Lake Blackshear Regional Library System, serving an area of 69,000 residents, has a collection of 280,000 books and periodicals; in addition, there are 2,500 CDs, records, cassettes and other audio materials, as well as 2,400 video items, such as DVDs and VHS tapes. Internet terminals are available for use by the general public. Staffing consists of 17 employees, of whom 5 are fully accredited librarians, plus volunteers. The system comprises one central library and 5 branch libraries, plus one bookmobile. Annual expenditures on the library collection total $69,000. Patrons make 126,000 visits annually, and check out materials 210,000 times. Twenty-four percent of all check-outs are children's materials.
Location:
307 East Lamar Street, Americus Georgia 31709
Telephone
229-924-8091
Other Public Libraries nearby:
(Columbus) Chattahoochee Valley Library System
(Columbus) Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library
(Albany) Dougherty County Public Library
(Fitzgerald) Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Library
(Perry) Houston County Public Library System
(Dawson) Kinchafoonee Regional Library System
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01/10 Coming to The Americus area
Azalea Festival Valdosta GA March9-10 Free admission to a festival drawing 20,000 people from all over the Southeast and beyond.
Ozark Crawdad and Music Festival Ozark AL April20 This family & pet friendly festival is FREE to the public and
features Great Live Music, Wonderful Foods,
Arts & Craft Vendors, Children's Activity Area,
Sonic's Popular Hotdog Eating Contest,
the Crawdad 5k Run, Walk, or Crawl and much more!
Vidalia Onion Festival Vidalia GA April18-21 Cooking School, Miss and Little Miss Vidalia Onion Pageants, Onion Maze, Onion Cook-off, Tasting Competition, The Onion Run, parades, carnival, rodeo, street dance, onion shootgun shoot, as well as a Dutch oven cooking demonstration.
Rose Show and Festival Thomasville GA February25 Held in beautiful downtown Thomasville, the Rose Festival has been a Southwest Georgia tradition since the 1920's! Enjoy roses, roses, and more roses, plus two parades, live music and street dance, arts and crafts, fantastic food and so much more!
Georgia Strawberry Festival Art and Craft Show Reynolds GA April27 The Georgia Strawberry Festival Arts and Crafts Show invite you to Reynolds, Georgia for a funfilled day of arts and crafts, food, fun and entertainment as we celebrate strawberry season.
Powers' Festival Newnan GA April27-28 Powers Festival supplies the best arts, crafts, food, fun, and entertainment.
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