- DeKalb County Public Library
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The DeKalb County Public Library is the public library system of DeKalb County, Georgia in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Its collection includes over 800,000 books; collections of over 400 magazines, academic and scientific journals, and newspapers; and audiovisual materials including videotapes, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs.[1] Library patrons can also access a variety of databases and online references through the GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online) system. The library currently operates 22 branches located throughout the county, with construction of three additional branches planned by 2010.[2]
As of 2008, the library served a population of over 727,000, of whom almost 198,000 had library cards.[3] The library system had over 180 full-time and about 50 part-time employees, and a budget of over $11.5 million.[4]
Contents
List of branches
- Libraries in incorporated areas
- Chamblee: Chamblee Library
- Clarkston: Clarkston Library
- Decatur: Decatur Library (at various times called Decatur Public Library, Decatur-DeKalb Library and Maud M. Burrus Library[5])
- Doraville: Doraville Library
- Dunwoody: Dunwoody Library
- Lithonia: Lithonia-Davidson Library
- Stone Mountain: Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library
- Libraries in unincorporated areas
- Briarcliff Library (Briarcliff community)
- Brookhaven Library (Brookhaven community)
- Scott Candler Library
- Covington Library
- Embry Hills Library (Embry Hills community)
- Flat Shoals Library
- Gresham Library
- Hairston Crossing Library
- Northlake-Barbara Loar Library (Northlake community)
- Redan-Trotti Library
- Salem-Panola Library
- Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library (Toco Hills community)
- Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library (Tucker community)
- Wesley Chapel-William C. Brown Library
- Planned new branches (by 2010)
- Ellenwood
- Northeast Plaza
- Stonecrest
- Other facilities
- Scottdale-Tobie Grant Homework Center (Unincorporated area)
History
The first public library in the county was opened in 1907, in Lithonia. In 1925 a larger public library was founded in Decatur, the county seat of DeKalb County. In 1952 branches of the Decatur Library were established in Brookhaven and Doraville, and the Decatur Library was renamed the Decatur-DeKalb Library.[6] The previously independent public library in Lithonia also joined the Decatur-DeKalb system, although the Lithonia library maintained a separate library board until 1971.[7] As the DeKalb Regional Library System, the library provided services for neighboring Rockdale County from 1951 to 1989, and also for Newton County from 1953 to 1989; in 1989 the regional library system was disbanded and each of the three counties established its own separate library system.[8]
References
- ^ DeKalb County Public Library homepage: Library Collections
- ^ DeKalb County Public Library homepage: Branches
- ^ DeKalb County Public Library homepage: Statistics
- ^ DeKalb County 2008 Annual Budget, pp. 191-296
- ^ "Decatur Library." DeKalb County Public Library. Accessed October 27, 2008.
- ^ DeKalb County Public Library homepage: History
- ^ DeKalb County Public Library homepage: History of the Lithonia Public Library (via Internet Archive)
- ^ Newton County Public Library homepage: A Short History of the Library
External links
Coordinates: 33°46′27″N 84°17′38″W / 33.77410°N 84.29394°W
Categories:- Education in DeKalb County, Georgia
- Public libraries in Georgia (U.S. state)
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