Greetings,

As a partner and stakeholder of the CT State Library, and in particular the Division of Library Development (DLD) and the CT Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB), we were pleased to welcome you to our first CT State Library Ambassadors meeting in August.

As promised, we have been awaiting news of a special session of the CT General Assembly this fall and we have been developing resources for you, as a CT State Library Ambassador, to share your support, stories, and perspectives on behalf of the CT State Library when the time comes.  It looks like a special session will be held on Wednesday, November 12 and Thursday, November 13, 2025.

Towards that, we are sharing with you a new CT State Library Ambassadors website where you will find the following resources to provide you information for use in your support:

• Talking Points and Template Letter
• Spotlights on the Core DLD Services
• Social Media Graphics on “Where does Connecticut's federal library funding go?”

Once again, for reference, I am attaching the CT State Library Ambassador Overview 2025 that we shared with you back in August as well as the slides from that meeting.  In addition, I am linking to two documents that we referenced during our time together that may be useful:

• CT State Library Strategic Framework 2024
• CT State Library | Library Services and Technology Act Five-Year Plan, 2023-2027

As we hear additional information regarding the special session, we will be in touch. If you have questions, please reach out to Dawn La Valle, Director of the Division of Library Development at dawn.lavalle@ct.gov.

Many thanks!

Best,
Ashley

Ashley Sklar (she/ her) | Adult Services & Community Engagement Consultant | Connecticut State Library

Division of Library Development | Middletown Library Service Center | 786 South Main Street, Middletown, CT 06457

ashley.sklar@ct.gov | Office: (860) 704-2222 | libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/dld