Maryland State Library

Agency overview
Formed1935
Preceding agency
  • Division of Library Development and Services (DLDS)
JurisdictionState of Maryland
Headquarters25 South Charles St., Suite 1310
Baltimore, MD, 21201
Employees31
Annual budget$87,385,214 FY 2020
Agency executives
  • Irene M. Padilla, State Librarian
  • Renee Croft, Library Facilities Program Manager
Websitewww.marylandlibraries.org
Footnotes
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The Maryland State Library Agency is the official state library agency of Maryland located in Baltimore, Maryland.[3] It is governed by the twelve-member Maryland State Library Board.[4]

They administer state and federal funds supporting Maryland's twenty-four public library systems.[3][5] 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.[3][6]

  1. ^ "Maryland State Library History". Maryland State Library Agency. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-12-04. 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.
  2. ^ "MSLA Staff Directory". Maryland State Library Agency. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  3. ^ a b c "History". Maryland State Library Home. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  4. ^ "Governance". Maryland State Library Home. 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  5. ^ "Maryland Libraries". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
  6. ^ 2020 Maryland State Library Annual Report (PDF)