Alamo Area Library System
Encyclopedia
The Alamo Area Library System (AALS) is one of ten public library systems in the state of Texas
. It consists of 46 member libraries located in 21 counties that surround San Antonio (Bexar County). San Antonio Public Library
acts as the personnel and fiscal agent for AALS and houses the system office. AALS provides consulting and continuing education service to public and school librarians that reside in our area.
technical specifications;
networks; and
hardware/software.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. It consists of 46 member libraries located in 21 counties that surround San Antonio (Bexar County). San Antonio Public Library
San Antonio Public Library
The San Antonio Public Library is a collection of a Central Library and 24 branch libraries that serve the City of San Antonio, Texas, USA. The library serves other cities in the area, including Alamo Heights, Hill Country Village, and Olmos Park.The Central Library is a , six-story structure that...
acts as the personnel and fiscal agent for AALS and houses the system office. AALS provides consulting and continuing education service to public and school librarians that reside in our area.
Technology
Integrated library systems;technical specifications;
networks; and
hardware/software.
Continuing education
AALS offers many continuing education opportunities to library staff members throughout the year. Topics change each year, but are generally offered in the following broad categories:- Collection Development
- Children's Services
- Technology
- Administration and Finance
- Marketing
- Friends, Boards and Trustees
- Technical Services
- Reference
- Readers' Advisory
- Buildings and Facilities
Member libraries
- Kronkosky Library of Bandera County http://www.banderalibrary.org;
- Boerne Public Library http://www.boerne.lib.tx.us;
- Kinney County Public Library;
- Bulverde/Spring Branch Library http://www.bsb.lib.tx.us;
- Camp Wood Public Library;
- Tye Preston Memorial Library http://www.tpml.org;
- Dimmit County Public Library http://www.carrizosprings.lib.tx.us;
- Castroville Public Library http://www.castrovilletx.us/administration.htm#library;
- Charlotte Public Library;
- Comfort Public Library http://www.comfort-library.txed.net;
- Converse Public Library http://www.conversetx.net;
- Alexander Memorial Library http://www.cotulla.lib.tx.us;
- Crystal City Memorial Library http://www.co.zavala.tx.us;
- Val Verde County Library http://vvcl.lib.tx.us;
- Driscoll Public Library;
- Dilley Public Library;
- Eagle Pass Public Library http://www.eaglepass.lib.tx.us;
- Falls City Public Library;
- Sam Fore, Jr. Wilson County Public Library;
- Pioneer Memorial Library http://www.fredericksburg.lib.tx.us;
- Hondo Public Library http://cityofhondo.com/visitors/library;
- Jourdanton Public Library http://www.world.net/home/jourdlib/;
- Karnes City Public Library;
- Kendalia Public Library http://www.kendalialibrary.com;
- Kenedy Public Library;
- Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library http://bhmlibrary.org;
- Lakehills Area Library;
- Real County Public Library http://www.leakeylibrary.org;
- Leon Valley Public Library http://www.leonvalley.lib.tx.us;
- Lytle Public Library;
- Marion ISD Community Library http://www.marion.txed.net/library/;
- Medina Community Library http://www.medina.lib.tx.us;
- New Braunfels Public Library http://www.nbpl.lib.tx.us;
- Pearsall Public Library;
- Pleasanton Public Library http://www.ppltx.org;
- Poteet Public Library;
- Quemado Public Library;
- Gilmer Memorial Library http://www.rockspringsisd.net/library/library.htm;
- Runge Public Library http://www.rnge.lib.tx.us
- Sabinal Public Library;
- San Antonio Public Library http://www.sanantonio.gov/library;
- Schertz Public Library http://www.schertz.lib.tx.us;
- Seguin-Guadalupe County Public Library http://www.seguin.lib.tx.us/;
- Universal City Public Library;
- Utopia Memorial Library;
- El Progeso Memorial Library http://www.elprogreso.org