The Friends of the Ida Branch Library is a non-profit group of citizens who work together to stimulate a greater interest in and use the library; to acquaint the community with the functions, resources, facilities, and needs of the library; to promote and enrich the services of the library; to encourage gifts, donations, and memorials of individuals and organizations; to coordinate information to the community of issues of library legislation; to sponsor programs designed to add to the cultural life of the community and to ensure the existence of the Ida Branch of the Monroe County Library System for years to come.