The Pine Mountain Regional Library System is a group of seven

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that serve Meriwether, Upson,

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, and

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counties in

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, United States. The library regional headquarters is located in

Manchester, Georgia Manchester is a town in Meriwether and Talbot Counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, although primarily in Meriwether. The population was 4,230 at the 2010 census. CSX Transportation runs a railroad yard in Manchester. History Manchester was f ...

. Pine Mountain Library is a member of

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, a program of the

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that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books. 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.

History

The first library in the region was started in 1938 in Manchester, Georgia, and was sponsored by both the Woman's Club of Manchester as well as the city. Initially this library was located at the police station and housed 100 volumes that were borrowed from the state of Georgia. In Meriwether County, the first library was chartered in 1950. The following year neighboring counties Talbot and Upson agreed to add their collections to the growing collection of Meriwether, and thus formed a regional library system. With the addition of Taylor County in 1958 the name of the library was changed to its present form. In 1972 a need for new buildings arose and three new libraries were constructed in Butler, Talbotton, and Greenville. By the next year another library branch opened in Thomaston. This branch moved in 1980 and was rededicated as the Hightower Memorial Library. In 1994 the Butler and Greenville libraries each received their own new buildings. The headquarters library, which was previously moved to the basement of the county community building, received a renovation and enlargement of its own in 1995. The newest library finished construction in 2002 in Yatesville.

Branches

Library systems in neighboring counties

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

to the north *

Flint River Regional Library System 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 S ...

to the northeast *

Middle Georgia Regional Library System The Middle Georgia Regional Library System is a library system which serves the counties of Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Macon, Twiggs and Wilkinson in the U.S. state of Georgia. Patrons receive a PINES library card. This may be used at any of the 2 ...

to the west *

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, United States. The Lake Blackshear Headquarters Library is located in Americus. The system is ...

to the south *

Chattahoochee Valley Libraries The Chattahoochee Valley Libraries (CVL) are a consortium of public libraries serving the Greater Columbus area of Georgia, United States. The library system consists of seven branches over four counties, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Marion, and ...

to the southwest *

Troup-Harris Regional Library 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. THRL is a member of PINES, a progr ...

to the west

References

External links

PINES catalog
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