Events

• Lights. Camera. Austin. Local Indie Film Series screens Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo, a Documentary by Bradley Beesley on December 1 at the Windsor Park Branch.
• Hitch up your wagon and head to the Manchaca Rd. Branch for Classic Western Films.
• Wax poetic with the Adult Poetry Circle the first Tuesday of the month, December 1, at the Spicewood Springs Branch.
• Mining Words from Life, a four part writing workshop, continues Monday, December 7 at the Hampton Branch.
• Drop in for Conversation Café, public dialogue on a variety of topics, the third Saturday of each month at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill.
• Not a Museum ~ Your Story, Your Archive: An Exhibit About the Value of Archives is on display now at the Austin History Center.
• Practice your English with / practique conversación en inglés con Talk Time.
• Hone your Spanish with Practiquemos Español at the Faulk Central Library.
• Put on your dancing shoes and join us weekly for Free Salsa Lessons at various Branches.
• Exercise your brain, come to the Oak Springs Chess Club every Wednesday.
• Visit Wisteria Chateau, an elaborate miniature house on permanent display at the Faulk Central Library.

News

• Access library resources to find that perfect job.
• Raise money for the Austin Public Library by recycling your empty inkjet and toner cartridges.
• The reopening of the Howson Branch has been delayed until April 2010.
• Effective October 1: $1 fee for holds not picked up and 3 week DVD rentals.
• The Austin Public Library's 2009 Summer Reading Program was a hit with children, teens, and adults alike!
• The World Language Collection at the Austin Public Library is expanding to serve Austin’s growing Asian population.
• Get the most out of your Library. Use our free tutorials to learn how.
• A new guide, Consumer Help for the Economic Downturn has been added to the Library's Research Guides. Find information on credit, budgets, health insurance, investments, and much more.
• The Austin Public Library announces a new addition to our collection, the Playaway -- a simple, portable, all-in-one audiobook.
• As part of the 2008/2009 Library budget branch libraries will be closed on Thursday or Friday of each week.
• Watch our Music Video and See What Austin Public Library Can Do For You.
• Why buy when you can DIY?
• Does your budget need trimming? Use the Library!
• Reference Librarian Bonnie Brzozowski talks about lifelong learning at APL and KLRU.

Other

• Visit our Web site on July 16, 1997. Take a trip to the past at the Internet Archive.
• Status Report on Internet Access at the Austin Public Library.
• Acceptable Use Policy for Public Use Workstations.

Past News Archive