PLAY Card Brochure

  • PINES Library Access for Youth (PLAY) is brought to you through a collaboration between the Paulding County School District, Georgia Library PINES*, and the public libraries throughout Paulding County (Crossroads, Dallas, Hiram, and New Georgia). 

    How does a PLAY Card work?

    Students at partnering schools will use their student ID number to access their PLAY Card account just like they would use a library card. The PLAY Card is free and access to public library resources and services is free. The public library provides free access to books and online resources to help children succeed in school, as well as fun resources that help develop a lifelong love of reading. There are no overdue fines for materials checked out through a student’s PLAY Card. Fees apply only for lost or damaged materials. If your student already has a library card, the student may use both the PLAY account and their original library card. The PLAY account will be an entirely separate account. Visit wgrls.org/play to begin exploring the perks!

    What are the benefits?

    Students with a digital PLAY Card can check out up to 5 physical items at a time, including books, DVDs, CDs, free passes to state parks, and more. The PLAY Card will also give your student free access to:

    • Search the library catalog of over 11 million items for books, DVD’s, audiobooks, and other materials
    • Access the Online World Book Encyclopedia and nonfiction ebooks
    • Access Mango, the highest-rated language-learning app
    • Download audio books for free via Libby
    • Access practice tests for the SAT, PSAT, and many others
    • Store a personal list of books read and a list of future reads
    • Request items from over 300 PINES libraries across Georgia for free delivery to your local library
    • Ask the expert library staff for book recommendations
    • Attend free storytelling, classes, activities and special events

    What If I Don’t Want My Student to Participate?

    If you would prefer your student not to have a PLAY Card, you may opt out of this program by notifying your school.

  • NOTICE:

    The purpose of this program is to provide every student in the Paulding County School District (PCSD) with public library card access provided by West Georgia Regional Library System (WGRLS). To this end, the parties agree to undertake the following:

    1. PCSD agrees to designate WGRLS as a school official for purposes of FERPA, and to provide access to personally identifiable student information only in accordance therewith.
    2. PCSD will provide WGRLS with the following for every student enrolled in PCSD: student ID number, first and last name, birth date, school, grade, address, phone number, and parent email address.
    3. WGRLS will integrate PCSD Student ID numbers with WGRLS/PINES Library accounts to allow every student enrolled in PCSD instant access to WGRLS databases and materials. Implementation will include training for students and staff on WGRLS's educational resources.
    4. At all times during the use or maintenance of the student information provided for in this agreement, WGRLS agrees that is subject to the direction and control of the PCSD  with regard to the handling of the above-described student information.
    5. Upon the specific, written request of any parent, guardian or eligible student, WGRLS agrees to permanently destroy any student information for said student obtained under this agreement. This provision shall be inapplicable to any separately or independently created WGRLS records associated with the student.

    If a parent disagrees with any of the above, they may choose to opt-out their child from access.

    *Georgia Library PINES (Public Information Network for Electronic Services) is the public library automation and lending network for 300 libraries and affiliated service outlets in 53 library systems serving 146 counties in Georgia.