Georgia Library Spotlight

Smyrna Public Library

Established in 1936, Smyrna Public Library is Georgia’s only city-operated library.  Located in the heart of Smyrna on the Village Green, the library supports a growing suburban community of almost 50,000 people who expect high-quality, individualized library service.  At the close of our last fiscal year, the library had more than 36,000 cardholders, who made 268,746 visits and checked out 217,523 items.  The library collection contains more than 130,000 items and includes books, CDs, DVDs, periodicals and online databases.  Library doors are open 73 hours and 7 days per week.

The library makes changes quickly in order to meet our users’ needs. When the economic downturn began to affect our community, we responded by subscribing to additional career databases, setting up an online Job Page, and arranging to be a regular stop for the CobbWorks Mobile Career Center.  In the past, the Smyrna Library was one of the first libraries in Georgia to provide public internet access and was one the first in the country to have a wireless network.

Library highlights include our Youth Services department, our genealogy collection and our active Friends of the Library.  Our award-winning Youth Services department conducts an average of 40 programs a month, with recent attendance figures at an all-time high.  Our genealogy collection is one of the few with a complete set of the Virginia Genealogical Society publications and draws avid researchers from all around the state.  The 600-member Friends group sponsors our art gallery, funds library programs and hosts the annual Murder Goes South Mystery Festival.  Check out our websites for more information.

Library Director:  Michael Seigler
Library website:  www.smyrna-library.com
Friends’ website:  www.friendsofsmyrnalibrary.org