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The Georgia State University Library was established in 1948 as a branch of the University of Georgia Library. In 1951, the library purchased over 2,000 volumes from James Walter Mason. [2] The original library staff only had three trained employees. [2] After seven years of expansion, the library found a home on the second floor of Sparks Hall ...
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 ...
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [ 1] Georgia has 62 library systems [ 2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [ 3] Out of these, 284 libraries are serviced by the state-wide library system PINES. [ 4]
Georgia Library Learning Online, more commonly known as GALILEO, is a virtual library operated by the University System of Georgia. There are over 100 core databases available, offering full text access to journals, magazines, e-books, government information, primary documents, and more. [1] The Digital Library of Georgia is also part of the ...
In 1998 a white paper was created exploring the feasibility of a statewide public library card for Georgia. As Georgia had consistently ranked among the lowest states in public library funding per capita it was agreed that a universal library card could be of great benefit to the residents of Georgia as long as the affiliated libraries were unified under one single integrated library system (ILS).
Julie White Walker. 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. [1]
Digital Library of Georgia. 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 ...
The Library Services Act (1956) and the Library Services and Construction Act (1964) were keystones in the goal of providing library service throughout the nation. [ 3 ] In addition, many of the 50 states have state archives similar to the federal National Archives and Records Administration to keep records relating to information on state laws ...