The West Georgia Regional Library System (WGRLS) is a library system serving the public libraries of five counties of Northwest Georgia: Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, and Paulding.
| West Georgia Regional Library System | |
|---|---|
 | |
 WGRLS administration building | |
| Location | Northwest Georgia |
| Branches | 19 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 852,773[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 1,554,703 (2021) |
| Population served | 487,659 (2020) |
| Members | 163,586 (2020) |
| Other information | |
| Director | Stephen Houser |
| Website | www |
WGRLS 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 over 10.6 million books in the system's circulation.[3] The library is also serviced by GALILEO, a program of the University System of Georgia which stands for "GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online". This program offers residents in supported libraries access to over 100 databases indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. It also boasts over 10,000 journal titles in full text.[4]
History
editEdith Foster served as Director of West Georgia Regional Library System from 1944 to 1977. She wrote a history of the library system she founded called Yonder She Comes: A Once Told Li’bry Tale. Copies are available for checkout at many WGRLS libraries.
A briefer history is available on the WGRLS website to see how the library has grown from a single location serving two counties to 19 branches in five counties that span 1,600 square miles (4,100 km2).
Libraries
edit| County | Name | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Carroll | Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bowdon | 450 West Avenue, Bowdon |
| Neva Lomason Memorial Library | 710 Rome Street, Carrollton | |
| Mt. Zion Public Library | 4455 Mt. Zion Road, Mt. Zion | |
| Ruth Holder Public Library - Temple | 337 Sage Street, Temple | |
| Villa Rica Public Library | 869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica | |
| Whitesburg Public Library | 800 Main Street, Whitesburg | |
| Douglas | ||
| Dog River Public Library | 6100 Georgia Highway 5 Douglasville | |
| Douglas County Public Library | 6810 Selman Drive, Douglasville | |
| Lithia Springs Public Library | 7100 Turner Drive, Lithia Springs | |
| Haralson | ||
| Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bremen | 315 Hamilton Avenue, Bremen | |
| Buchanan-Haralson Public Library | 145 Courthouse Square, Buchanan | |
| Tallapoosa Public Library | 388 Bowdon Street, Tallapoosa | |
| Heard | ||
| Centralhatchee Public Library | 171 Notnomis Road, Franklin | |
| Ephesus Public Library | 200 Rogers Street, Roopville | |
| Heard County Public Library | 564 Main Street, Franklin | |
| Paulding | ||
| Crossroads Public Library | 909 Harmony Grove Church Road, Acworth | |
| Dallas Public Library | 1010 East Memorial Drive, Dallas | |
| Maude P. Ragsdale Public Library | 1815 Hiram-Douglasville Highway, Hiram | |
| New Georgia Public Library | 94 Ridge Road, Dallas |
Library systems in adjacent counties
edit- Sara Hightower Regional Library System, north-northwest in Polk and others
- Bartow County Library System, north-northeast in Bartow
- Cobb County Public Library System east-northeast in Cobb
- Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System east-southeast in Fulton and part of DeKalb
- Coweta Public Library System to the southeast
- Troup-Harris Regional Library to the south
References
edit- ^ Fiscal Year 2020 A Current Look at Georgia Public Libraries and GPLS
- ^ "PINES - About". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "GALILEO - About". Retrieved 3 April 2017.