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Library Boards, Friends, Trustees Resources

Roles of Director, Trustees, and Friends
A description of the responsibilities of the library's director, trustees and friends.

Association of Connecticut Library Boards - Library Trustee Handbook
A handbook for trustees, outlining rules and responsibilities as well as legal advice for tough issues facing libraries. Revised in 2019.
Sample Connecticut Library Policies
Is your library revising or creating new policies? Look here for a wide range of sample policies from Connecticut public libraries. Also includes links to other sample collections and policy development resources.
Connecticut Public Library Statistics
The Connecticut State Library publishes extensive statistics about public libraries in Connecticut from the data collected each year on libraries' annual reports.
Connecticut Public Library Construction Grants
Helpful resources when your library is beginning to plan for new or renovated space.

Friends of the Library in Connecticut

Friends of the Library and the Connecticut State Library
The State Library provides a number of resources to library Friends groups. The Division works closely with The Friends of Connecticut Libraries (FOCL) helping local communities start Friends, providing information and resources to established groups, offering advice and consulting assistance to Friends and maintaining an extensive collection of resources for Friends at the Middletown Library Service Center. Some of their activities include a quarterly newsletter FOCLPOINT, FOCL-Forum electronic discussion list, workshops on subjects of value to Friends and their libraries, a directory of local Friends groups and their activities, and cooperation with other library organizations (Connecticut Library Association , Association of Connecticut Library Boards, United for Libraries.) to advance the cause of libraries throughout the state and on a national level. There are 150 local Friends groups in Connecticut.

Handbook for Connecticut Library Friends Groups
This handbook, created with the help of LSTA funding, shows how to start and run a Friends of the Library. Groups wishing to copy and distribute this document are free to do so. Last updated in 2022.

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