Hall County Library System
public library system in Georgia, USA
The Hall County Library System (HCLS) is a public library system in Hall County, Georgia, United States, consisting of five public libraries. Four of these libraries are located in Gainesville, with the newest branch, Spout Springs, in Flowery Branch.
HCLS is a member of PINES, a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that covers 53 library systems in 143 counties of Georgia. Any resident in a PINES supported library system has access to over 10.6 million books in the system's circulation. 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.
History
Origins
The first origins of a library in Hall County began in 1933 in Grace Episcopal Church. This small library housed very few books and was founded by the ladies of the church. In 1936 the church was severely damaged due to the famous Tupelo-Gainesville tornado, and residents of the community were forced to build the groundwork for a new public library to serve the community.
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