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As an institution of the state of Georgia in the county of Oconee and in the city of Watkinsville the vision of Oconee County Public Library is to be a place for extensive research scholarly learning growth and development We at Oconee County Library want students children young adults adults and all patrons to be able to learn and seek guidance for their studies as well as personal growth and development We are a family friendly type of library and have many children s programs and activities available weekly throughout the year including summer I Type of Library Community served Oconee County has a rich and creative culture in Georgia Oconee County Public Library has a very well educated community and people in Oconee make good use of the public library The Oconee county library caters mainly to children and young adults in the county with a plethora of children's books with different formats to cater to different needs of the children in the community The Oconee County Public Library provides extensive collections and support for other library services throughout Watkinsville Georgia Although we are a public library of the Athens Regional Library system we are mainly a library that caters to youth and children with our children s collection making up half of the library's collection We want children to feel welcome and our children's librarian is available everyday weekly to help our Georgia youth The community is important to us here at the Oconee library and we want to have children from the community involved in our programs and activities here at the library The population of Oconee is a little over 36 000 citizens with most being white middle class military or ex military with mainly people in middle age through retirement age with children making up a little less than half of the amount of adults
