Maryland State Library

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| formed = 1935

| preceding1 = Division of Library Development and Services (DLDS)

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| jurisdiction = State of Maryland

| employees = 31

| budget = $87,385,214 FY 2020

| headquarters = 25 South Charles St., Suite 1310
Baltimore, MD, 21201

| chief1_name = Morgan L. Miller

| chief1_position = State Librarian

| chief2_name = Renee Croft

| chief2_position = Library Facilities Program Manager

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| website = https://msla.maryland.gov/

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/DLDS-History.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308071623/https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/DLDS-History.aspx |title=Maryland State Library History |author= |website=Maryland State Library Agency |access-date=2022-12-04 |archive-date=2022-03-08 |quote=In 2017, the Maryland General Assembly passed a law that established the Maryland State Library (MSL) and the Maryland State Library Board (MSLB) while simultaneously transferring the duties and responsibilities of the Division of Library Development and Services in MSDE to the State Library Agency.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/DLDS-Staff-Directory.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527222814/https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/DLDS-Staff-Directory.aspx|title=MSLA Staff Directory |author= |website=Maryland State Library Agency|access-date=2022-12-04|archive-date=2022-05-27}}

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The Maryland State Library Agency is the official state library agency of Maryland located in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite web | title=History | website=Maryland State Library Home | date=2020-11-28 | url=https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/DLDS-History.aspx | access-date=2020-11-28}} It is governed by the twelve-member Maryland State Library Board.{{cite web | title=Governance | website=Maryland State Library Home | date=2020-11-28 | url=https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Pages/MSL-Governance.aspx | access-date=2020-11-28}}

They administer state and federal funds supporting Maryland's twenty-four public library systems.{{cite web | title=Maryland Libraries | website=Maryland State Archives | url=https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/library.html | access-date=2020-11-28}} The organization oversees the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, the state's public libraries, the State Library Network (including the Maryland State Library Resource Center), the Library Capital Grants Programs, and the Deaf Culture Digital Library.{{citation |url=https://www.marylandlibraries.org/Documents/Maryland%20State%20Library%202020%20Annual%20Report.pdf |title=2020 Maryland State Library Annual Report }}

History

The State Library originally existed as the Office of Public Libraries under the State Board of Education starting in 1935, though the State Library Commission which oversaw public libraries was established in Maryland by statute in 1902.{{cite web | title=Historical Evolution | website=Library Agency, Maryland State | url=https://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/25ind/html/50libraryh.html | access-date=2020-11-28}} MSL became an independent agency within the State of Maryland, merging the Department of Education's Division of Library Development & Services, with their Public Libraries & State Networking Branch in 2017.

References

External links

{{Official website|https://msla.maryland.gov/}}

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Category:State libraries of the United States