Troup-Harris Regional Library

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Troup-Harris Regional Library
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The LaGrange Memorial Library
Established2007
LocationTroup and Harris Counties, Georgia
Branches3
Collection
Size206,095 (2016) [1]
Access and use
Circulation260,978 (2016) [1]
Population served105,172 (2016) [1]
Members27,351 (2016) [1]
Other information
DirectorKeith Schuermann
Website http://www.thrl.org/

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

Public library Library that is accessible by the public

A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants.

Troup County, Georgia County in Georgia, United States

Troup County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 67,044. The county seat is LaGrange.

Harris County, Georgia U.S. county in Georgia

Harris County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia; its western border with the state of Alabama is formed by the Chattahoochee River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,024. The county seat is Hamilton. The largest city in the county is Pine Mountain, a resort town that is home to the world-famous Callaway Gardens Resort and Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. Harris County was created on December 14, 1827, and named for Charles Harris, a Georgia judge and attorney.

Contents

THRL 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] 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]

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.

Georgia Public Library Service archive organization in Atlanta, United States

The Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) is the state agency for libraries in the 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. Julie Walker is the current State Librarian.

History

The Troup-Harris Regional Library officially began in 2007 after neighboring Coweta County left the system in 2007 to begin their own. [5]

Coweta County, Georgia County in Georgia

Coweta County is a county located in the west central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of Metro Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the population was 127,317. The county seat is Newnan.

In December 2016 the library system opened their first new building for the city of Hoganville. This library was the result of a $1.12 million SPLOST fund that was matched by $2 million from the state of Georgia. [6] This new library has over 11,200 square feet of space for book stacks, meetings areas, and computers, and replaced the old 3,000 square foot building which was too small to house the branch's entire collection. [7] Groundbreaking for a second library, to replace the current Harris County Library, began on March 21, 2017. [8]

Hogansville, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Hogansville is a city in Troup County, Georgia, United States. The population was 3,060 at the 2010 census. Since 1998, Hogansville has held an annual Hummingbird Festival in October. It is located approximately halfway between Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia on Interstate 85 via Interstate 185.

Branches

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Harris County Public Library
NameAddress
Harris County Public Library138 N. College Street, Hamilton, GA 31811
Hogansville Public Library310 Johnson St, Hogansville, GA 30230
LaGrange Memorial Library115 Alford Street, LaGrange, GA 30240

Library systems in neighboring counties

West Georgia Regional Library library

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.

The Coweta Public Library System (CPLS) is a group of four public libraries in Coweta County, Georgia. The branches serve the towns of Grantville, Newnan, and Senoia.

Pine Mountain Regional Library System

The Pine Mountain Regional Library System is a group of seven public libraries that serve Meriwether, Upson, Talbot, and Taylor Counties in Georgia. The library regional headquarters is located in Manchester, Georgia.

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State Route 14 (SR 14) is a 87.4-mile-long (140.7 km) state highway that travels southwest-to-northeast through portions of Troup, Coweta, and Fulton counties in the west-central and north-central parts of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects the Alabama state line in West Point to Downtown Atlanta, via LaGrange, Fairburn, College Park, and East Point. Except for the northernmost segment, it is entirely concurrent with U.S. Route 29 (US 29).

Flint River Regional Library System

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Oconee Regional Library System

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Lake Blackshear Regional Library System

The Lake Blackshear Regional Library System (LBRLS) is a public library system covering the four counties of Sumter, Crisp, Dooly, Schley, Georgia. 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "PINES - About" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "GALILEO - About" . Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "2007 Athens-Clarke County Library/Athens Regional Library Board Minutes". ATHENS -CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD. January 9, 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Hill, Alicia B. (December 14, 2016). "Hogansville Opens New Library". LaGrange Daily News. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Jones, Tyler H (October 21, 2015). "Hogansville library project moves forward". LaGrange Daily News. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Breaking new ground" (PDF). Georgia Public Library Service. GPLS News. June 2017. p. 6. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
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