AALS is one of ten cooperative public library systems in Texas.  The System covers twenty-one counties surrounding San Antonio and has forty-five member libraries working together to serve over 1.9 million people. AALS receives an annual grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that includes federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.  We  are located in San Antonio Public Library, the Major Resource Center (MRC) for the region. The City of San Antonio acts as the fiscal and personnel agent for the grant.

Meetings and workshops

Beginning May 15, 2008, sign up for the University of North Texas online LE@D course: RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)Technology which will take place from May 15 to June 30, 2008.  Earn 2 CE credit hours for successfully completing this course.  Call Diane in the AALS Office for the "coupon code" at 210-207-2609. Then go to this site to register (allow 2 to 3 days for your registration to be confirmed before starting the course).  http://www.leadonline.info/New/Login.cfm

Sign up now for the AALS workshop, Government Documents 101 held on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at San Antonio Public Library.  Get the complete facts on how and where to locate government documents that your patrons really want.  Wilson Plunkett, Manager of the Government Documents Department at San Antonio Public Library will give you timely tips when working with these important documents. Earn 3 CE credit hours for attending.  Here is a flyer.

Sign up now for the AALS workshop, Advanced Google held on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 9:00am to 12:30pm.  This hands-on class will be held the San Antonio Public Library--Central Library. AALS staff will provide training on some of the latest tools that Google has to offer.  Learn more about Advanced Search, Google Books, Scholar, Sketchup and Google Earth.  Earn 3.5 CE credit hours for attending.  Limit 10 attendees.

Sign up now for the AALS workshop, Interlibrary Loan Basics held on Friday, May 30, 2008 from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Hondo Public Library in Hondo, TX.  Learn basic techniques when placing interlibrary loan requests.  Kate Cordts, Manager of the Interlibrary Loan Department at San Antonio Public Library, will provide answers to your ILL questions.  Earn 2 CE credit hours for attending.  Here is an informational flyer

New library technology topics

Take a look at the pictures from the first AALS Vendor fair! 

Check out our new PODCAST called Librarian Live!  Thanks to North Texas Regional Library System, we were invited to partner with them on this project.  This is a weekly podcast and covers a wide range of topics specifically geared to the library community.  Each episode is usually around 10 minutes and can be downloaded.  

Go to the AALS Techie Corner Blog.  This blog talks about information concerning technology in relation to libraries.  This is written by Rodney Greensage our tech consultant.

Take a look at AALS World of Workshops Blog.  This is a forum to discuss continuing education for library staff, volunteers and board members.  The blog is written by Vivienne Beckett, the AALS Assistant Coordinator.

Document downloads

Take a look at Vivienne's Powerpoint Presentation on Marketing your Library from the Geographic Meetings.

Here is a copy of a Marketing Plan template for your library.  You can use this to begin planning how to market your library's services.

Here is a copy of the Plinkit User Manual.  In the future we will have Plinkit training sessions.  (When printing be aware that it is about  217 pages)

Here is a copy of the 2008 children's performers that are registered with AALS

Live Homework Help (Tutor.com) is Here!!!

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