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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 ...
The Switzer Library is home to the Georgia Room a genealogical and local history special collection. The Georgia Room was founded in 1970 through the generous bequest of Miss Virginia Vanstone Crosby in memory of her father, Charles Mayo Crosby. [42] Vinings Library Vinings, Georgia: 1990: 4290 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30339
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 ...
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 headquarters for the library system is the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library, located in Augusta. The library system is a member of Public Information Network for Electronic Services, or PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that serves 300 member libraries covering 146 counties of Georgia. [2]
In 1998 a white paper was created exploring the feasibility of a statewide public library card for Georgia. As Georgia had consistently ranked among the lowest states in public library funding per capita it was agreed that a universal library card could be of great benefit to the residents of Georgia as long as the affiliated libraries were unified under one single integrated library system (ILS).
The first public library in the county was opened in 1907, in Lithonia.In 1925 a larger public library was founded in Decatur, the county seat of DeKalb County.In 1952 branches of the Decatur Library were established in Brookhaven and Doraville, and the Decatur Library was renamed the Decatur-DeKalb Library. [9]
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.