Troup-Harris Regional Library

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| established = 2007

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| location = Troup and Harris Counties, Georgia

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| collection_size = 206,095 (2016)

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| annual_circulation = 260,978 (2016)

| pop_served = 105,172 (2016)

| members = 27,351 (2016){{cite web|title=Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016|url=http://www.georgialibraries.org/lib/publiclibinfo/currentlook/Current_Look_FY-16.pdf|accessdate=8 April 2017}}

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| director = Keith Schuermann

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The Troup-Harris Regional Library (THRL) is a public library system serving the counties of Troup, and Harris, Georgia, United States. The central library, LaGrange Memorial, is located in LaGrange, Georgia.

THRL 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=http://pines.georgialibraries.org/about|accessdate=8 April 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=8 April 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=http://about.galileo.usg.edu/|accessdate=8 April 2017}}

History

The Troup-Harris Regional Library officially began in 2007 after neighboring Coweta County left the system in 2007 to begin their own.{{cite news|title=2007 Athens-Clarke County Library/Athens Regional Library Board Minutes|url=https://archive.org/stream/2007ACCLARLSBoardMinutes/2007ACCL-ARLSBoardMinutes_djvu.txt|accessdate=8 April 2017|agency=ATHENS -CLARKE COUNTY LIBRARY BOARD|date=January 9, 2007}}

In December 2016 the library system opened their first new building for the city of Hoganville. This library was the result of a $1.12 million SPLOST fund that was matched by $2 million from the state of Georgia.{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Alicia B.|title=Hogansville Opens New Library|url=http://m.lagrangenews.com/2016/12/14/hogansville-opens-new-library/|accessdate=8 April 2017|agency=LaGrange Daily News|date=December 14, 2016}} This new library has over 11,200 square feet of space for book stacks, meeting areas, and computers, and

replaced the old 3,000 square foot building which was too small to house the branch's entire collection.{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Tyler H|title=Hogansville library project moves forward|url=http://www.lagrangenews.com/2015/10/21/hogansville-library-project-moves-forward/|accessdate=8 April 2017|agency=LaGrange Daily News|date=October 21, 2015}} Groundbreaking for a second library, to replace the current Harris County Library, began on March 21, 2017.{{cite news|title=Breaking new ground|url=http://www.georgialibraries.org/news/pdf/GPLSNews0617.pdf|accessdate=20 July 2017|agency=GPLS News|publisher=Georgia Public Library Service|date=June 2017|page=6}}

Branches

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Harris County Public Library138 N. College Street, Hamilton, GA 31811
Hogansville Public Library310 Johnson St, Hogansville, GA 30230
LaGrange Memorial Library115 Alford Street, LaGrange, GA 30240

Library systems in neighboring counties

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