The Friends of the Columbia Library is a non-profit organization of area residents. The organization's purpose is to maintain an association of persons interested in books and libraries; to support the mission and goals of the Lorain Public Library System as determined by the Board of Trustees of the library; to focus public attention on library services, facilities, and needs of the Lorain Public Library System; and to raise funds and influence the gifts of books, magazines, desirable collections, endowments, scholarships, and bequests to the library through ways approved by the Trustees.