Chestatee Regional Library System
The Chestatee Regional Library System (CRLS) is a system of four public libraries serving the counties of Dawson County, and Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States.
| Chestatee Regional Library System | |
|---|---|
| Location | Dawson and Lumpkin Counties |
| Established | 1953 |
| Branches | 3 branches, 1 satellite branch |
| Collection | |
| Size | 133,452 (2016) |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 247,237 (2016) |
| Population served | 56,075 (2016) |
| Members | 19,872 (2016) |
| Other information | |
| Director | Leslie Clark |
| Website | http://chestateelibrary.org/ |
The name Chestatee is from the Cherokee word meaning "place of the lights." This refers to the practice of hunting deer at night.
CRLS 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.