LibraryAware

The Southwest Georgia Regional Library now offers curbside service in all of our libraries! While the library building will remain closed to the public, you may request books, DVDs, and other materials and pick them up outside the library at an appointed time.

You may request materials and schedule a pickup appointment by calling your library, by placing a hold through your PINES account, or by completing the online request form at swgrl.org/curbside.

When you arrive at the library during the appointed time, you will call the library to let us know you’re ready for your items. A library staff member will then place your items on the table outside of the library entrance. Once the staff member is back inside the library, you may collect your items from the table.

If you have any items to return, please place them in the book drop. Items will be quarantined for 96 hours before being checked in.

If you need help picking which items to request, we are happy to provide suggestions over the phone or through email at librarian@swgrl.org. The library phone numbers and curbside service hours are:

Decatur County – Gilbert H. Gragg Library
229-248-2665
Monday - Friday:
9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Miller County – James W. Merritt, Jr. Memorial Library
229-758-3131
Monday – Thursday:
10:30 am – 5 pm

Seminole County Public Library
229-524-2665
Monday – Friday:
10 am – 5 pm

Not Sure What to Read Next?

Library staff are happy to help make suggestions for your next book or

DVD selection. Just call the library or email librarian@swgrl.org with your favorite genre/authors and staff can create a list of suggestions just for you! Bookpage is also available for pickup through our curbside service and provides great reviews of new books for children and adults.

NoveList Plus and NoveList K-8 Plus

NoveList is a great online resource to locate books based on books you've read or on topics that interest you. It can help you find new books, print a list of the books in a series, and locate books similar to your favorite books and authors.

How do you access NoveList Plus and NoveList K-8 Plus?

Visit GALILEO and use your library provided password.

Don't have a password? Just call the library.

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Register for a Digital Library Card!

If you don’t have a library card, you can register for a digital card to access eBooks, eAudiobooks, and other online resources. Please include your phone number and email on the application, so that we can contact you to provide your library card number.

eBooks, eAudiobooks, and eMagazines

Your library card gives you free access to e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines through RBdigital and eRead Kids! Learn more at swgrl.org/ebooks.

Bookworms Book Club

The Bookworms Book Club invites everyone to join their virtual book discussions on the second Monday of each month at 6 pm.

On September 14th, they will discuss

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

by Fredrik Backman.

Participants can join online or call into the meeting.

To place your book on hold and to register for the meeting,

email librarian@swgrl.org.

Wifi @ Your Library

Wifi is available at the library

during regular library operating hours.

Stories for Toddlers

Every Thursday at 10:30 am,

join Ms. Wendy as she shares stories and songs with your favorite toddlers.

Email librarian@swgrl.org for the link.

Ancestry.com

Library users now have access to

Ancestry Library Edition at home!

New for Curbside Pickup!

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson

A last-of-her-kind outcast and member of the Pack Horse Library Project braves the hardships of Kentucky's Great Depression and hostile community discrimination to bring the near-magical perspectives of books to her neighbors.

The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter

Investigating a brutal murder that eerily resembles another from years earlier, Will Trent reopens the case of a possibly wrongly convicted prisoner before teaming up with medical examiner Sara Linton to hunt down the true killer.

Choppy Water
by Stuart Woods

When his Maine vacation is interrupted by extreme weather that a menacing adversary uses as cover to target a close friend, Stone Barrington uncovers a massive scheme with corrupt ties spanning New York City through Key West.

New Children's Books for Curbside Pickup!

Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion
by Andrea Beaty

When a neighbor inherits an old house filled with rooms representing his favorite architectural periods, aspiring young architect Iggy Peck and his friends help when priceless antiques go missing from the estate. By the author of Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies.

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
by Jeff Kinney

In a follow-up to last year’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid spinoff, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley Jefferson, “Wimpy Kid” Greg Heffley’s best friend, tells the story of “Roland the Kind” and “Garg the Barbarian” and their quest to vanquish the evil White Warlock.

Gnome
by Fred Blunt

A grumpy little gnome who is anything but cute rudely refuses Miss Witch’s polite request to stop fishing in her pond, before discovering what happens to ill-mannered gnomes. Illustrations.