Connecticut State Library

**About the Connecticut State library** **Our mission** The Connecticut State Library is a gateway to lifelong learning for all residents and visitors, inspiring a shared and informed future through our diverse, historic, and cultural resources. **Our Services** The Connecticut State Library is an independent and non-partisan Executive Branch agency of the State of Connecticut. Founded in 1854, the State Library is home to the State Archives, Office of the Public Records Administrator, Museum of Connecticut History, the Division of Library Development and the Connecticut Library for Accessible Books, and three reference departments (History & Genealogy; Law and Legislation; and Government Information). Through these units, the agency provides a variety of archival, public records, museum, library, information, and administrative services. Open to both residents and users beyond state borders, the State Library serves the employees and officials of all three branches of state government, students, teachers, researchers, town governments, and anyone seeking information within its collections. In addition, as the administrator of the Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the State Library amplifies the capacity of public, school, academic, and special libraries across the state with a suite of library development opportunities.