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By June 2017, the catalog consisted of books from 284 library facilities in 143 counties across the U.S. state of Georgia with a collection size of 10.6 million items, all of which are searchable by anyone with a PINES library card which can be obtained free of charge from any PINES-participating library. [3]
The Rossville Public Library was organized in 1942 as a product of the Works Progress Administration. Upon completion of the library, neighboring LaFayette, Georgia's library board approached the library in Rossville to request a regional library system be constructed between the two branches. This was the first iteration of the Cherokee ...
Patrons who do not qualify for a free card may choose to pay an annual fee of $25.00 or a semi-annual fee of $12.50 and enjoy all the benefits of a free card. Patrons may use their PINES card at any PINES library to checkout, renew, or return items. Patrons may request items from any PINES library to be sent to their home library at no cost
Before this change, residents serviced the library by use of a Power Card, which has since been changed to a PINES card. Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 11 million books. [3] The library is also serviced by GALILEO, a program of the University System of Georgia which stands for "GeorgiA ...
The earliest records for a library in the region date to March 11, 1810, where an active Library Society was founded by a citizen named Sterling Elder. Not much else is known of this library system, save for references of the society meetings in the newspaper at the time, the Athens Gazette .
The Chestatee Regional Library System was first founded in 1953 as a two-county regional library system serving the communities of Hall and Lumpkin Counties. In 1994, in an effort to mutually expand the resources of their libraries, Dawson County joined with Hall and Lumpkin to make the library system a tri-county consortium.
In 1945, nearby Catoosa County Library in Catoosa County joined with the county of Dalton to create the Dalton Regional Library. The main branch of the Dalton library was moved to a new location, the W.C. Martin House in 1948. [6] In 1957 and 1958 the Gordon County Library and Murray County Library also joined the growing system. [7]
The library regional headquarters is located in Manchester, Georgia. Pine Mountain Library 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]