News & Media

Media Contact

Linda Avellar
Director of Development and Communication
Daytime phone: (203)351-8208
After-hours phone: (203)515-6572
Email: Linda@fergusonlibrary.org

Press Coverage

Stamford Advocate 6/5/2021
Ferguson Library ditches fines

Stamford Advocate 4/25/2021
During COVID, what got Stamford reading?

Stamford Advocate 3/12/2021
Library to keep COVID capacity limits in place

Stamford Advocate 3/6/2021
City $ proposed to help outside agencies during COVID

News 12 3/2/2021
Dr. Seuss estate to cease publication of 6 books

Stamford Advocate 10/16/2020
Models bring element of play to library

News 12
intv with Josephine Fulcher Anderson on SE 50th anniversary 10/20

Stamford Advocate 8/14/2020
Ferguson revamps entrepreneur assistance in response to COVID

News 12 7/6/2020
Ferguson Library reopens

Stamford Advocate 5/14/2020
Stamford students can grab and go books

Stamford Advocate 4/11/2020
Stuck at home? Check out The Ferguson Library

Library News

Ferguson Library awarded grant to close digital divide

The Ferguson Library has been awarded a $96,400 Connecticut State Library (CSL) grant underwritten by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The grant will support the creation of the Digital Navigators program, an initiative designed to address existing digital inequity among Stamford constituencies that lack the tools and skills to effectively access resources available through internet.

Ferguson Library awarded IMLS Grant for services to people with disabilities and reading barriers

The Ferguson Library Awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant Through Its Laura Bush 21^st Century Librarian Program to Improve the Library’s Services for People with Disabilities and Reading Barriers