The Cherokee Regional Library System (CRLS) is a

public library 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 service, civil servants. There are ...

system consisting of four libraries in the counties of

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and Dade,

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. The central library, the Lafayette-Walker County Public Library, is located in

LaFayette, Georgia LaFayette ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Walker County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,888. It was founded as Chattooga. LaFayette is part of the Chattanooga, TN-GA Metropolitan Statistical Ar ...

. CRLS is a member of

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, a public library network of 281 libraries in 140 counties throughout Georgia. Any resident of Georgia may receive a PINES library card which allows them access to any of the 8 million books in its collection across the state. The library is also associated with GALILEO, Georgia's ‘virtual library’ which facilitates online access to over 100 databases (including magazine articles and online books) for researchers and students on a wide variety of topics. Each branch of the library also hosts their own Genealogy and Local History Room for patrons.

History

Rossville Public Library

The Rossville Public Library was organized in 1942 as a product of the

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. Upon completion of the library, neighboring

's library board approached the library in Rossville to request a regional library system be constructed between the two branches. This was the first iteration of the Cherokee Regional Library System.

Branches

Library systems in neighboring counties

Chattooga County Library System The Chattooga County Library System (CCLS) was a public library system consisting of two libraries in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States, in the Northwest Georgia (U.S.), northwest region of the state. On 1 November 2020, the library system ...

to the south. *

Northwest Georgia Regional Library System The Northwest Georgia Regional Library System (NGRL) is a public library system across the Northwest Georgia counties of Gordon, Murray, and Whitfield. NRGL participates in PINES, a public library network of 281 libraries in 140 counties through ...

to the east. *

Catoosa County Library The Catoosa County Library is a single branch public library system serving Catoosa County, Georgia, United States. The library branch is located in Ringgold. The library is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service tha ...

to the east.

References

External links

PINES Catalog
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