lliance Library System

Alliance Library System Interactive Map

Point the mouse to a city. See the ALS member libraries and the number of Illinois citizens served.
Point to any open area to see how far to the nearest ALS service center or see a fact.
Click on a city and link to web page for a local Library.

Please direct any website changes and/or additions to this map to Sandy Albrow.

ALS Interactive Map Breadstown Houston Memorial Library and School Libraries Ashland - Public Library District & A-C Central School Libraries serving 9.600 RSA shares resources for all member libraries ALS has three Service Centers: East Peoria, Galesburg, and Quincy. Aledo - Aledo Mercer Carnegie Public Library & School Libraries serving 6,000 Dunlap - Public Library District & School Libraries serving 7,600 Brimfield - Public Library District & School Libraries serving 4,200 Galesburg - Public Library, School Libraries, Cottage Hospital, OSF St. Mary's Hospital, Knox College & Carl Sandburg College serving 41,700 Good Hope Northwest School Libraries serving 1,000 Stronghurst - Southern School Libraries serving 400 Biggsville - Henderson County Public Library & Union School Libraries serving 8,900 Roseville - School Libraries serving 300 Avon - Public Library & School libraries serving 1,200 Fairview - Valley Library District serving 700 Canton - Parlin-Ingersoll Library, School Libraries, Graham Hospital Association, & Illinois River Correctional Center serving 32,500 Glasford - Illini Bluffs School Libraries serving 1,000 Bartonville - Alpha Park Public Library District & Limestone School Library serving 29,600 Peoria - Public Library, District 150 School Libraries, Pleasant Valley School Libraries, Limestone Waters School Libraries, Notre Dame High School, MIdstate College, Bradley University, National Ag Center, Komatsu Mining Systems, Caterpillar Business Resource Center, CEFCU, Methodist Medical Center, OSF College of Nursing, Proctor Hospital serving 193,600 Peoria Heights - Public Library serving 6,700 Mosville - Caterpillar Technical Information Center serving 72,000 Elmwood - Morrison & Mary Wiley Library and School Libraries serving 3,100 Yates City - Salem Township Public Library District serving 1,200 Maquon - District Library serving 2,000 Abington - John Mosser Public Library District and School libraries serving 4,400 Atkinson - Public Library serving 1,700 Buda - Mason Memorial Library serving 600 Chilicothe - Public Library District & IVC School Libraries serving 15,400 Princeville - Lillie M. Evans Library District & School Libraries serving 4,600 Toulon - Public Library serving 2,900 Cambridge - Public & School Library serving 3700 Sherrard - School Library serving 1,700 Woodhull - Clover Public Library District & Alwood School Libraries serving 3,000 Viola - Public Library serving 2,300 New Windsor - Public Library serving 1,300 Alexis - School Libraries serving 300 Knoxville - Public Library & School Libraries serving 4,300 Lafayette - Ira C. Reed Public Library serving 200 Williamsfield - Public Library and School Library serving 2,400 Victoria - Public Library serving 900 Oneida - Greig Memorial Library & ROWVA school serving 1,600 Altona - Ransom Memorial Library serving 1,000 Marquette Heights - Public Library serving 2,800 Creve Coeur - Public Library District serving 5,500 East Peoria - Fondulac Public Library District, School District #86 & #309 Libraries, & Illinois Central College serving 38,800 Deer Creek - District Library servving 1,400 Carlock - White Oak Township Public Library serving 2,800 Hudson - Area Public Library District serving 2,700 Lexington - Pubic Library District 7 School Libraries serving 3,500 Washington - District Library & School Libraries serving 21,300 Metamora - Illinois Prairie District Public Library ,School Libraries serving 20,800 Roanoke - Branch of Illinois Prairie District Public Library & Roanoke-Benson School Libraries serving 19,600 Eureka - Public Library District & Eureka College serving 6,800 ElPaso - Public Library & School Libraries serving 2,600 Gridley - Public Library District 7 School Libraries serving 2,600 Chenoa - Public Library & School Libraries serving 2,800 Fairbury - Dominy Memorial Library & Prairie Central School Libraries serving 5,900 Chatsworth - Township Library serving 14,700 Forrest - Public Library District serving 2,200 Washburn - Branch of Illinois Prairie District Public Library serving 19,000 Minonk - Filger Public Library & Fieldcrest School Libraries serving 3,500 Pontiac - Public Library & School Libraries serving 12,700 Cornell - Amity Township Public Library & School Libraries serving 1,100 Odell - Public Library serving 1,400 Dwight - Public Library, High School Library, Prairie Creed Public Library serving 3,700 Streator - Woodland Schools serving 500 Lacon - Public Library serving 2,000 Henry - Public Library & Henry Senachwine School Library serving 3,200 La Harpe - La Harpe Carnegie Public Library District and School Libraries serving 2,800 Dallas City - School Libraries serving 300 Nauvoo - Public Library & Nauvoo-Colusa School Libraries serving 1,400 Camp Point - Public Library District & School Libraries serving 3,900 Mendon - Four Star Public Library & School Libraries serving 700 Blandinsville - Blandsville-Hire Library District serving 2,400 Augusta - Greater West Central Public Library serving 5 communities & Southeastern School Libraries serving 5,700 Warsaw - Public Library & School Libraries serving 2,300 Hamilton - Public Library & School Libraries serving 3,700 Carthage - Public Library District, School Libraries, & Memorial Hospital serving 5,200 Winchester - Public Library & Scott County School Libraries serving 2,500 Pleasant Hill - Pikeland School Libraries serving 1,400 Waverly - Public Library & School Libraries serving 1,700 Bushnell - Public Library District & Bushnell-Prairie City School Libraries serving 5,900 Cambridge Kawanee - Public Library, two school districts, Blackhawk College serving 16,100 Galva - Public Library & Schools serving 4,600 Neponset - Public Library serving 800 Bradford - Public Library and School Library serving 1,900 Wyoming - Public Library serving 2,300 Monmouth - Warren County Library Public Library, Monmouth Schools, Warren County Schools, Yorkwood Schools, & Monmouth College serving 22,500 Dwight Joy - Westmer Schools serving 300 London Mills - Spoon River Valley School Libraries serving 500 Cuba - Spoon River Public Library District & Fulton School Libraries serving 3,800 Jacksonville - Public Library, School Libraries, Routt Catholic School Libraries, Illinois College, MacMurray College, School for the Deaf, School for the Visually Impaired, Correctional Center, Passavant Area Hospital serving 98,600 Pittsfiled - Public Library & Pikeland School Libraries serving 6,000 Barry - Public Library & School Libraries serving 1,800 Griggsville - Public Library & Griggsville-Perry School Libraries serving 1,700 Concord - Triopia School Libraries serving 500 Bluffs - Public Library serving 800 Pleasant Plains - Branch of Ashland District Library & School Libraries serving 10,400 Meredosia - M-C River Valley Public Library District serving 1,900 Virginia - Memorial Public Library & School Libraries serving 2,100 Mt. Sterling - Brown County Public Library District, School Libraries, & Western Illinois Correctional Center serving 9,800 Liberty - served by Tri-Quincy Public Payson - School Libraries serving 600 Quincy - Public Library, School Libraries, Notre Dame High School, John Wood Community College, Quincy University, Illinois Veteran's Home, & Historical Society serving 50,043 Franklin - School Libraries serving 400 Clayton - Public Library District serving 1,600 Rushville - Public Library & Schuyler County School Libraries serving 4,400 Macomb - Public Library District & School Libraries serving 20,400 Colchester - District Library serving 1,500 Industry - School Libraries serving 200 Lewistown - Carnegie Public Library & School Libraries serving 6,500 Table Grove - V.I.T. School Libraries serving 400 Vermont - Public Library serving 800 Astoria - Public Library District 7 School Libraries serving 2,500 Havana - Public Library District 7 School Libraries serving 9,300 Manito - Forman Valley Public Library & Midwest Central School Libraries serving 8,400 South Pekin - Public Library Pekin - Public Library serving 34,000 Hartsburg - Hartsburg-Emden School Libraries serving 300 Trivoli - Farmington School Libraries serving 1,400 Colfax - Martin Township Public Library & Ridgeview School Libraries serving 2,700 Danvers - Township Library serving 2,000 Delevan - Ayer Public Library District & School Libraries serving 4,200 Downs - Tri-Valley School Libraries serving 1,000 Bloomington - Public Library, School Libraries, Central Catholic High School, Golden Prairie Public Library District, McLean County Historical Society, Pantagraph, & State Farm Insurance Companies serving 233,900 Farmer City - Public Library & Blue Ridge School Libraries serving 2,900 Farmington - Area District Library serving 7,300 Heyworth - Public Library District & School Libraries serving 1,600 LeRoy - School Libraries serving 800 Minier - H.A. Peine Memorial Library serving 1,200 Mackinaw - District Public Library serving 4,100 Morton - Public Library & School Libraries serving 17,900 McLean - Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Township Public Library serving 1,500 Normal - Public Library, School Libraries, Heartland Community College, Illinois State University, BroMenn Healthcare serving 92,346 Stanford - Allin Township Library & Olympia School Libraries serving 3,200 Tremont - District Library serving 4,700 Towanda - District Library serving 2,000 Atlanta - Public Library District serving 2,300 Waynesville - Township Library serving 700 Within 50 miles of East Peoria & Galesburg Within 25 miles of East Peoria Within 25 miles of Galseburg Within 25 miles of Quincy Within 50 Miles of East Peoria Within 50 miles of Galesburg Within 50 miles of Quincy Within 70 Miles of Quincy 104,300 Citizens are served by ALS Libraires 268 Libraries are full members and 10 Developmental Members System Size 14,000 square miles - bigger than 8 states. 4 millions items in RSA collection 840,000 citizens use ALS Public Libraries 19 Academic Libraries are ALS members 113 School Districts are ALS members 23 Special Libraries are ALs members 106,000 students use School Libraries 113 Public Libraries are members 392,000 employees use Special Libraries Programs for members include consulting, automation, and CE. Within 70 miles of East Peoria Within 60 miles of Galesburg Over 600,000 items are delivered annually. Delivery trucks drive 286K miles within ALS to support Interlibrary activities. Delivery trucks atop at 28,000 libraries annually ALS Web site has 3 millions hits a year. A Parade of Programs references over 400 performers recommended by librarians for libraries. E-glance is published bi-weekly and delivered electronically to 366 subscribers. ALS offers 200 low-cost or no-cost continuous education opportunities each year. There were 4,000 contact hours for CE last year. The ALS network consists of seven servers and 465 GB of storage. ALS quarantines 5,000 viruses monthly Hacking is a serious problem. 60,000 probes are rejected each month.rejected 60,000 times each month. ALS sponsored a group purchase of Norton Antivirus that resulted in a savings of $26,000 for participants. Illinois Alive!, developed by ALS libraries, provides historical perscpecitve on Illinois History Illinois Women is one of the few sites concentrating on women in Illinois history. It was developed by ALS libraries.