Through cooperative agreements, Shorter students have borrowing privileges at Kennesaw State University’s Sturgis Library and at the Gwinnett Technical College Library. You must present a validated ID and be on the current student roster to check out books. You may borrow up to five books at one time, use reference resources, and make photocopies. Please remember that this is a privilege, not a right, and that these libraries are being generous enough to treat Shorter students as their own patrons.
Shorter is a member of the Georgia Private Academic Libraries Consortium (GPALS), which includes the institutions listed below. Upon presentation of the GPALS Borrower Identification card, available from any campus librarian, Shorter students may also borrow books at these institutions.
- Andrew College, Cuthbert
- Berry College, Rome
- Beulah Heights University, Atlanta
- Brewton-Parker College, Mount Vernon
- Covenant College, Lookout Mountain
- DeVry University, Alpharetta and Decatur
- Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs
- Georgia Highlands College, Rome
- Georgia Military College, Milledgeville
- Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Rome
- John Marshall Law School, Atlanta
- Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw
- LaGrange College, LaGrange
- Life University, Marietta
- Luther Rice College and Seminary, Lithonia
- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Marietta
- Oglethorpe University, Atlanta
- Paine College, Augusta
- Piedmont College, Demorest
- Point University, West Point
- Reinhardt College, Waleska
- Richmont Graduate University, Atlanta
- Thomas University, Thomasville
- Toccoa Falls College, Toccoa Falls
- Truett-McConnell College, Cleveland
- Wesleyan College, Macon
- Young Harris College, Young Harris
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The Georgia Public Library Service issues interlibrary lending cards through its Georgia Library PINES (Public Information Network for Electronic Services) network. This card can be useful if you plan to borrow books from Georgia libraries outside of the metropolitan Atlanta area. For more information, see the Georgia Public Library Services PINES page.
County and City Public Libraries
To locate the public library serving your county or city, please refer to the links below.
- Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library
- Clayton County Public Library
- Cobb County Public Library
- Conyers-Rockdale Library System
- DeKalb County Public Library
- Forsyth County Public Library
- Gwinnett County Public Library
- Henry County Library System
- Newton County Library
- Rome-Floyd County Public Library
- Smyrna Public Library
For more public libraries, see the Georgia Public Library Directory.