Delaware Division of Libraries

{{short description|Official state library agency of Delaware}}

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|formed = March 9, 1901

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|jurisdiction = State of Delaware

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|headquarters = 121 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. N

Dover, Delaware

|chief1_name = Dr. Annie Norman

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|parent_agency = Department of State

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|website = {{URL|https://libraries.delaware.gov/}}

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The Delaware Division of Libraries Is the official library agency for Delaware located in Dover, Delaware.{{cite web | title=Contact Us - Delaware Division of Libraries | website=Delaware Division of Libraries - State of Delaware | date=2019-10-31 | url=https://libraries.delaware.gov/contact-us/ | access-date=2020-11-22}} The agency is responsible for Delaware Library Access Services (DLAS), the statewide summer reading program in conjunction with Delaware Libraries, and offering professional development opportunities for librarians statewide.{{cite web | title=Delaware Library Access Services (DLAS) - Delaware Division of Libraries | website=Delaware Division of Libraries - State of Delaware | date=2020-03-13 | url=https://libraries.delaware.gov/dlas/ | access-date=2020-11-22}}{{cite web | title=Delaware Libraries Launch 2020 Summer Reading Program | website=State of Delaware News | date=2020-06-11 | url=https://news.delaware.gov/2020/06/11/delaware-libraries-launch-2020-summer-reading-program/ | access-date=2020-11-22}}{{cite web | title=Professional Development - Delaware Division of Libraries | website=Delaware Division of Libraries - State of Delaware | date=2019-05-20 | url=https://libraries.delaware.gov/professional-development/ | access-date=2020-11-22}} They also run the Delaware Library Catalog.{{cite web | title=State Librarian, Dr. Annie Norman, Inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women | website=State of Delaware News | date=2016-04-11 | url=https://news.delaware.gov/2016/04/11/state-librarian-dr-annie-norman-inducted-into-the-hall-of-fame-of-delaware-women/ | access-date=2020-11-22}}

History

The Delaware State Library Commission was formed by an act of the legislature in 1901, its chairman was Manlove Hayes.{{cite book |last1=Kane |first1=Florence Bayard |title=Handbook of the State Library Commission for the State of Delaware |date=1902 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433000649289|publisher=Sentinel Printing Company |location=Dover, DE |accessdate=22 November 2020}} At this time the state only had two free public libraries, one in Wilmington and one in Dover.{{rp|21}}

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