Cobb County Public Library System
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Charles D. Switzer Library
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| Established | 1969 |
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| Location | Cobb County, Georgia |
| Branches | 16 |
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| Size | 1,047,648 |
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| Circulation | 3,045,796 (2015) |
| Population served | 717,000 (2017) |
| Members | 364,534 (2015) |
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| Budget | $11.3 million (2014) |
| Director | Helen Poyer |
| Website | http://www.cobbcat.org/ |
Coordinates: 33°57′00″N 84°32′38″W / 33.950102°N 84.543972°W The Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS) is a system of 16 public libraries in Cobb County, Georgia, USA — excluding its second-largest city of Smyrna, which runs its own Smyrna Public Library. CobbCat.org is the online database of all CCPLS holdings.
The CCPLS uses an interlibrary loan system between all 16 branches, and allows for loan requests from other counties and areas through WorldCat. Those with a valid library card in the Cobb Country Library system are able to reserve materials online and pick them up in their local library. Books may likewise be returned at any library in the system.
The first library of Cobb County was the Marietta Young Men's Debating and Library Association, which debuted in 1874. For the next eight years this would be the sole library of the county up until the opening of the Franklin Lending Library in 1882. With two libraries now present in the county the Marietta Library Association was founded in 1883. The first library building opened on Church Street, Marietta, and was named the Sarah Freeman Clarke Library in honor of the woman who housed the initial Franklin Lending Library collection in her home.
Following the opening of the Marietta Library Association, Acworth, GA opened its first library, the Carrie Dyer Reading Club, in 1889. Austell, GA opened its first library through the Austell Woman's Club near the end of the 1920s.
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