The South Dakota State Library (SDSL) Is the official State Library of South Dakota located in Pierre, South Dakota. The SDSL is a division of the Department of Education and is governed by the seven-member South Dakota State Library Board.[1] SDSL manages the Braille and Talking Book Library (est. 1968), provides a wide variety of online research and educational resources, and provide reference and research for state agencies.[2][3][4] They are one of the smallest state libraries in the United States.[4]
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| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | State of South Dakota |
| Headquarters | 800 Governors Drive Pierre, SD |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | South Dakota Department of Education |
| Website | library |
History
editA state library was originally created in 1901 by the South Dakota Legislature which established the State Historical Society and the Department of History of the State of South Dakota.[5] The Department of History oversaw state library until 1913, when the Free Library Commission took over governance of the institution that became the South Dakota State Library.[5]
Building
editSDSL was first housed in the office of the Department of History in the State Capitol in the early 1900s.[5] It moved in to its own space in that building in 1932.[5] In 1957 it had outgrown that space and moved into a grocery warehouse.[5] Since 1976, the library has been in the MacKay Building in Pierre—which was purpose-built to house the SDSL—first on the lower two floors and now on the first floor.[5]
State librarians
edit| Name | Tenure |
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| Lilly M.E. Borreson | 1913 – 1915 |
| Lois A. Spencer | 1915 – 1917 |
| Julia C. Stockett | 1917 – 1918 |
| Leora J. Lewis | 1918 – 1935 |
| Celeste E. Barnes | 1935 – 1939 |
| Mercedes MacKay | 1939 – 1973 |
| Herschel Vincent Anderson | 1973 – 1980 |
| Clarence Coffindaffer | 1981 – 1985 |
| Jane Kolbe | 1986 – 1999 |
| Suzanne Miller | 1999 – 2004 |
| Dorothy Liegl | 2004 – 2007 |
| Dan Siebersma | 2007 – 2012 |
| Daria Bossman | 2013 - 2021 |
| George Seamon | 2022 - present |
References
edit- ^ "SDSL: Board Archive". South Dakota State Library. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "SDSL: Complete List of Databases". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "SD Braille and Talking Book Library". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b "SDSL: Who we are and what we do". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Hemmelman, Brenda (2017-05-12). "LibGuides: South Dakota State Library Services: SD State Library History". LibGuides at South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.