A library card, free for Danbury residents, connects users of all ages to a world of learning, knowledge, and culture, through books, recordings, computers, and programs.  Even regular library users might not be aware of how complex an operation the Danbury Library actually is.

There are eight distinct departments in the library, and each one plays an important role in providing excellent library service.  The Public Service Departments, which deal directly with the public, are known to most library users:  Lending Services, Information Services, Junior Services, the Technology Center, the Movies & Music area, and the Language Center.  Behind the scenes, Technical Services works to maintain the various print, non-print and electronic collections by selecting items for purchase, processing them when they need to circulate, and evaluating them later to determine if they should be kept in the library.  The Community Relations Department strives to keep the community informed of everything that goes on at the library, including programs designed for children, teens, adults, and families.  And the library’s website, through which many of the library’s services are accessible 24/7, is maintained by both the Assistant Director and the Senior Computer Technician.

All of the functions mentioned above mean that the library has an average of 52 full- and part-time employees, including librarians, paraprofessionals, and clerks.

          The Danbury Library, along with Western CT State University and Danbury High School, was proud to be one of the organizations that presented Danbury’s third annual city-wide reading program, One Book, One Community, during October 2010.  The program featured Tim O’Brien’s award-winning collection of connected short stories about the Vietnam War, The Things They Carried and included 15 different programs, ranging from book discussions, film showings, a panel of local veterans, and an appearance by Mr. O’Brien himself with 2,199 people in attendance. 

The Danbury Library was very proud to unveil both its new logo and a completely redesigned and more user-friendly website at the beginning of June.  With new page layouts and graphics, the dazzling new website was the result of months of creative, hard work by Assistant Director Michele Capozzella, Senior Computer Technician Sondra Grossi, and former Webmaster Merry Uk.

The entire library staff is very proud of the services the library offers to Danbury because we provide those services, collections, and programs free to anyone who lives in Danbury. the Danbury Library is quite probably, like public libraries throughout the nation, the most democratic of all institutions – serving people of all ages, regardless of race, creed, gender, ethnicity, or economic or educational status - one of our most important civic institutions and a place for learning, cultural enrichment, and recreation.