The Northern New York Library Network is a regional multitype library agency dedicated to cooperatively providing support and serves necessary for all of its members to meet their individual goals. The Network services libraries in the seven counties of Northern New York for the ultimate benefit of the library user.

Services to members include interlibrary loan, Internet access and content, union listing of periodicals, electronic publications, cataloging, group access to automated data bases, automated bibliographic data base searching, data base building and distribution, electronic mail/communications systems, equipment distribution, coordinated collection development, professional development programs, and documentation of historical records.

Northern New York Library Network is one of nine chartered by the University of the State of New York. The North Country region covers the largest geographic area of the nine councils, serving libraries in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, and St. Lawrence counties.

The Network has published this directory using support form the Documentary Heritage Program of the New York State Archives and Records Administration. This program is intended to provide support and assistance to archives and local historical records repositories throughout New York State through documentation and inventorying projects and competitive grants. Funds for the Documentary Heritage Program are provided through the New York State Local Government Records Improvement Fund.