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Location: 220 E. Main Street Hahira, Georgia 31632
Phone: 229-794-3063
Hours: Monday – Thursday: 11-7 PM Friday: 11-5:30 PM
Click here for information about volunteering at Salter Hahira Library!
A Brief History
Perhaps no other neighborhood library in the South Georgia Regional Library System was built amid more controversy than the Walter R. & Dorothy S. Salter Memorial Library in Hahira, Georgia. For many years, the public library consisted of a few thousand books in a small room in City Hall, operated by Jackie Matthews and open only on Thursday afternoons. Then, the state of Georgia launched a massive grant program to its cities, promising funds that would pay 90 percent of construction and furnishings to local governments that matched funds and provided land. Hahira citizens found their population was divided down the middle, torn between serious water and sewage needs and their own public library. But, in the end, Hahira, which was known during the 1920s as the Queen Bee Capitol of the World, received a honey of a library, which opened on March 12, 1989. The library acquired its name from Walter R. Salter, a former mayor, councilman, and local business owner who had long desired a library for the community. Upon his death in 1984, the dream unrealized, his wife Dorothy came forward with a gift of $30,000. Dorothy was present at the library's formal dedication and Clara Vinson was named as the first manager.
Upon Vinson’s retirement in 1992, Janet Register was named as library manager and remains in the position today. A seasoned storyteller, her mission is to use the spoken word to draw reluctant readers to books, a vision which continues to launch new and exciting programs available nowhere else.
Widely used by educators and home school families for its outstanding programs, the Salter Hahira Library has earned a reputation of utmost friendliness and hospitality. It has become without a doubt, a true community center for Hahira’s citizens, and a touchstone for storytelling enthusiasts, well worth the miles one must travel north to visit.
Known as “the small town library with down home appeal,” its strengths lie in the contagious charm of its customer service and its professional and dramatic children’s programming!
One-on-One Computer Instruction: By appointment or on-the-spot, absolutely FREE! Call and staff will connect you with the famous Professor Stanley, this library’s secret weapon in the war on computer illiteracy.
The Hahira Book Club: Meets monthly. If you enjoy lively conversation about books, this is the organization for you. Reading the selection is not required for attendance. Call for dates and times.
Get to Know Your Library: One-on-One tour of the library and its computerized card catalog.
Annual Vacation Reading Program: (The Good Ole Summer Readin' Club!) Games, shows, fun! Top Reader prizes!
Book Collection Deliveries by Next Day to Teachers
Homework Help
Introduction to the Library: One-on-One Library Skills Help: By appointment or on the spot.
Oral Storytelling: Hear books come alive through the spoken word. Schedule your class or home school group today!
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