South Dakota State Library

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]

South Dakota State Library
Agency overview
JurisdictionState of South Dakota
Headquarters800 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD
Agency executive
  • Daria Bossman, State Librarian
Parent agencySouth Dakota Department of Education
Websitelibrary.sd.gov

History

A 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

SDSL was first housed in the office of the Department of History in the State Capitol in the early 1900's.[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
State Librarians
NameTenure
Lilly M.E. Borreson1913 – 1915
Lois A. Spencer1915 – 1917
Julia C. Stockett1917 – 1918
Leora J. Lewis1918 – 1935
Celeste E. Barnes1935 – 1939
Mercedes MacKay1939 – 1973
Herschel Vincent Anderson1973 – 1980
Clarence Coffindaffer1981 – 1985
Jane Kolbe1986 – 1999
Suzanne Miller1999 – 2004
Dorothy Liegl2004 – 2007
Dan Siebersma2007 – 2012
Daria Bossman2013 -

References
  1. "SDSL: Board Archive". South Dakota State Library. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  2. "SDSL: Complete List of Databases". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  3. "SD Braille and Talking Book Library". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  4. "SDSL: Who we are and what we do". South Dakota State Library. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  5. 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.

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