Cherokee Regional Library System

{{Short description|Library system in Georgia, United States}}

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| name = Cherokee Regional Library System

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| location = Northwest Georgia

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| num_branches = 4

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| collection_size = 208,942 (2020){{cite web |title=A Current Look at Georgia Public Libraries and GPLS 2020 |url=https://georgialibraries.org/statistics_files/Current_Look_FY20.pdf |publisher=Georgia Public Library Service |access-date=13 July 2021 |date=June 2021}}

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| annual_circulation = 192122 (2020)

| pop_served = 85,772 (2020)

| members = 27,749 (2020)

| budget = $600,988 (2016){{cite web|title=CRLS FY17 Approved Budgets|url=http://www.chrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/FY17-Approved-Budgets.pdf|accessdate=23 March 2017}}

| director = Lecia Eubanks

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| website = http://www.chrl.org

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The Cherokee Regional Library System (CRLS) is a public library system consisting of four libraries in the counties of Walker and Dade, Georgia. The central library, the Lafayette-Walker County Public Library, is located in LaFayette, Georgia.

CRLS is a member of PINES, a public library network of 281 libraries in 140 counties throughout Georgia. Any resident of Georgia may receive a PINES library card which allows them access to any of the 8 million books in its collection across the state.{{cite web|title=PINES - About|url=http://pines.georgialibraries.org/about|accessdate=22 March 2017}} The library is also associated with GALILEO, Georgia's ‘virtual library’ which facilitates online access to over 100 databases (including magazine articles and online books) for researchers and students on a wide variety of topics.{{cite web|title=GALILEO - About|url=http://about.galileo.usg.edu/|accessdate=22 March 2017}} Each branch of the library also hosts their own Genealogy and Local History Room for patrons.{{cite web|title=CRLS Local History|url=http://www.chrl.org/local-history/|accessdate=23 March 2017}}