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| location = [[Hennepin County]], [[Minnesota]], [[United States]]
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[[File:Ridgedale_Library.jpg|thumb|right|Ridgedale Library, HCL's headquarters]]
'''Hennepin County Library''' is a [[public library]] system serving the entire population of [[Hennepin County, Minnesota]], USA. The current iteration of Hennepin County Library was formed by the merger of urban [[Minneapolis Public Library]] and suburban Hennepin County Library on January 1, 2008. The system has [[List of Hennepin County Library branches|41 library locations]], 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. The library headquarters are in the Ridgedale Library in suburban [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]].<ref>"[http://www.hclib.org/pub/info/AboutHCL.cfm About Hennepin County Library] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225131514/http://hclib.org/pub/info/AboutHCL.cfm |date=2010-02-25 }}." Hennepin County Library. Retrieved on March 24, 2010. "Hennepin County Library launched in 1922; its headquarters are at Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka, Minn."</ref> The library system has an eleven-member advisory Library Board appointed by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners.<ref>"[http://www.hclib.org/about/library-board]." Hennepin County Library Board. Retrieved on January 20, 2015.</ref> It is a member of the [[Metropolitan Library Service Agency]], a consortium of eight [[Twin Cities]] library systems.
[[Minneapolis Public Library]] was founded in 1885 with the establishment of the Minneapolis Public Library Board by an amendment of the Minneapolis city charter. Minneapolis Public Library’s first building was the Main Library, opened in 1889. Minneapolis Public Library later added community library branches to supplement the main library. The first branch was North Branch, established in 1890, more branches in south and east Minneapolis followed and the system grew with the city.<ref>"Library Book," by Bruce Weir Benidt, published 1984.</ref>
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