Friends of the Central Library raises funds to support the Central Library, the hub of the Onondaga County Public Library, which includes branches and suburban libraries. Since 1997, FOCL has donated over $700,000 to support library programs and community-minded projects.
FOCL produces and promotes the Friends of the Central Library Author Series, the longest library-related lecture series in the country. For more than 29 seasons, Friends of the Central Library has invited more than 175 world-famous authors to Syracuse to entertain, inform and inspire our Central New York audience.
Friends of the Central Library believes that libraries are critical to the vibrancy of a community. Libraries afford residents opportunities to job search, research historical and genealogy records, educate, and entertain. FOCL supports and funds literacy efforts and resources.
