The state library collection

THE STATE LIBRARY COLLECTION

Georgia Public Library Service (the State Library) provides

interlibrary loan through OCLC (Online Computer Library

support services for library professionals and staff through-

Center), the nonprofit computer library service and research

out the state by providing access to our extensive collection

organization dedicated to furthering access to the world's

of library science material. Our patrons consist of anyone

information and reducing information costs. Whether

who works in or with libraries throughout the state -- or

requesting our items through PINES or OCLC, the materials

anyone in need of the information we gather and maintain. you ask for are sent to your local library.

This includes trustees, friends and the general public. In fact,

our collection is available for loan to any library in the nation. We also support the Georgia public library community by

We are not a typical library in that our patrons don't come

hosting a discussion list called REFSHARE-L. The list is open

into the building itself. Instead, they are served through

to public library staff across the state who provide reference,

PINES loans and through WorldCat Resource

information and interlibrary loan services to patrons, as well as

Sharing (interlibrary loan, or ILL for short).

to librarians who make policy

The State Library Collec-

State Library Collection Statistics and procedural decisions affecting those services.

tion includes materials on the Print collection

6,865 REFSHARE-L is a way for

acquisition, cataloging and preservation of library

Microforms

5,765

public library reference staff to share problems and

materials; management of

Videos/DVDs

458 solutions, to facilitate

library personnel and resources; and reference and

Periodical titles

65

answering difficult questions,

to share ideas concerning use

information services, as well

Audiobooks

36 of Georgia's statewide

as computer services and youth services. We acquire

Total volumes and copies

13,189

resources such as GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning

videos, DVDs, books and

Online) and to find out about

journals in library and infor-

new or changing concepts

mation science and support subjects. We compile bibliogra- and tools in the field. For ILL staff, this list is a way to give and

phies on subject areas within our collection so that librarians receive help and hints on searching WorldCat, to find the

have a place to begin looking for information and are aware right item for their patrons and to disseminate other informa-

of the resources we have on given topics. We have dissemi-

tion that supports resource-sharing staff.

nated bibliographies on a variety of topics, including refer-

ence, trustees and friends of libraries, and fundraising. We

We also support a discussion list for catalogers called

also support the GPLS staff through the collection and act as CATTECH-L. This list is open to public library staff (non-PINES

reference librarians for them.

and PINES) who participate in cataloging, classification and

technical services and to those making policy and procedural

GPLS also maintains the complete run of the Atlanta Journal decisions affecting those services. The list is a way for

and Atlanta Constitution -- a collection of more than 5,000 cataloging staff to seek assistance and share solutions. It

microfilm reels. Individual reels or specific articles are avail-

provides a mechanism to answer questions about specific

able for loan to libraries across the United States.

cataloging, classification or subject analysis problems for

both copy and original catalogers. It is a forum for discussion

Resources in the State Library collection are available at

of technical services department operations and issues, such

www.gapines.org. If you are a PINES library card holder,

as workflow, turnaround time and materials processing. It is

you can place holds on our materials at the same Web site. If also a way to keep public library cataloging staff aware of

you are not a member of a PINES library, you may need to

upcoming changes in national standards and to help them

ask for assistance from your local library to request an

prepare for those changes.

2/15/2010

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