Welcome to the Ridgefield Library!

For well over 100 years the Library has served as a community destination and vital resource.  Our friendly, knowledgeable staff, strong collections, diverse programming, and welcoming space are the result of commitment to our Vision for the benefit of our community.  Our dedicated Board of Directors, Friends of the Ridgefield Library, and many generous community donors help to make what we do possible.  Thank you!

The Ridgefield Library recently updated our Strategic Plan

Working with the Library’s Board of Directors and the counsel of more than three dozen community leaders from all corners of town, we updated the Library’s Vision, Mission, Values and Objectives. You will see this plan turning into action as we develop programs, services, collections and more to better meet the needs of our community.  Please click here to see the Plan!

Ridgefield Library Values

At the Ridgefield Library, our stated Values guide our service, our operations and our stewardship of this treasured community resource.

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ARTalk with Curator Amy Kurtz Lansing of the Florence Griswold Museum

Sunday, March 16th @ 2:00 pm:  Join Curator Amy Kurtz Lansing of the Florence Griswold Museum for a presentation about the Tonalist and American Impressionist painters who formed an artists’ colony centered around Miss Florence Griswold’s boardinghouse in Old Lyme, CT beginning in 1900. Learn about the colony’s leading artists, including Childe Hassam and Willard […]

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Author Talk: Red Dog Farm by Nathaniel Ian Miller

Saturday, March 22nd @ 2:00 pm:  From the author of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, an atmospheric novel about family, friends and falling in love, as a young man tries to find purpose on a struggling Icelandic cattle farm. With his signature blend of humor and tenderness, Nathaniel Ian Miller’s Red Dog Farm is about the bonds forged […]

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AARP Tax Aide Program at the Library

Starting February 13th: The Ridgefield Library is again providing space for AARP Tax Aide, a free tax preparation service for low and moderate income taxpayers, especially those age 50 and older. AARP Tax Aide will be offered on Thursdays from February 6th through April 10th on the following schedule: February 13th through March 27th — […]

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Ridgefield Library Seeks Candidates for Board of Directors

The Ridgefield Library Association is seeking applications from Ridgefield residents for membership on its Board of Directors. Self-nominations are encouraged. The three-year term begins on July 1. The Library Board is a working board, with up to 16 members who are responsible for the organization’s fiduciary oversight, strategic planning and policy-setting. Board members take an […]

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Find Your Next Great Read

Fill in our Personal Book Bundles form with the types of materials you are looking for and we can curate a selection just for you. If you are looking for a title that we don’t have, you can request an item.