ALS History

The Alliance Library System (ALS) was formed in 1994 as a result of a merge of Illinois Valley (Pekin), Corn Belt ( Bloomington), Western Illinois ( Galesburg), and Great River ( Quincy) Library Systems.

The Bloomington facility was closed on September 30, 2003; and the Pekin facility on December 31, 2003. ALS employees relocated to the East Peoria facility on January 1, 2004 and the Galesburg facility was closed June 30, 2005. On June 30, 2006 the Quincy office was closed, leaving the East Peoria location as the sole provider of library services for the 14,008 square mile ALS territory.