# West Georgia Regional Library

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Public library system in Georgia, U.S.

West Georgia Regional Library System WGRLS administration building Location Northwest Georgia Branches 19 Collection Size 852,773[1] Access and use Circulation 1,554,703 (2021) Population served 487,659 (2020) Members 163,586 (2020) Other information Director Stephen Houser Website www.wgrls.org

The **West Georgia Regional Library System** (**WGRLS**) is a [library system](/source/Library_system) serving the public libraries of five counties of [Northwest Georgia](/source/Northwest_Georgia_(U.S.)): [Carroll](/source/Carroll_County%2C_Georgia), [Douglas](/source/Douglas_County%2C_Georgia), [Haralson](/source/Haralson_County%2C_Georgia), [Heard](/source/Heard_County%2C_Georgia), and [Paulding](/source/Paulding_County%2C_Georgia).

WGRLS is a member of [PINES](/source/Public_Information_Network_for_Electronic_Services), a program of the [Georgia Public Library Service](/source/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 over 10.6 million books in the system's circulation.[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]

## History

Edith Foster served as Director of West Georgia Regional Library System from 1944 to 1977. She wrote a history of the library system she founded called *Yonder She Comes: A Once Told Li’bry Tale*. Copies are available for checkout at many WGRLS libraries.

A briefer history is available on the WGRLS website to see how the library has grown from a single location serving two counties to 19 branches in five counties that span 1,600 square miles (4,100 km2).

## Libraries

County Name Address Carroll Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bowdon 450 West Avenue, Bowdon Neva Lomason Memorial Library 710 Rome Street, Carrollton Mt. Zion Public Library 4455 Mt. Zion Road, Mt. Zion Ruth Holder Public Library - Temple 337 Sage Street, Temple Villa Rica Public Library 869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica Whitesburg Public Library 800 Main Street, Whitesburg Douglas Dog River Public Library 6100 Georgia Highway 5 Douglasville Douglas County Public Library 6810 Selman Drive, Douglasville Lithia Springs Public Library 7100 Turner Drive, Lithia Springs Haralson Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bremen 315 Hamilton Avenue, Bremen Buchanan-Haralson Public Library 145 Courthouse Square, Buchanan Tallapoosa Public Library 388 Bowdon Street, Tallapoosa Heard Centralhatchee Public Library 171 Notnomis Road, Franklin Ephesus Public Library 200 Rogers Street, Roopville Heard County Public Library 564 Main Street, Franklin Paulding Crossroads Public Library 909 Harmony Grove Church Road, Acworth Dallas Public Library 1010 East Memorial Drive, Dallas Maude P. Ragsdale Public Library 1815 Hiram-Douglasville Highway, Hiram New Georgia Public Library 94 Ridge Road, Dallas

## Library systems in adjacent counties

- [Sara Hightower Regional Library System](/source/Sara_Hightower_Regional_Library_System), north-northwest in Polk and others

- [Bartow County Library System](/source/Bartow_County_Library_System), north-northeast in [Bartow](/source/Bartow_County%2C_Georgia)

- [Cobb County Public Library System](/source/Cobb_County_Public_Library_System) east-northeast in Cobb

- [Fulton County Library System](/source/Fulton_County_Library_System) east-southeast in Fulton and part of DeKalb

- [Coweta Public Library System](/source/Coweta_Public_Library_System) to the southeast

- [Troup-Harris Regional Library](/source/Troup-Harris_Regional_Library) to the south

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GALib2016_1-0)** [Fiscal Year 2020 A Current Look at Georgia Public Libraries and GPLS](https://georgialibraries.org/statistics_files/Current_Look_FY20.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["PINES - About"](http://pines.georgialibraries.org/about). Retrieved April 3, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["PINES Facts"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170805135503/https://pines.georgialibraries.org/sites/default/files/files/PINES_Facts_2016.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://pines.georgialibraries.org/sites/default/files/files/PINES_Facts_2016.pdf) (PDF) on August 5, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["GALILEO - About"](http://about.galileo.usg.edu/). Retrieved April 3, 2017.

## External links

- [WGRL official site](http://www.wgrl.net/)

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