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The Austin Public Library is incentivizing summer reading.
Austin Public Library director Roosevelt Weeks begins each day greeting patrons as they enter the downtown branch. The 200,000-square-foot building fills up fast. The Austin Public Library.
The Austin Public Library in Texas is holding a months-long “Banned Camp” to celebrated challenged titles in the face of mounting restrictions.
Austin Public Library first approved the enhanced cards last year, and council member Vanessa Fuentes earmarked $12,000 of the city's budget to help pay for the pilot program, the release said.
Austin is reinventing the public library, and Dallas should too A dynamic new public library in Austin is an engine for civic revitalization. Dallas could use one, too.
Austin’s new Central Public Library, designed by Lake|Flato with Shepley Bulfinch, opened last October.The 198,000-square-foot facility occupies a full city block adjacent to where Shoal Creek ...
Austin Public Library’s puppetry program delights audiences for 45 years by: Kelsey Thompson. Posted: Mar 26, 2023 / 07:30 AM CDT. Updated: Mar 27, 2023 / 10:22 AM CDT.
Austin Public Library's (APL) top director says he's working to make sure everyone feels welcomed and seen at the library system's branches. For Roosevelt Weeks, some books are worth fighting for ...
With Cooking Day, Saturday, February 25, Austin Public Library has curated a fest for the culinarily inclined. February’s theme is “Eat the World,” and that event is at capacity.
Pulling open a drawer from an old-fashioned, wooden card catalog, visitors to the Austin Public Library’s Central Library won’t find small cards listing titles of books. Instead, they can pick ...