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Azalea Regional Library System
File:Uncle Remus Regional Library System.png
LocationNorth-Central Georgia
Branches10
Collection
Size331,748 (2017)[1]
Access and use
Circulation442,691 (2017)[1]
Population served171,443 (2017)[1]
Members58,672 (2017)[1]
Other information
DirectorStacy Brown[2]
Websiteazalealibraries.org

The Azalea Regional Library System (AZRLS) is a collection of ten public libraries located partially in the Atlanta metropolitan area and Central Georgia. It is headquartered in Madison, Georgia and serves the counties of Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Morgan, Putnam, and Walton, of which 35% of the population are members of the library.[1]

Until 2020, the Azalea Regional Library System was named the Uncle Remus Regional Library System for Uncle Remus, a fictional title character and narrator of many African-American folktales, whose stories were compiled by post-Reconstruction Atlanta journalist Joel Chandler Harris in the late 1880s. The logo for the library system was Br'er Rabbit, who is one of the central figures of Uncle Remus' stories. On January 9, 2020, Regional Board of Trustees for the Uncle Remus Regional Library System voted to change the Regional System’s name to the Azalea Regional Library System.[3]

Azalea Regional Library System is part of PINES, a statewide public information network which allows for card holders to check out books from any of the 284 associated libraries in Georgia's 143 counties.[4] It is also a part of Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO) which offers databases for research to those with an active subscription.[5] Any member of the system has access to this database of information.

Branches

Name Address Website
Greene County Library 610 South Main Street, Greensboro, Georgia 30642 http://azalealibraries.org/greene.html
Hancock County Library 8984 East Broad Street, Sparta, Georgia 31087 http://azalealibraries.org/hancock.htm
Jasper County Library 319 E. Green Street, Monticello, Georgia 31064 http://azalealibraries.org/jasper.htm
Morgan County Library 1131 East Avenue, Madison, Georgia 30650 http://azalealibraries.org/morgan.htm
Putnam County Library 309 N. Madison Avenue, Eatonton, Georgia 31024 http://azalealibraries.org/putnam.htm
O'Kelly Memorial Library 363 Conyers Road, Loganville, Georgia 30052 http://azalealibraries.org/okelly.htm
Monroe-Walton County Library 217 W. Spring Street, Monroe, Georgia 30655 http://azalealibraries.org/walton.htm
Steve W. Schaefer Regional Headquarters Building 1121 East Avenue, Madison, Georgia 30650 http://azalealibraries.org/
W.H. Stanton Memorial Library 407 West Hightower Trail, Social Circle, Georgia 30025 http://azalealibraries.org/stanton.htm
Walnut Grove Library 1000 Walnut Grove Parkway, Loganville, Georgia 30052 http://azalealibraries.org/walnut.htm

Library systems in neighboring counties

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Current Look at Georgia Libraries 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Azalea Regional Library System". Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ^ Ivey, Tia Lynn (30 January 2020). "Uncle Remus now Azalea Regional System". Morgan County Citizen. Madison, Georgia. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. ^ "PINES - About". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ "GALILEO - About". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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