The Shurling Branch Library serves 153,095 residents in Macon City of Bibb County. The Library is a division of Middle Georgia Regional Library, which maintains 511,243 volumes and circulates over 1.1 million items per year. The Shurling Branch opened in 1936 as the East Macon Branch Library and is located in a 6,500-square-foot building. It provides computers, wireless internet access, digital literacy workshops, and other library programs.