Welcome to Monroe County, GA

Marisha Crowder
Librarian

Phone
478-994-7025

Location
62 West Main Street
Forsyth, Georgia 31029

Office Hours
Monday & Tuesday, 9am – 8pm
Wednesday & Thursday,
9am – 6pm
Friday, 9am – 5pm
Saturday, 10am – 3pm

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Monroe County Library

It is the mission of the Monroe County Library to continually provide organized information, materials, services and facilities necessary to stimulate thinking; to promote informed citizenry and to enhance the educational, vocational, recreational, civic, and cultural pursuits of our community.

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  • We offer free Internet access via Wi-Fi, 12 public computers, and 3 AWE children’s computers.
  • Want to visit area attractions for free? Visit your Monroe County Library and ask for a pass for the Atlanta Zoo, Go Fish Center in Perry, or Georgia State Parks.
  • Not only can you checkout books at Monroe County Library, but your library card gives you access to Georgia Download Destination, where you can checkout e-books and audiobooks, and even stream videos on your tablet, computer, phone, or other device.
  • More online resources from your Monroe County Library include:
  • Learning Express Library: features nearly 1,000 online tutorials, practice tests,
    and eBooks to help patrons of all ages. It offers job search and workplace skills
    improvement, skill building in reading, writing, math, and basic science, career
    certification and licensure exam prep, college and grad school entrance test prep,
    GED® test prep, and more.
  • GALILEO: Georgia’s virtual library, linking you to multiple information resources, including periodicals and scholarly journals.
  • GALILEO Elementary: a part of Georgia’s virtual library that features subscription-only resources that are purchased by the State of Georgia specifically for your elementary-aged student. Unlike most websites found in a Google or Internet search, resources in GALILEO are age-appropriate, credible, and authoritative. It provides content-rich nonfiction, text complexity tools, and a robust collection of informational texts to engage students and help them become career- and college-ready.
  • Ancestry: Search billions of census, military, and immigration records and more!
  • Mango: Free lessons in 72 languages, including Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, and many more!
  • Please visit HERE for a complete list of our online resources.
  • Join us for our AM Book Club; we meet the 4th Monday of each month at 10:30am. Call, come by, or check our Facebook page for this month’s book.
  • We offer access to GLASS (Georgia Libraries for Accessible Services). GLASS supports accessible library services in Georgia by promoting the use of assistive technology and by providing accessible reading materials to those who, due to a disability, are unable to read standard print.