In recent years, it has provided computers with Internet connections at its libraries, and this service has been shown to be very popular.

Still spread across multiple WPA libraries, the entire collection moved to Washington street in 1936 allowing the hiring of a trained librarian, and the cataloging of the books under one roof.

In 1940 the Athens branch opened in a part of the city previously serviced by the University system.

[4] Starting in 2013 the library system successfully received $17,400 in funding to begin offering bikes for student use.

The program, "Book-a-Bike" allows students with a library card an alternative to taking the bus or walking to school.