West Georgia Regional Library

West Georgia Regional Library
Collection

Ephesus Public Library
Location	Northwest Georgia
Branches	18
Size	852,773^[1]
Access and use
Circulation	1,413,916 (2015)^[1]
Population served	451,656 (2015)^[1]
Members	204,747 (2015)^[1]
Other information
Director	Roni Tewksbury
Website	http://www.wgrl.net/

The West Georgia Regional Library (WGRL) is a library system serving five counties of Northwest Georgia: Douglas, Paulding, Haralson, Carroll, and Heard.

WGRL is a member of PINES, a program of the 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]

Branches

County	Name	Address	Website
Carroll	Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bowdon	450 West Avenue, Bowdon, GA 30108	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/bowdon/
	Neva Lomason Memorial Library	710 Rome Street, Carrollton, GA 30117	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/neva-lomason-memorial-library/
	Mt. Zion Public Library	4455 Mt. Zion Road, Mt. Zion, GA 30150	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/mt-zion/
	Ruth Holder Public Library - Temple	337 Sage Street, Temple, GA 30179	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/temple/
	Villa Rica Public Library	869 Dallas Highway, Villa Rica, GA 30180	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/villa-rica/
	Whitesburg Public Library	800 Main Street, Whitesburg, GA 30185	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/whitesburg/
Douglas
	Dog River Public Library	6100 Georgia Highway 5 Douglasville, GA 30135	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/dog-river/
	Douglas County Public Library	6810 Selman Drive, Douglasville, GA 30134	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/douglas-county/
	Lithia Springs Public Library	7100 Turner Drive, Lithia Springs, GA 30122	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/lithia-springs/
Haralson
	Warren P. Sewell Memorial Library of Bremen	315 Hamilton Avenue, Bremen, GA 30110	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/bremen/
	Buchanan-Haralson Public Library	145 Courthouse Square, Buchanan, GA 30113	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/buchanan/
	Tallapoosa Public Library	388 Bowdon Street, Tallapoosa, GA 30176	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/tallapoosa/
Heard
	Ephesus Public Library	200 Rogers Street, Roopville, GA 30170	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/ephesus/
	Heard County Public Library	564 Main Street, Franklin, GA 30217	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/franklin/
Paulding
	Crossroads Public Library	909 Harmony Grove Church Road, Acworth, GA 30101	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/crossroads/
	Dallas Public Library	1010 East Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA 30132	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/dallas/
	Maude P. Ragsdale Public Library	1815 Hiram-Douglasville Highway, Hiram, GA 30141	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/hiram/
	New Georgia Public Library	94 Ridge Road, Dallas, GA 30157	http://www.wgrl.net/locations/new-georgia/

Library systems in adjacent counties

Sara Hightower Regional Library System, north-northwest in Polk and others
Bartow County Library System, north-northeast in Bartow
Cobb County Public Library System east-northeast in Cobb
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System east-southeast in Fulton and part of DeKalb
Coweta Public Library System to the south east.
Troup-Harris Regional Library to the south.

References

1 2 3 4 "Current Look Georgia Libraries 2015" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
↑ "PINES - About". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
↑ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
↑ "GALILEO - About". Retrieved 3 April 2017.

External links

WGRL official site

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