Registered borrowers may request items not owned by their local library through Inter-Library Loan. Requests for current materials, historical, genealogical and reference materials are often not available through inter-library loan. Materials obtained from within Beaver County will be supplied at no charge. This fee will be collected prior to the loan or receipt of these materials and is not refundable. The library receives financial support from the Borough of Monaca, Monaca School District, County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania.
Additional income is received through fines, donations, memorials and library fund-raising efforts.
The Monaca Public Library was established in the spring of 1934 by the Monaca Junior Women's Club. It was first located in the Mullen Building, but early in 1937 was moved to the Municipal Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. G. Johnson, Howard Brown, Miss Agnes McGeary, Miss Edna Lunger, O.H. Locke, Miss Mary Elizabeth Milliron and the Reverend James M. Barnett. The library closed in 1970 until 1973 when it was re-established at 1018 Pennsylvania Avenue. The library continued to grow and in 1980 it again relocated in the Wagner home at 319 8th Street and renamed Wagner Memorial Library.