West Georgia Regional Library

{{Short description|Public library system in Georgia, U.S.}}

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| location = Northwest Georgia

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| num_branches = 19

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| collection_size = 852,773[https://georgialibraries.org/statistics_files/Current_Look_FY20.pdf Fiscal Year 2020 A Current Look at Georgia Public Libraries and GPLS]

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| annual_circulation = 1,554,703 (2021)

| pop_served = 487,659 (2020)

| members = 163,586 (2020)

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| director = Stephen Houser

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| website = {{URL|http://www.wgrls.org}}

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The West Georgia Regional Library System (WGRLS) is a library system serving the public libraries of five counties of Northwest Georgia: Carroll, Douglas, Haralson, Heard, and Paulding.

WGRLS 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=3 April 2017}} Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to over 10.6 million books in the system's circulation.{{cite web|title=PINES Facts|url=http://pines.georgialibraries.org/sites/default/files/files/PINES_Facts_2016.pdf|accessdate=3 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=3 April 2017}}