Patron profile: Pam Johnson
Pam Johnson of Fayetteville recently completed Entrepreneurial Mindset Training at the Peachtree City Library. The free, self-paced program helps people understand what it takes [...]
Schools and libraries partner to give students access to books and more
The PLAY student library card gives students access to books and other resources to succeed.At the Morgan County Library, a group [...]
Learn and preserve history at your local library: here’s how
Oral histories enable people to share their stories in their own words, and public libraries from Athens to Perry to Bainbridge to Augusta [...]
Digitized oral histories from Cairo, Georgia, share early 20th century African American experiences
“A lot of women just needed someone to hold their hand and tell them it would be all right. What I got [...]
Digitized Scrapbook Tells the Story of Early Maternal Care in Georgia
The maternity home was the first of its kind in Georgia, providing around the clock pre- and postnatal care to pregnant women, [...]
Marquita Gooch-Voyd: Librarian of the Year
Marquita Gooch-Voyd, 2020 Georgia Public Librarian of the Year "When starting my professional career, my mentor told me 'wherever you [...]
Interview with Thomas Jones, 2020 Georgia Public Libraries Lifetime Achievement winner
Thomas Jones, former director, Middle Georgia Regional Libraries Few librarians have a career with the breadth of experience of Thomas [...]
Cherokee Regional Library System: Library of the Year
Cherokee Regional - LaFayette Walker County Library Our public library of the year is a four-branch system that has found [...]
Q&A with Dr. Steve Whatley, 2020 Public Library Champion of the Year
Dr. Steve Whatley is the former board chair and a longtime trustee at the Newton County Library System. He was an educator for more [...]
Hart of the Library
By Jessica Wilson, Roddenbery Memorial Library Tom Hart and a student, Joan, with her first watercolor painting. After a career as a librarian, [...]