Thank You, "Camera Shy" Volunteers

THANK YOU, camera shy volunteers who sorted all the books today for the big book sale starting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. the Friends of Smyrna Library tent will be located in front of the Community Center. Stop by and get great bargains on New York Times bestsellers, cookbooks, children's books and more!

Self-Service Kiosks Installed

Smyrna Public Library is implementing upgrades to continuously improve patron service.  Two new self-service check-out kiosks have been installed at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.  A third kiosk has been installed upstairs at the print release station.  And three units accept credit cards.

Artz for the Harp Workshop Series Kick-Off

Our Smyrna Library Kids had so much fun yesterday at the first day of the Artz for the Harp workshop series.   

About Arts for the Harp

Artz for the Harp is a nonprofit public benefit organization. Our mission is to provide harps for lessons, harp music enrichment and music therapy programs to students of all ages, who need us most, to foster a positive creative outlet of artistic expression, to students through contemporary music experiences, while strengthening communities.

FIRST SUNDAY LECTURE: FDR in Georgia

Thank you, Kaye Lanning Minchew, for the fantastic discussion yesterday of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's time in Georgia. We learned so much.

Speaker: Kaye Lanning Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: FDR in Georgia

Despite the fact that Franklin Roosevelt visited Georgia 41 times between 1924 and 1945, historians have paid little attention to the significance of the time the 32nd President of the U.S. spent in the Peach State. Georgia helped restore his sense of well-being after contracting polio and provided a launching pad for his Presidential campaigns. Here, the Harvard graduate became friends with common men, had his active lifestyle of hunting and fishing photographed by the national press and fought with local politicians. Sadly he died here in 1945. Through images, audio and video clips, and oral histories, Kaye Minchew explores this fascinating chapter of Georgia and America’s history. 

Kaye Lanning Minchew is a public history consultant in LaGrange, GA. She served as director of the Troup County Archives from 1985 to 2015. She has degrees from the UNC at Asheville and UNC Chapel Hill. Her book A President in Our Midst: FDR In Georgia was published by UGA Press in May 2016. She co-authored Managing Local Government Archives with John Slate of the City of Dallas, Texas, which was published by Rowman-Littlefield in July 2016. 

The First Sunday Lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of Smyrna Library and Smyrna Library.