Library employee of the year finds new ways to serve her community
by Roy Cummings“Everybody wants to be heard. People just want somebody to help them, to listen. People need someone to be interested in them.”And by [...]
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 [...]
2021 Georgia Public Library Awards
Annual awards honor the outstanding service and achievements of Georgia’s public libraries, librarians and advocates. Read the press release: Georgia Library Library Service announces [...]
2020 Georgia Public Library Awards Announced
Annual awards honor the outstanding service and achievements of Georgia’s public libraries, librarians and advocates. Read the press release: Georgia Library Library Service announces [...]
2019 Georgia Public Library Awards Announced
Annual awards honor the outstanding service and achievements of Georgia’s public libraries, librarians and advocates. Read the press release: Georgia Library Awards honor state's [...]
Georgia Library Awards honor state’s first black public library director and more
Georgia Public Library Service is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Georgia Public Library Awards, which honor the people and places [...]
Librarianship provides the perfect harmony between consistency and change: a conversation with Sandy Hester
State Librarian Julie Walker (left) and Sandy Hester, 2018 Georgia Public Librarian of the Year Georgia's 2018 Public Librarian of the Year is Sandy Hester, [...]