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The Texas Library Association (TLA) is a charitable non-profit group that promotes libraries in Texas.It was founded on June 9, 1902. [1] TLA is affiliated with the American Library Association (ALA) and has more than 6,000 members made up of librarians and library workers from academic, public, school and special libraries.
Though the law passed originally in 1917, it was repealed. With the newer and reworked Texas County Library Law of 1919, the law was petitioned in 1920 and led to a county library being established. [8] Later, in 1921, the Gainesville Carnegie Public Library was renamed to the Cooke County Free Library in the spirit of the new library law. [3] [5]
The Alamo Area Library System (AALS) is one of ten public library systems in the U.S. state of Texas.It consists of 46 member libraries located in 21 counties that surround the city of San Antonio and Bexar County.
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The current Texas State Librarian is Gloria Meraz, appointed by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission on August 27, 2021. Meraz is the first person of color and first Hispanic woman to serve as State Librarian of Texas since the position was created in 1909. She succeeded previous Texas State Librarian, Mark Smith. [3]
The idea of a statewide resource sharing project in Texas was first proposed by Texas academic library directors in 1988. The original group of TexShare members consisted of 53 publicly supported four year academic and medical libraries, with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board providing funds starting in fiscal year 1994.
Fort Bend County Libraries George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas 29°34′28″N 95°39′02″W / 29.574311°N 95.650677°W / 29.574311; -95.
The El Paso Public Library is the longest continuously active public library system in Texas. [2] It was founded by Mary Irene Stanton, an El Paso area teacher. [3] Stanton "single-handedly becomes founder of the El Paso Public Library" when in 1894, she donated her personal collection of 1,000 books for a boy's Reading Club which was housed in a room in the Sheldon Building. [4]