WCSD PLAY Student Card Program PINES Library Access for Youth (PLAY)


Welcome to the WCSD PLAY Student Card Progam!

The PINES Library Access for Youth (PLAY) program gives students free access to public library materials and online resources to help them succeed in school and beyond with a digital library card. Monroe-Walton County Library, O’Kelly Memorial Library, and Walnut Grove Library (all units of the Azalea Regional Library System) partnered with WCSD to provide the PLAY program to students in grades K-12 - all students in Walton County Schools. 


  • Get a free public library account based on your student number.  

  • Check out five (5) physical items with no overdue fines and two (2) renewals, use public computers, and access online resources for free.  

  • Achieve academic success inside and outside of the classroom.  

  • Connect to Tutor.com for one-to-one tutoring and homework help, learning tools, college prep, and career coaching and readiness for adults. 


How do I get a PLAY Card? 

All students in WCSD will automatically be issued a digital PINES PLAY Card account. There is not a physical library card for these accounts-- students can log in to PINES or give their account number directly at library branches.


How do students log into the PINES Catalog with a WCSD PLAY Card?

PLAY account: 3-letter school district (WCS) followed by student number 

PLAY password: 6-digit student birth month and year (MMYYYY) 


Example: Account: WCS12345 (WCS is the district in all caps -12345 is the student number. No spaces.) 

Password: 062006 (06 is birth month of June. 2006 is birth year. No spaces.) 

NOTE: Students have the option to change their password.


What Walton County Library resources are available?  

  • Access to any Walton County Library’s resources and services and to over 11 million items via the PINES lending network

  • A robust collection digital resources and services.

  • eBooks, audio books, and digital magazines for all ages via OverDrive, Freading, and Sebco Books.

  • Homework help with Tutor.com: Individualized academic and career support in both English and Spanish languages.

  • GALILEO’s online offerings which include: eRead Kids; Novelist; Gale Legal Forms Library; MANGO Languages; Job and Career Accelerator; Ancestry Library Edition; Tumble Book Library; Heritage Quest; Consumer Reports; and many more.

  • Words2Reading is a tool that provides simple and easy to understand instructional tips and strategies that can be used to assist in developing rich oral language, reading, and writing opportunities to help ensure school readiness and success.

  • Free park and museum passes are also available for check out, thanks to a partnership with the Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS). More information about all of the partnership offerings, visit their partnerships page.

  • Search the PINES Catalog Borrow books and materials from the library including audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs.  


Where are the Walton County Libraries?

Visit a Walton County Library Check out five (5) physical items, use library computers, and free wireless internet. 

  • Monroe-Walton County Library | (770) 267-4630 217 West Spring St., Monroe, GA 30655 

  • O’Kelly Memorial Library | (770) 466-2895 363 Conyers Rd., Loganville, GA 30052

  • Walnut Grove Library | (678) 342-9758 1000 Walnut Grove Parkway, Loganville, GA 30052


Questions?

Click here for WCSD PLAY Card FAQs, and login and password information. 


Got questions? Email your student’s media specialist!

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