Site Map

Overview of the Connecticut Library Consortium and its services.

Current officers and Board members, with a one year archive of Board meeting minutes.

Links to the web sites of CLC's members, which include over 1,000 individual public, academic, school, corporate, and special libraries.

How your Connecticut library or media center can become a member of CLC - and why it should.

CLC contact information, office hours, and staff directory.

Directions to the CLC office in Middletown, Connecticut.

CLC provides deep discounts on the books, media, and supplies that libraries need.

By partnering with WALDO (Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) and iCONN (the Connecticut Digital Library), CLC now offers a wide variety of discounted databases and free trials to Connecticut's libraries and schools.

Developed in partnership with and provided by MRC Corporation, CLC's comprehensive package of Human Resource training, development, and direct support services provides subscribing libraries with the best and most cost-effective tools available for managing people effectively.

InfoAnyTime is CLC's exciting new 24/7 virtual reference service. Currently in pilot phase with five community colleges, InfoAnyTime will soon be available to public and academic libraries statewide.

CLC sponsors "Connecticut Library Job Opportunities," a continuously updated listing of job openings in Connecticut. Note: This link will bring you to the Connecticut Libraries & Librarians section of this site.

CLC's Library Resource Online Catalog is a comprehensive list of performers available for entertainment, lectures, and other programs for library patrons of all ages. Whatever your programming need, you are sure to find it in the Catalog.

CLC's popular media circuits enable libraries to amplify their non-print collections at minimal expense by rotating materials with a "circuit" of other libraries.

A list of Connecticut and neighboring state museums, historic sites, and attractions that offer library passes. Includes contact information, URL, and pass pricing and details. (PDF document, 924 KB) Note: This link will bring you to the Connecticut Libraries & Librarians section of this site.

By offering OCLC Direct service to Connecticut libraries, CLC helps Connecticut's OCLC participants save money (increasing the return on their funds) and access convenient, customized training options.

A description of CLC's roundtables, with details on upcoming programs. Note: This link will bring you to the Events & Continuing Ed. section of this site.

Find out what's been happening at CLC and at member libraries by reading CONN·text, CLC's monthly newsletter. The most recent twelve issues are available in Adobe PDF format.

CLC's electronic mailing list, CLClist, keeps staff of CLC member libraries in touch with the latest member benefits and news of interest to the Connecticut library community.

A continuously updated list of CLC meetings, roundtables, and programs.

A description of CLC's roundtables, with details on upcoming programs.

Information on other CLC events, such as continuing education workshops, symposia, and other special programs.

Use this online registration form to register for roundtables and other CLC events.

The latest library and media center job openings around the state. Includes openings in public, academic, corporate, special, and school libraries as well as non-traditional library positions. Updated weekly.

Links to a variety of useful resources for Connecticut librarians, including directories, statistics, articles, publications, and more.

Comprehensive list of links to library-related groups in Connecticut, New England, and beyond.

This the go-to site for all things summer reading - guides and manuals, recommended performers, ideas for promotions and displays, and much more. Regardless of your summer reading theme, you'll find inspiration here.

Developed and designed cooperatively by Connecticut children's librarians since 1979, the award-winning FCCLR Summer Reading Program offers Connecticut's libraries a cost-effective way to provide premiere, regionally significant summer reading program materials. Find out about this year's theme, order program materials, get ideas, and more.

What's one way to bring community members together to discuss ideas, broaden the appreciation of reading, and break down barriers among people? It's a "One Book" program, in which a town, city, or region reads and discusses one book, together. See who's reading what, link to One Book programs statewide, and get ideas for your own One Book program.

"The Big Read" is a nationwide initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts that provides citizens with the opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their communities. Discover how "The Big Read" is being implemented and celebrated across Connecticut.

A list of Connecticut and neighboring state museums, historic sites, and attractions that offer library passes. Includes contact information, URL, and pass pricing and details. (PDF document, 924 KB)