Maryland State Library

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]

Agency overview
Formed	1935
Preceding agency	Division of Library Development and Services (DLDS)
Jurisdiction	State of Maryland
Headquarters	25 South Charles St., Suite 1310 Baltimore, MD, 21201
Employees	31
Annual budget	$87,385,214 FY 2020
Agency executives	Morgan L. Miller, State Librarian Renee Croft, Library Facilities Program Manager
Website	https://msla.maryland.gov/
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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]

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.^[7][3] 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.^[3]