Northeast Georgia Regional Library System

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Northeast Georgia Regional Library System
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Established1951
Location Northeast Georgia
Branches6 branches, 1 processing center
Collection
Size224,479 (2016) [1]
Access and use
Circulation409,714 (2016) [1]
Population served115,332 (2016) [1]
Members35,743 (2016) [1]
Other information
Budget$488,538.92 (2016) [2]
DirectorDelana Knight
Website http://www.negeorgialibraries.org/
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Northeast Georgia Regional Library System

The Northeast Georgia Regional Library System (NEGRLS) is a collection of seven public libraries in the counties of Habersham, White, Rabun, and Stephens, Georgia, United States.

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NEGRLS is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. [3] Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to over 10.6 million books in the system's circulation. [4] 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. [5]

History

Clarkesville Library

The origins of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library System began with the Clarkesville Library established in 1928. This library, as well as its sister county library (the Cornelia branch), joined alongside the Stephens County Library Program to create the Habersham-Stephens Regional Library System in 1944. [6]

The Clarkesville library served as the regional headquarters for the system from 1928 until 2009, when it was replaced by the general NEGRLS processing center. [6]

Photograph of a group of girls using the library, Clarkesville, 1953 Photograph of a group of girls using a library, Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, 1953 - DPLA - 9fbae08a04b4d688ef2c7e28505265c43142.jpeg
Photograph of a group of girls using the library, Clarkesville, 1953
Photograph of a man and five women standing in front of a bookmobile, Clarkesville, 1953 Photograph of a man and five women standing in front of a bookmobile, Clarkesville, Habersham County, Georgia, 1953 - DPLA - 254fd2fcaf65cba3675a2d7fa66cef303146.jpeg
Photograph of a man and five women standing in front of a bookmobile, Clarkesville, 1953

Stephens County Library

The next library created in the current region was the Toccoa-Stephens County Library. It was established by the Works Progress Administration and first sponsored by the Toccoa Woman's Club on May 1, 1937. Initially the library was housed in a section of the local high school until it was moved after one year into space made available in the Woman's clubhouse. The Kiwanis Club and United Daughters of the Confederacy, as well as the Stephens County Commissioners also offered monetary support to the library in 1938, and by 1939 the WPA withdrew its involvement. [7]

During the 1940s the library was officially designated the Toccoa-Stephens County Public Library, and in the next three years moved to three different buildings before settling down in city hall until 1956. At this point the Woman's Club offered their clubhouse as a permanent space for the library as a gift to the city which was accepted. [7]

The library joined the greater Northeast Georgia system in 1966. During this time space became limited in the old Woman's clubhouse and a new building was conceived. Dedicated in May 1970 the new $240,000 library more than doubled the space of the old library. Another addition in 1988 doubled the floor space of the library again. [7]

White County

The White County library joined in 1951, and with the introduction of White County the name of the library system was changed to its present form. In 1956 Rabun County joined the system, and a decade later, in 1966, the City of Toccoa joined. The current system has been made up of the same libraries since these last two additions. [6]

Branches

NameAddress
Clarkesville/Habersham County Library178 East Green Street, Clarkesville, Georgia 30523
Cornelia/Habersham County Public Library301 North Main Street, Cornelia, Georgia 30531
Rabun County Public Library73 Jo Dotson Circle, P.O. Box 330, Clayton, Georgia 30525
Toccoa/Stephens County Public Library53 West Savannah Street, P.O. Box Drawer L, Toccoa, Georgia 30577
White County Public Library (Cleveland Branch)10 Colonial Drive, P.O. Box 657, Cleveland, Georgia 30528
White County Public Library (Helen Branch)90 Pete's Park Road, P.O. Box 1088, Helen, Georgia 30545
Northeast Georgia Regional Library System Administrative Offices/Processing Center204 Ellison Street, Suites E & F

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "A Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "PINES - About" . Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "GALILEO - About" . Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 "NEGRLS History" . Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Stephens County Georgia and its People Vol. 1. USA: Walsworth Publishing. 1996. p. 42.
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