Georgia Public Library Service

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Georgia Public Library Service
AbbreviationGPLS
EstablishedOctober 1, 1996;26 years ago (1996-10-01)
Type Government agency
Location
Coordinates 33°52′36.6″N84°16′19.9″W / 33.876833°N 84.272194°W / 33.876833; -84.272194
State Librarian
Julie Walker
Budget (2015)
$24.4 million [1]
Staff
45
Website www.georgialibraries.org

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 University System of Georgia. [2] Julie Walker is the current State Librarian. [3] [4]

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Services

PINES

Established in 1999 the Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES) is the nearly statewide library consortium and its online library catalog of the Georgia Public Library Service. PINES effectively turns most of the state of Georgia into one huge library with 284 library facilities in 143 counties across the state. [5] PINES also developed Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system which is used worldwide in approximately 1,800 libraries to run their consortial catalogs. [6]

GALILEO

GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online (GALILEO), is an initiative the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia to bring subscription-only database access to thousands of libraries throughout Georgia. Participating libraries in the state have access to hundreds of databases containing over 400,000 serial titles in full text and over 100,000 e-books. Other resources offered to the more than 2,000 organizations involved with GALILEO include encyclopedias, legal resources, business directories, and government publications. [7]

GALILEO also runs the Digital Library of Georgia which is an online public collection of documents and media covering the history of Georgia. Large archives of newspapers are continuously digitized and added to this collection. [8]

GLASS

Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services (GLASS) is an accessible library service in Georgia that provides reading materials to those who, due to disabilities, are unable to read standard print. This includes people with varying levels of visual acuity, those unable to turn pages, or any other individual certified by a medical doctor as having a reading disability. [9]

GPLS News

The Georgia Public Library Service also runs a bimonthly publication regarding its affiliated organizations.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Public Information Network for Electronic Services</span>

The Public Information Network for Electronic Services is the nearly statewide library consortium and its online library catalog of the Georgia Public Library Service. 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.

Evergreen is an open-source integrated library system (ILS), initially developed by the Georgia Public Library Service for Public Information Network for Electronic Services (PINES), a statewide resource-sharing consortium with over 270 member libraries.

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 libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other institutions, as well as 100 agencies of state government. It can be searched or browsed through the Digital Library of Georgia website.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clayton County Library System</span> System of public libraries in Georgia

The Clayton County Library System (CCLS) is a public library system consisting of six branches in the north central portion of Georgia, south of Atlanta. Its six branches serve 65% of the county population, making it one of the highest attended library systems in Georgia per capita.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flint River Regional Library System</span> Public library system in Georgia, USA

The Flint River Regional Library System (FRRLS) is a collection of nine public libraries in the Atlanta metropolitan area of Georgia. The library serves the residents of the following six counties: Butts, Fayette, Lamar, Monroe, Pike, and Spalding.

The Azalea Regional Library System (AZRLS) is a collection of ten public libraries located partially in the Atlanta metropolitan area and Central Georgia. It is headquartered in Madison, Georgia and serves the counties of Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, and Walton, of which 32% of the population are members of the library.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athens Regional Library System</span> Public library system in northeast, Georgia, U.S.

The Athens Regional Library System (ARLS) is a consortium of 11 public libraries across five counties, comprising the Athens – Clarke County metropolitan area as well as Franklin County in northeast Georgia, United States.

The Chattooga County Library System (CCLS) was a public library system consisting of two libraries in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States, in the northwest region of the state. On 1 November 2020, the library system merged with the Sara Hightower Regional Library System. The library headquarters and main branch is located in Summerville with a second, smaller branch in Trion.

The Cherokee Regional Library System (CRLS) is a public library system consisting of four libraries in the counties of Walker and Dade, Georgia. The central library, the Lafayette-Walker County Public Library, is located in LaFayette, Georgia.

The Newton County Library System (NCLS) is a consortium of two public libraries in Newton County, Georgia, United States. The system has libraries in Covington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Piedmont Regional Library System</span>

The Piedmont Regional Library System (PRLS) is a consortium of ten public libraries serving the counties of Banks, Barrow, and Jackson, Georgia, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hart County Library</span> Public library in Georgia, United States

The Hart County Library is a single branch public library serving the population of Hart County, Georgia, United States. It is located in Hartwell at 150 Benson Street. In 2016 the library was named Georgia's Public Library of the Year.

The Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System (GCHRL) is a consortium of eight public libraries working together to serve the populations of Columbia, Burke, Lincoln, and Warren counties in east Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Troup-Harris Regional Library</span>

The Troup-Harris Regional Library (THRL) is a public library system serving the counties of Troup, and Harris, Georgia, United States. The central library, LaGrange Memorial, is located in LaGrange, Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catoosa County Library</span>

The Catoosa County Library is a single branch public library system serving Catoosa County, Georgia, United States. The library branch is located in Ringgold.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake Blackshear Regional Library System</span>

The Lake Blackshear Regional Library System (LBRLS) is a public library system covering the four counties of Sumter, Crisp, Dooly, Schley, Georgia, United States. The Lake Blackshear Headquarters Library is located in Americus. The system is also home to the second oldest Carnegie library in Georgia, located in Cordele.

The Lee County Library (LCL) is a public library system in Southwest Georgia, United States, located in Lee County. There are four branches associated with the system, with the Leesburg library serving as the central headquarters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coastal Plain Regional Library System</span>

The Coastal Plain Regional Library System (CPRL) is a public library system serving the counties of Ben Hill, Berrien, Cook, Irwin, Tift, and Turner in the U.S. state of Georgia. The Coastal Plains Headquarters Library is located in Tifton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dougherty County Public Library</span>

The Dougherty County Public Library is a public library system serving Dougherty County, Georgia. The Central Library is located in Albany, Georgia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie White Walker</span> American librarian

Julie White Walker is an American librarian and currently the state librarian of Georgia. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1982, she earned her master’s in library science from the same university.

References

  1. ↑ Warburton, Bob (February 3, 2014). "Georgia Tweaks State Funding Formula to Prioritize Librarians". Library Journal. Retrieved 19 Mar 2023.
  2. ↑ Veatch, Lamar (July 9, 2007). "Library Services & Technology Act Five-Year Plan for Georgia's Libraries 2008 to 2012" (PDF). Georgia Public Library Service. Retrieved 19 Mar 2023.
  3. ↑ "GPLS Staff Directory" . Retrieved 19 Mar 2023.
  4. ↑ "SILS Alumna, Julie Walker, Named State Librarian of Georgia". School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. May 9, 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "About PINES". Public Information Network for Electronic Services. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Evergreen Libraries by Country". Evergreen. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "About the Initiative". GALILEO. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Historic Savannah newspapers now online at UGA Libraries". OnlineAthens. Athens Banner-Herald. June 10, 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "About Us". Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
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