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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 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 Elbert County Library System consists of two branches. The Elbert County Public library is the central library of the system and is located at 345 Heard Street in Elberton. A newer, smaller branch, the Bowman Branch, is used as a service outlet and is located at 21 Prince Avenue, Bowman. This branch is part of a new Georgia $21.7 million ...
The Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System was established in 2013 when Warren, Columbia, and Lincoln counties left the now-defunct East Central Georgia Regional Library System headquartered in Augusta, Georgia. This move was due to a change in director in 2012 at the central Augusta-Richmond library.
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. [5] The Savannah Public Library merged with the Georgia Historical Society in 1847, transferring its entire collection to the society.
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 ...
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. [7] The library officially changed its name to Nancy Guinn Memorial Library in 1921.
The headquarters of the library system is the Camilla Public Library, located in Camilla. The system 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 PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books. [3 ...