Hennepin County Library
| Established | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Location | Hennepin County, Minnesota |
| Website | www |
Hennepin County Library is a public library system in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The system has 41 libraries and over 4 million books, making it one of the largest library systems in the United States.[1] The headquarters are located in Minnetonka.[2] It is the largest of 8 public library systems in the Twin Cities.
History
The system was founded in 1885 as the Minneapolis Public Library. The first building was the Main Library which opened in 1889. Smaller branches were added in 1890.[3]
Hennepin County Library started in 1922 as a horse-drawn bookmobile to areas outside of Minneapolis. By 1952, there were 24 bookmobiles in the system. In the early 1970s, there were plans to merge the Minneapolis Public Library with the Hennepin County Library.[4] These two systems merged on January 1, 2008.
Branches
- Augsburg Park Library (Richfield)
- Brookdale Library (Brooklyn Center)
- Brooklyn Park Library
- Champlin Library
- Eden Prairie Library
- Edina Library
- Excelsior Library
- Golden Valley Library
- Hopkins Library
- Long Lake Library
- Maple Grove Library
- Maple Plain Library
- Minnetonka Library
- Osseo Library
- Oxboro Library (Bloomington)
- Penn Lake Library (Bloomington)
- Plymouth Library
- Ridgedale Library (Minnetonka)
- Rockford Road Library (Crystal)
- Rogers Library
- Southdale Library (Edina)
- St. Anthony Library
- St. Bonifacius Library
- St. Louis Park Library
- Wayzata Library
- Westonka Library (Mound)
Minneapolis
- Arvonne Fraser Library
- East Lake Library
- Franklin Library
- Hosmer Library
- Linden Hills Library
- Minneapolis Central Library
- Nokomis Library
- North Regional Library
- Northeast Library
- Pierre Bottineau Library
- Roosevelt Library
- Sumner Library
- Walker Library
- Washburn Library
- Webber Park Library
City locations
Bookmobile
Hennepin County Library started a bookmobile in 1922.[5]
Library directors
- Gratia Countryman, 1922–1925
- Ethel Berry, 1925–1947
- Helen Young, 1947–1969
- Robert H. Rohlf, 1969–1994
- Charles M. Brown, 1994–2004
- Amy Ryan, 2005–2008
- Lois Langer Thompson, 2009–2018
- Janet Mills, 2018–2020
- Chad Helton, August 24, 2020 – February 25, 2022
- Dan Rogan, February 25, 2022 – October 9, 2023
- Scott Duimstra, October 9, 2023 – present
References
- ↑ Knudsen, Cory (2023-04-06). "Hennepin County Library comeback plan". KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ↑ "About Hennepin County Library". Hennepin County Library. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
Hennepin County Library launched in 1922; its headquarters are at Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka, Minn.
- ↑ Benidt, Bruce Weir (1984). The Library Book: Centennial History of the Minneapolis Public Library. Minneapolis: Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center. ISBN 9780961371609.
- ↑ "History of Hennepin County Library" (PDF). p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ↑ "History of Hennepin County Library" (PDF). p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-02.