Roddenbery Memorial Library
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| name = Roddenbery Memorial Library
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| established = 1939 (Cairo Library)
1964 (Roddenbery Library)
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| location = Grady County, Georgia
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| collection_size = 80,371 (2016){{cite web|title=Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016|url=http://www.georgialibraries.org/lib/publiclibinfo/currentlook/Current_Look_FY-16.pdf|accessdate=11 June 2017}}
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| annual_circulation = 68,218 (2016)
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| director = Janet R Boudet
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| website = http://rmlibrary.org/
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The Roddenbery Memorial Library (RML) is a single-branch public library system serving the county of Grady, located in the U.S.state of Georgia. The library is located in Cairo, Georgia.
RML is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia.{{cite web|title=PINES - About|url=https://pines.georgialibraries.org/about|accessdate=11 June 2017}} Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books.{{cite web|title=PINES Facts|url=http://pines.georgialibraries.org/sites/default/files/files/PINES_Facts_2016.pdf|accessdate=11 June 2017}} 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.{{cite web|title=GALILEO - About|url=https://about.galileo.usg.edu/|accessdate=11 June 2017}}
History
File:Roddenbery Memorial Library Grady Room.JPG
The Roddenbery Memorial Library had its beginning in January 1939 when it was established as the Cairo Public Library. The initial housing for the first building was the second floor of City Hall.{{cite web|title=RML History|url=http://rmlibrary.org/about/rml-history/|website=Roddenvery Memorial Library|accessdate=11 June 2017}}
In 1964 the library was granted a new building on North Broad Street in Cairo, as a gift from the Roddenbery family to the community. The library's name was then changed in honor of the family.{{cite journal|last1=Bennett|first1=Nora|title=Georgia Library Spotlight - Roddenbery Memorial Library|journal=Georgia Library Quarterly|date=July 1, 2016|volume=53|issue=3|pages=1–2|url=http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1940&context=glq|accessdate=11 June 2017}}
Since the library's founding in 1939 it has won the John Cotton Dana Award twice, in 1950 and 1960.{{cite web|title=Winners of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award|url=http://www.ala.org/llama/awards/johncottondanalibrarypublic|website=Library Leadership and Management Association|accessdate=23 July 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Kleinpeter|first1=Brittany|title=WTXL Road Trip: The Library People Travel Across Georgia to Visit|url=http://www.wtxl.com/news/wtxl-road-trip-the-library-people-travel-across-georgia-to/article_a4b7c6a8-30ae-11e5-945c-f32daea9a2a6.html|accessdate=11 June 2017|agency=abc27 WTXL|date=July 23, 2015}} This award is considered the most prestigious of all American Library Association awards in the field of public relations and marketing.{{cite news|title=Everything You Wanted to Know about the John Cotton Dana Award|url=https://www.ebsco.com/blog/article/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-john-cotton-dana-award|accessdate=11 June 2017|agency=EBSCO|publisher=EBSCO post|date=February 3, 2015}}
In 2023 the library was honored with the "Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia" award by the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association of the American Library Association for its Memory CARE Corner.Ladewski, Bill.[https://rusaupdate.org/2023/03/2023-rusa-stephen-t-riedner-grant-for-life-enhancing-library-programs-for-people-living-with-dementia/ East Chicago Public Library and Roddenbery Memorial Library selected winners of the Stephen T. Riedner Grant for Life Enhancing Library Programs for People Living with Dementia]. RUSA Update. March 23, 2023.
Library systems in neighboring counties
- De Soto Trail Regional Library System to the north
- Thomas County Public Library System to the east
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library to the west
References
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External links
- [http://gapines.org/eg/opac/ PINES catalog]
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Category:County library systems in Georgia (U.S. state)