Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System

Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
	The old Carnegie library in Colquitt County, Georgia
Location	Moultrie County, Georgia
Branches	2
Collection
Size	132,668 (2016)
Access and use
Circulation	96,475 (2016)
Population served	47,715 (2016)
Members	13,248 (2016)
Other information
Director	Kevin Ellis
Website	http://www.mccls.org/
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The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System (MCCLS) is a public library system serving Colquitt County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The headquarters of the library is located in Moultrie.

MCCLS is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia.^[2] Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to the system's collection of 10.6 million books.^[3] 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.^[4]

History

Carnegie Library

In 1906 the Commissioner of the Colquitt County Board of Education petitioned Andrew Carnegie for funds to construct a public library to serve the county. On December 3 of that year, Carnegie granted a donation of $10,000 to be used to library construction on the terms the city pay an annual maintenance fee of $1,000 towards keeping the building in good condition.^[5] A lot on the corner of West Broad and Crawford streets was purchased by library trustees and designated at the site for the library.^[6] The blueprints for the building called for a mixture of different architectural designs based primarily off Colonial Revival. In addition to space for the library's collection, an auditorium was included on the second floor to "provide for meetings of a social and literary character in connection with a library association."^[7] The building was used at a library until it was sold in 1973 to be renovated into law offices. In 1982 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[8]

County library system

As library service grew in Moultrie, a bookmobile service was launched in the mid-1950s to increase outreach for rural areas. By 2016 this service was reaching over 1,200 people each year from municipalities far from the county library.^[9]

Owing to a lack of space in the Carnegie Library, plans began in the 1960s to construct a new, larger library complex. Known today as the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library, the new building was opened in 1964.

The library is home to a second branch, the Doerun Municipal Library, located in Doerun.

Library systems in neighboring counties

Worth County Library System to the north
Coastal Plain Regional Library System to the northeast
Brooks County Public Library to the southeast
Thomas County Public Library System to the southwest
De Soto Trail Regional Library System to the west

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ "PINES - About". Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ "GALILEO - About". Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.
^ "Carnegie Library Accepts Lot". Vol. XXXIX, no. 246. The Atlanta Constitution. February 16, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ Walker, Jr, Robert Burke (1994). Georgia's Carnegie Libraries: A study of their History, Their Existing Conditions, and Conservation (PDF). Athens, Georgia. pp. 62–64. Retrieved May 11, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ John Kissane and Leslie N. Sharp (April 21, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Moultrie Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2017. With 25 photos.
^ Staff Reports (August 16, 2016). "Moultrie library's Bookmobile service is alive and well". The Moultrie Observer. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

External links

PINES catalog

[GALib16-1] "Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[2] "PINES - About". Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[3] "PINES Facts" (PDF). Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[4] "GALILEO - About". Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[Jones-5] Jones, Theodore (1997). Carnegie Libraries Across America. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14422-3.

[6] "Carnegie Library Accepts Lot". Vol. XXXIX, no. 246. The Atlanta Constitution. February 16, 1907. p. 6. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

[Carnegie3-7] Walker, Jr, Robert Burke (1994). Georgia's Carnegie Libraries: A study of their History, Their Existing Conditions, and Conservation (PDF). Athens, Georgia. pp. 62–64. Retrieved May 11, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[nrhpdoc-MoultrieCHD-8] John Kissane and Leslie N. Sharp (April 21, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Moultrie Commercial Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved May 3, 2017. With 25 photos.

[9] Staff Reports (August 16, 2016). "Moultrie library's Bookmobile service is alive and well". The Moultrie Observer. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

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