Connecticut State Library

Connecticut State Library
Connecticut State Library & Supreme Court Building
41°45′44″N 72°40′59″W / 41.762316°N 72.683143°W / 41.762316; -72.683143
Location	231 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106
Established	1854 (1854)
Other information
Director	Deborah Schander (2021–present)
Website	www.ctstatelibrary.org

The Connecticut State Library is the state library for the U.S. state of Connecticut and is also an executive branch agency of the state. It is located in Hartford, Connecticut directly across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol. The State Library provides a variety of library, information, archival, public records, museum, and administrative services to the citizens of Connecticut, as well as the employees and officials of all three branches of state government. Students, researchers, public libraries and town governments throughout the state are also served by the State Library. In addition, the State Library directs a program of statewide library development and administers the Library Services Technology Act state grant. "The mission of the Connecticut State Library is to preserve and make accessible Connecticut's history and heritage and to advance the development of library services statewide."^[1]