Southern Maryland Regional Library Association, Inc. is a regional resource center for the public libraries in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties. It was formed in 1959 to provide additional services to the citizens of rural Maryland through their local county libraries. It is part of a statewide resource network of three regional centers, working in collaboration with the State Library Resource Center, to provide efficient, economical and coordinated library services county libraries cannot adequately provide themselves.

The citizens of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties will have equal access to information through the efficient, economic and effective sharing of resources among public libraries and all types of information agencies.

Our Goals:

• Model excellence in institutional governance.
• Optimize operational effectiveness and sustainability.
• Ensure the highest quality technical, training, resource-sharing and research services to the public libraries of Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties.
• Collaborate with partner libraries to grow their technology, collections and governance capacity.
• Leverage the collective talents and energies of partner libraries to advance literacy, access to information and entertainment, and academic achievement in SMRLA’s service area.