Library Boards

If you would like to speak at a Library Board meeting, please contact us at 912-287-4982 or via email at director@okrls.org.

Appling County Public Library
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Next meeting: Monday, July 10, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

Mike Dyal – Vice Chair (County Commission)
Vacant Position (Board of Education)
Vacant Position – (Board of Education)
Vacant Position (Board of Education)
Selena Copeland (City of Baxley)
Daryl Edwards (County Commission)
Santina Fryer (City of Baxley)
Marianne Rigdon (County Commission)
Jeni Reynolds (City of Baxley)

Alma-Bacon County Public Library
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Next meeting: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Amber Smith – Chair (City of Alma)
Nancy Rigdon – Vice Chair (County Commission)
Hannah Dyal – Secretary (Board of Education)
Betty Deen (County Commission)
Betty Sykes (City of Alma)
Leisa Southerland (Board of Education)
Diane Waters (County Commission)

Clinch County Public Library
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Next meeting: Thursday, July 13, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Kaye Riley – Chair (City of Homerville)
Melissa Day – Vice Chair (City of Homerville)
Jo Ann Tomlinson – Secretary (Board of Education)
Lajuanta Mattox (County Commission)
Alison Smith (Board of Education)
Jennifer Smith (County Commission)
Minnie Witherspoon (County Commission)

Pierce County Public Library
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Next meeting: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Lana Blankenship – Chair (County Commission)
Sandra Parrish – Vice Chair (Board of Education)
Kim Spivey – Secretary (Board of Education)
Laci Gillis – Treasurer (County Commission)
Suzanne Gay (City of Blackshear)
Jacqueline Moses (County Commission)
Mandy Williams (City of Blackshear)

Waycross-Ware County Public Library
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Proposal for Amendment of the Bylaws for the Waycross-Ware County Public Library
Proposal for Amendment of the Constitution for the Waycross-Ware County Public Library
Next meeting: Monday, July 17, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Candice Rice – Chair (Board of Education)
Tawanna Harris – Vice-Chair (County Commission)
Karla Parker – Secretary (County Commission)
Evelyn Denton (County Commission)
Dr. Martha M. Hall (City of Waycross)
Cheryl Jacobs (City of Waycross)
Dr. Dannette Kallay (City of Waycross)
Timothy “Timmy” Lucas – Ex-Officio member (County Commission)
Commissioner Henry Strickland – Ex-Officio member (City of Waycross)
Karen Ethridge – Ex-Officio member (Board of Education)

Regional Library Board
Summary of Actions Taken at Last Board Meeting
Summary of Actions Taken at Called Meeting
Next meeting: Monday, August 7, 2023 @ 4:00 pm

Kim Spivey – Chair – Pierce County
Tawanna Harris – Vice-Chair and Treasurer – Ware County
Lana Blankenship – Secretary – Pierce County
Mike Dyal – Appling County
Vacant Position – Appling County
Vacant Position – Appling County
Amber Smith – Bacon County
Betty Deen – Bacon County
Betty Sykes – Bacon County
Kaye Riley – Clinch County
JoAnn Tomlinson – Clinch County
Minnie Witherspoon – Clinch County
Sandra Parrish – Pierce County
Evelyn Denton – Ware County
Candice Rice – Ware County

Get a Library Card

It’s easy!

1. Get immediate access to all digital resources OKRLS offers by completing this online application.

2. If you’d like full access to our books and other materials, complete the online application and then visit your local library. Be sure to bring your driver’s license or other photo ID with you.

3. If your driver’s license or photo ID doesn’t have your current address on it, you’ll also need to bring something official, like a pre-printed check or utility bill, that does show your name and current address.

4. Verify your application with library staff and be sure to sign the bottom of the application.

You’ll get your library card and you can check out library materials right away. Find your closest OKRLS library here!