Ocean County Library- Brick Branch

About Us

The Ocean County Library connects people, builds community and transforms lives through the power of information and stories. We are essential to our community today more than ever. Public libraries support lifelong learning, sustainable communities, and economic development. The library serves as a portal of knowledge and strengthens civic involvement. It increasingly provides content that is digital in nature, as well as supporting our residents’ desire for personal growth.

The Ocean County Library has 21 library locations to serve a population of 575,397 residents in the 32 municipalities that comprise our service area. Each year, the library circulates over 4.6 million books, answers over 2.5 million reference questions, provides over 16,200 programs and activities for children, young adults, adults and families, and has over 3 million visits to our library system.

Our library collection includes over 1.3 million volumes and consists of print books, eBooks, audio books, magazines, music, DVD’s, videogames and local history materials. We have 72 databases providing access to thousands of journals, research and online learning materials. The library has over 566 computers available for public use and all of our library locations offer free web access via Wi-Fi.

An Ocean County Library card is free to all Ocean County residents. An Ocean County Library card may be used to borrow books and materials at any of our 21 library locations and to access eBooks and online resources either in the library, or from your personal computer with internet access.