All Shelby County Schools Libraries meet state and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools standards.
Internet access is available in every library as well as access to information through CD-ROMs, DVDs, and laser discs.
Accelerated Reader is in all elementary and middle school libraries.
An electronic periodical service is available in all high school libraries.
Every library has an automated circulation system with electronic catalogs.
Shelby County Schools provides funding on a per pupil ratio. Separate budgets are available for books, audio-visual software, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and bindery items.
Each summer, a committee of librarians works to develop curriculum, process materials for the SCS Central Library, and complete special library projects for the upcoming school year.