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The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) is the state agency for libraries in the U.S. State of Georgia and a unit of the University System of Georgia.The service was initially founded in 1996 after the inception of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), and in July 2000 moved from the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE) to the Georgia Board of Regents and ...
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [ 1] Georgia has 62 library systems [ 2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [ 3] Out of these, 284 libraries are serviced by the state-wide library system PINES. [ 4]
The first recorded history of the Live Oak Public Libraries began in 1809 in Savannah. This first iteration was a subscription based library and is the first known library to exist in the state of Georgia. The Savannah Public Library merged with the Georgia Historical Society in 1847, transferring its entire collection to the society.
The Atlanta–Fulton Public Library System is a network of public libraries serving the City of Atlanta and Fulton County, both in the U.S. state of Georgia. The system is administered by Fulton County. The system is composed of the Atlanta Central Library in Downtown Atlanta, which serves as the library headquarters, as well as the Auburn ...
Library History. The first iteration of a library in Rockdale County was established by the Conyers Civic League out of the Conyers Public School in 1919. The school, recently rebuilt in 1915 due to a fire, required a library to meet new Georgia accreditation. The library officially changed its name to Nancy Guinn Memorial Library in 1921.
Digital Library of Georgia. The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is an online, public collection of documents and media about the history and culture of the state of Georgia, United States. The collection includes more than a million digitized objects from more than 200 Georgia-related collections. The DLG connects users to content from 65 ...
The Roddenbery Memorial Library (RML) is a single-branch public library system serving the county of Grady, located in the U.S.state of Georgia. The library is located in Cairo, Georgia. RML is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. [2] Any resident in a ...
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Georgia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Georgia, where 24 public libraries were built from 20 grants (totaling $503,756) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1898 to 1914. In addition, academic libraries were built at five institutions (totaling ...