Azalea Regional Library System

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]

Azalea Regional Library System
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

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
NameAddressWebsite
Greene County Library610 South Main Street, Greensboro, Georgia 30642http://azalealibraries.org/greene.html
Hancock County Library8984 East Broad Street, Sparta, Georgia 31087http://azalealibraries.org/hancock.htm
Jasper County Library319 E. Green Street, Monticello, Georgia 31064http://azalealibraries.org/jasper.htm
Morgan County Library1131 East Avenue, Madison, Georgia 30650http://azalealibraries.org/morgan.htm
Putnam County Library309 N. Madison Avenue, Eatonton, Georgia 31024http://azalealibraries.org/putnam.htm
O'Kelly Memorial Library363 Conyers Road, Loganville, Georgia 30052http://azalealibraries.org/okelly.htm
Monroe-Walton County Library217 W. Spring Street, Monroe, Georgia 30655http://azalealibraries.org/walton.htm
Steve W. Schaefer Regional Headquarters Building1121 East Avenue, Madison, Georgia 30650http://azalealibraries.org/
W.H. Stanton Memorial Library407 West Hightower Trail, Social Circle, Georgia 30025http://azalealibraries.org/stanton.htm
Walnut Grove Library1000 Walnut Grove Parkway, Loganville, Georgia 30052http://azalealibraries.org/walnut.htm

Library systems in neighboring counties

References
  1. "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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