Public Information Network for Electronic Services

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The Public Information Network for Electronic Services (also known as PINES) is the statewide online library catalog started by the Georgia Public Library Service. The catalog consists of books from 249 libraries in 127 counties across the state of Georgia with a total item count of around 7.7 million, all of which are searchable by anyone with a PINES library card which can be obtained free of charge from any PINES-participating library.

The PINES system effectively turns the whole state of Georgia into one huge library. PINES cardholders are able to request that a copy of a specific book which is only available at a library out of town be shipped to their local library for them to check out - free of charge - all through the online catalog. In addition, PINES users can check out a book from one PINES-participating library and turn it into any other PINES-participating library without penalty. Another feature of the PINES network is that it allows members to place holds on items that they would like to check out from the library.

The catalog is run on open-source software developed by the library system, called Evergreen.