State Superintendent of Schools, the State Board
of Education, and the Governor.
The Council comprises twelve members. Five
serve ex ofFicio and seven are appointed by the
Governor for five-year terms. Of those appointed,
one must be a library trustee and one a professional
librarian. The Governor designates the chairperson.
The Assistant State Superintendent for Library
Development and Services serves as secretary to the
Council (Code Education Article, sec. 23-106).

PUBLIC LIBRARIES & STATE
NETWORKING BRANCH
M. Sue Baughman, Chief
333-2117

Origins of the Public Libraries and State Network-
ing Branch trace to 1902 when the State Library
Commission was created (Chapter 47, Acts of 1902).
Commission responsibilities for public library
development were assigned to the Office of Public
Libraries under the State Board ofEducation in 1935,
and to the Division of Library Extension from 1947
to 1971. Within the Division of Library Development
and Services, the Public Libraries Branch was formed
in 1971 and renamed the Public Libraries and State
Networking Branch in 1988.
The Branch oversees the State Library Network
through which Maryland residents obtain library
materials and gain access to information not avail-
able in their local library. The Network is centered
at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore City. The
Pratt Library functions as the State library for
Maryland. Three regional resource centers include
the Eastern Shore Regional Library (Salisbury),
Southern Maryland Regional Library Association
(Charlotte Hall), and the Western Maryland Public
Libraries (Hagerstown). More than 400 Maryland
libraries participate in the State Library Network.
(Code Education Article, sees. 23-201, 23-202).

STATE LIBRART RESOURCE CENTER
Anna Curry, Director

Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 396-5395

In 1971, the Central Library of the Enoch Prarr
Free Library System was designated as the State
Library Resource Center (Chapter 770, Acts of
1971). The Center coordinates State Library Net-
work procedures and interlibrary loan by the
Maryland Interlibrary Organization and provides
reference information to State government through
the Government Reference Service. The Center
also produces the statewide union catalog of
materials in 101 Maryland libraries by the Bibliog-
raphic Control Center and lends materials by the
Audio-Visual Department (Code Education Ar-
ticle, sec. 23-201).

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MAKTLAND STATE UBRAKTFOR THE BUND ^r
PHTSICALCT HANDICAPPED
Lance Finney, Chief

1715 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 333-2668

The Maryland State Library for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped was established in 1968.
The Library provides comprehensive library ser-
vices to eligible blind and physically handicapped
residents of Maryland. It also serves as the Maryland
regional library in the National Library Services for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the
Library of Congress.
The Library has two subregional libraries: the
Special Needs Library established in Bethesda in
1972; and the Talking Book Center, formed in
Hyattsville in 1980.

SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SERVICES &
STATE MEDIA SERVICES BRANCH
Rosa Presberry, Chief
333-2125

The School Library Media Services and State
Media Services Branch originated in 1968 as the
Office of School Libraries and Instructional
Materials Services. The Office, reorganized as the
School Library Media Services Section in 1970,
became the School Library Media Services Branch
in 1978 and received its present name in 1987.
The Branch helps local school systems develop,
improve and use school library media programs.
For public and private schools, the Branch provides
technical assistance in planning; selection, acquisi-
tion, and use of materials and resources; instruc-
tion; program management; information
dissemination; and program evaluation.

DIVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY

Francis A. Windsor, Assistant State Superintendent

11767 Owings Mills Blvd.
Owings Mills, MD 21117 581-4101

The Division of Instructional Technology,
formerly the Division of Instructional Television,
received its present name in 1988. The Division
provides innovative and timely instruction via
television, media services, and computer technol-
ogy. It works with local school systems, State In-
structional Television (ITV) Regional Advisory
Boards, Stare ITV Curriculum Committees, local
ITV coordinators, divisions within the State
Department of Education, and the Maryland Public
Broadcasting Commission to implement State
education policies.