magazines and other requested library materials, the Springfield News-Leader, and who sponsors the Summer Reading Program for the children.

Services:

*  Materials in all media formats.  Also in cooperation with the Missouri Conservation Department, fishing poles and tackle boxes are available for checkout at the Stockton branch.

*  Materials can be reserved or renewed through our online catalog at  www.cedarcountylibrary.org

*  Interlibrary loan of materials throughout Missouri and the surrounding states.

*  Copy, fax, and microfilm readers/printers.  Color copier at Stockton.

*  Free Wi-Fi.

*  Public access computers with printers, both B & W and color.

*  Voter Registration applications available.