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system that supports the counties of Bulloch, Bryan, Candler,

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. The central library is located in

Statesboro, Georgia Statesboro is the largest city and county seat of Bulloch County, Georgia, Bulloch County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, located in the southeastern part of the state. Statesboro is home to the flagship campus of Georgia Southern ...

. STRL 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

Bulloch Libraries

In 1923 the first public library in Statesboro was designated out of the local high school, and consisted of the Statesboro High School library as well as the 250 volume collection of the Woman's Club Library. After only two years of service this library was one out of sixteen in the state of Georgia to be serving not only the town but the county surrounding it. This designation as a county library allowed the library a special allotment of books given by the state. In light of this development plans were made to construct a new library to more primarily serve the county at large. By 1935 the Statesboro library had moved out of the high school and into the county courthouse. In order to better serve the surrounding towns at large the town of Bulloch set forth a campaign to raise $2,000 to renovate the county courthouse and therefore enlarge the library. Despite slow but steady interest the campaign only raised $600 in its first year. In 1936 the local Sea Island Bank underwent construction of a new building and allocated space on the second floor to furnish the library for free. Two years later, looking to expand their reach to the African American community the library also opened a "Negro library" which by 1939 also became a part of the greater Statesboro library system and held its own 1500 volumes for checkout. By 1940 a bookmobile was added to serve patrons of the library who lived in rural areas, and in 1943 the libraries in Bulloch were formally designated as part of a regional library system.

Branches

Library systems in neighboring counties

Jefferson County Library System The Jefferson County Library System (JCLS) is a public library system in Jefferson County, Georgia, United States. The system consists of three libraries, with headquarters in Louisville. JCLS is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Publi ...

to the north. *

Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System The Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System (GCHRL) is a consortium of eight public libraries working together to serve the populations of Columbia, Burke, Lincoln, and Warren counties in east Georgia. GCHRL is a member of PINES, a program o ...

to the north. *

Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System The Screven-Jenkins Regional Library System (SJRL) is a two county public library system serving the counties of Screven County, Georgia, Screven and Jenkins County, Georgia, Jenkins Georgia (U.S. State), Georgia. SJRL is a member of Public Infor ...

to the north east. * Live Oak Public Libraries to the south east. * Ohoopee Regional Library System to the south. * Oconee Regional Library System to the west.

References

External links

PINES Catalog
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