Smyrna Public Library - 100 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, Georgia 30080-3478
Library Director: Mary Wallace Moore (mwmoore@smyrnaga.gov)
Phone: 770-431-2860/ Extensions: Administration - 1, Circulation – 2 (Information about your account), Youth Services – 3 (Program information for children), Reference – 4 (Reference questions and title searches), Technical Services - 5
The Smyrna Public Library is the oldest city operated library in the state of Georgia and has provided service to the residents of Smyrna for seventy years. Among the resources that are available include reference service, free internet access, voter registration and wi-fi hotspot access. Materials that are available include books, audiobooks on tape and cd, videotapes and dvds. The reference collection has grown to over 10,000 volumes with emphases on genealogy and military history. The Catalog is available through the link to the left and additional information regarding the library is below - including circulation/reserve rules - and through various links to your left.
Hours of Operation: Monday - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. / Tuesday - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. /Wednesday - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. / Thursday - 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. / Friday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. / Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. / Sunday - 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Library cards are free for City of Smyrna residents, real property holders and business/corporations holding a Smyrna business license. Nonresidents can receive a card by paying an annual fee. Resident’s library cards are good for two years. All other library cards must be renewed annually. Parents or legal guardians can authorize their children to get library cards. Parents are responsible for any fines or fees accrued by their children or dependents.
Directions: The Library’s address is 100 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, GA 30080. Click on www.mapquest.com to get directions from your location.
Library Catalog: The Smyrna Public Library uses TLC's LS2 PAC catalog. This state-of-the-art system allows you to search the library's collection, and to reserve and renew materials online. Its unique book river feature lets you scroll books by cover to find titles that really interest you. You may check the status of your account anytime by clicking on the "My Account" tab. This feature will provide a list of every item you have checked out, any items you have on reserve, and any fines you may owe.
Kid's Catalog: We now offer an online card catalog for kids (and their parents). This intuitive catalog features Scout, a lively, helpful puppy avatar, and is packed with kid-friendly features. Visit Scout today via the link on the library's catalog or here.
Digital audiobooks are here! We now offer Smyrna Public Library cardholders a variety of digital audiobook selections for download, including Fiction, Mystery, Nonfiction, Children and Teen bestsellers. These selections may be downloaded for free to your favorite Android or Apple listening device via the Axis360 Magic Wall and the Acoustik app.
For more information and download instructions, please click here or on the Digital Audiobook menu item on the left side of this page.
eBooks are here! We now offer Smyrna Public Library cardholders an eBook collection containing hundreds of selections for download. Our collection includes Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s, Teen and Graphic Novel eBooks and may be downloaded for free to your favorite compatible computer, I-pod Touch, tablet or smart phone anytime, anywhere.
Offered through Axis360 (a product of Baker & Taylor), patrons have the option to select and check out the eBook using the format that works best for them—ePub or PDF formats for NOOK ®, Kindle Fire, Sony Reader TM, Kobo TM and other popular eReading devices; or Blio, the fully-accessible eReader app for all Apple iOS, Android and Windows devices including I-pads, I-pod Touch and I-phones. For more information and download instructions, please click here or on the eBook menu item on the left side of this page.
Introducing Indieflix! We now offer our patrons Indieflix, unlimited access to an Independent film streaming video library. Simply by logging on with your Smyrna library card, you can watch award-winning documentaries, short films, web series, animated, children’s, Sci-fi, political and sports films from your computer or smart phone, anywhere, anytime for free. To learn more about Indieflix, and to sign up, click here.
Materials: Materials that are available include books, audio books, videotapes and DVDs. The collection has grown to over 123,000 items with a reference collection of more than 10,000 volumes with emphases on genealogy and military history.
The Smyrna Public Library makes subscription databases and GALILEO available to our users remotely: A to Z World Travel – America’s Newspapers - Mango Languages - GALILEO (Information on accessing these databases at home or work is available from the Reference Department - 770-431-2860 / 4 - Reference questions and title searches).
Circulation and Reserve Rules: Cardholders can have up to 25 items checked out at one time. No more than seven of these items can be videotapes and no more than five may be DVDs. Everything except videotapes and DVDs can be renewed twice. However, materials that are overdue or on reserve cannot be renewed.
Cardholders can reserve books online or in the library. Users are limited to reserving a maximum of five titles at one time. Library staff does not pull books from the shelf for reserves. If a book is listed as in, you may want to check the shelves yourself.
Fines & Fees
- Overdue fines: Books, audio books, and compact discs – 20 cents a day - $10.00 maximum per item.
- Videotapes and DVDs - $1.00 a day - $10.00 maximum per item.
- Lost or damaged materials fees: The original purchase price of the item or items.
- Lost Library Cards: $2.00 replacement fee.
- Photocopying: 15 cents a page.
- Internet Computer Use: Free for Smyrna Library cardholders. $1.00 an hour for users without library cards. There is a two-hour a day maximum. Printing is 10 cents a page.
- Word processing computers: $1.00 an hour. (You must have a library card to use these computers.)
- Test Proctoring: $10.00 an hour. Service only available to Smyrna residents with an advance appointment.
- Meeting Room Rentals: Nonprofit organizations $15.00 for two hours use or $25.00 for four hours use. For profit organizations $60.00 for up to four hours use.