Hartford Public Library has many community organizations, which work with the library to sponsor programs and raise funds to enhance the library’s service throughout the community.

Hartford Public Library provides links to the websites of friends of the library groups as an aid for those wishing to support the library. Hartford Public Library does not endorse the information presented on these sites nor does it accept responsibility for the accuracy or content of any of these sites.

Urban Libraries Council (ULC) is a membership organization of North America’s premier library systems and the organizations that serve them.  It provides a forum for thought leaders by sharing best and next practices that result from library-based innovations, targeted research and initiatives, publications, convenings and discussion groups. ULC programs are recognized for creating new frameworks that invigorate public libraries and their communities. Read more