San Antonio Public Library will temporarily close Thousand Oaks Branch Library at 4618 Thousand Oaks Dr.  from Monday, June 25 through Thursday, July 5 for improvements funded in the 2018 City Budget. During the closure the book drop will remain open, and holds will be available for pickup Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

San Antonio Public Library visitors are invited to use any public computer at any library location to access online content from the New York Times. Users only need an email address to access the site, or can sign in using a Facebook or Google account. Users who would like to access from home simply need to visit mysapl.org/services to access the newspaper under “databases." From there, cardholders will create an account and redeem a special code for one-day access that renews each day, so Library customers can access the New York Times every day!

The 2017 opening of the San Antonio Public Library’s 10,000-piece Latino Collection was the direct outcome of high school students’ impassioned pleas for research and study resources that better reflected the community. Watch the video interview or scroll down for the rest of the story

San Antonio’s Collins Garden Branch library had a grand reopening Jan. 30, 2016 after a six-month renovation and makeover. But the celebration of the library’s transformation and future also honored the past of the building that opened in1984 after a long community campaign to bring libraries to the city’s Southside and Westside. Watch the video to hear San Antonio City Councilwoman Shirley Gonzales and Andy Sarabia of C.O.P.S. Metro talk about the past and what a difference community libraries make for the future.

The San Antonio Public Library will present a draft of its new Strategic Plan to the community during a series of public forums scheduled to obtain public input on the plan. The new Strategic Plan is designed to reemphasize the Library’s top priority of supporting education and learning opportunities through an expanded role in early literacy education and stronger relationships with area school districts.