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Austin Public Library facilities and the Austin History Center will be CLOSED Saturday, May 25, through Monday, May 27. Recycled Reads, the Austin Public Library’s used bookstore, will be open Saturday and Sunday, but will be closed on Memorial Day.

Austin Public Library Locations

Faulk Central Library

512-974-7400
Monday - Thursday11am - 8pm
Friday - Saturday10am - 6pm
Sunday12pm - 6pm

The Austin Public Library opened in 1926. The present Central Library building was constructed in 1979. In 1995 the Central Library was renamed John Henry Faulk Central Library in honor of local writer and free speech hero John Henry Faulk. As the main library, Faulk Central serves as the reference and collection backbone for the entire Austin Public Library system.

Upcoming Events at the Faulk Central Library

Faulk Central Library Blog

Monday, August 6

We are very happy to announce the debut of a new catalog. You as a reader of this blog have an opportunity to give it a try ahead of the general launch on August 27th.

Take advantage and get that new username you've always wanted. Other things to try: Look at a jacket cover! Rate a book! Add a comment! Create a list! There's even more than that! That's enough exclamation points! Seriously though, it is a great product, and we are very happy to be moving forward with a new more social catalog.

Screenshot of Austin Public Library's New BiblioCommons Catalog

Friday, August 3
by: reference

La Biblioteca Pública de Austin acaba de recibir la película titulada Miss Bala que ha tenido gran acogida entre el público de México. Esto me alegra enormemente pues tengo meses esperando su llegada. Ésta película es una de las tantas que habla sobre el infierno que sigue comiendo a México vivo en y de cómo gente común cada vez más se incorpora a este baile mortal entre drogas y violencia.  Esta película nos deja con mil preguntas tanto a locales como foráneos sobre la situación del México actual.  Preguntas como: Y el papel de la política? Y la gente? Y la vida?  Sin duda una situación desesperante que esperemos cambie pronto para bien.

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