The system is composed of the Juliette Hampton Morgan Memorial Library and ten other branches.
[4] Library service began on June 19, 1899, when a collection was started above McBryde's Drugstore on Dexter Avenue.
Funds were gathered largely from a promotion by the Montgomery Advertiser.
The Montgomery Library Association was by subscription membership of $1.00 Miss Laura M. Elmore was the city's first librarian.
The Montgomery City-County Public Library offers the following audiobook, e-book, and eMagazine services:[8]