HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY

'Hennepin County Library' is a library system that services the part of Hennepin County, Minnesota outside the city limits of Minneapolis. The system currently has 26 libraries, the Children's Readmobile, deposit collections at nursing homes and correctional facilities, mail service to the homebound and extensive outreach services. The Library is a department of Hennepin County Government. A separate public library system serves the City of Minneapolis.
The HCL started in 1922 as a horse drawn "bookmobile" to areas outside the core city of Minneapolis. The system saw a large increase in use in period between 1950 and 1980 as more people moved into suburban areas of the county. In the early 1970s plans were in place to merge the Minnneapolis Public Library with the HCL. The city backed out of the plan at that time.
As of May 2007 plans are in motion to merge the Minneapolis Public Library (MPL) with the Hennepin County Library (HCL) no later than the end of 2008, provided that negotiations with the unions that represent library workers are successful.

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External links

★ Hennepin County Library

★ HCL merger page

★ pdf of history of HCL