News Releases

2009

March

• March 17 - San Antonio Public Library Launches New Website

February

• February 9 - Library Board Seeks Public Input on Name for New Branch
• February 9 - Library Seeks Public Input on New District 9 Branch

January

• January 29 - Eva Longoria Parker, Diane Cibrian to partner with SA Public Library
• January 20 - Scholastic and the San Antonio Public Library Foundation announce literacy and library card campaign to get San Antonio families reading

2008

• October 28 - Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps
• October 26 - Credit Card Do's and Don'ts
• October 1 - The Winds and Words of War
• September 10 - Library Announces Pilot Laptop Computer Program
• August 18 - An evening with author and philanthropist Greg Mortenson
• August 8 - Bannwolf Library at Reagan High School Returns to School-year Schedule
• August 4 - First Time Homebuyers Mortgage Seminar @ Maverick Library
• July 10 - Acclaimed Photographic Artist Chris Jordan Brings Environmental Focus to San Antonio
• April 2 - The Owl Meets the Mockingbird
• March 24 - Library Poetry Reading to Feature Celebrity Authors
• March 14 - Landa Branch Library Reopening Scheduled
• March 11 - San Antonio Public Library Announces Service Enhancements
• February 6 - San Antonio Public Library's Pie Baking Contest Announcement

2007

• November 29 - Rededication of the Tobin Library at Oakwell
• October 30 - San Pedro Branch Library Opens Following Renovation
• October 19 - Tobin Library at Oakwell Reopens
• October 15 - Early Voting Sites
• October 11 - Online Registration for Library Cards is Now Available
• September 25 - Libraries Closed October 8
• September 18 - Online Registration for Library Cards is Coming Soon
• September 5 - Central Library's Children's Department Closed for Recarpeting
• August 24 - Libraries to Close for Labor Day
• August 9 - Bannwolf Library at Reagan High School Begins School-Year Operating Hours
• July 30 - Meet the Author! Julia Alvarez, Once Upon a Quinceñera
• July 25 - Meet the Author! Stephen Harrigan Event Moved
• July 24 - Meet the Author! Amada Irma Pérez
• July 23 - Cinema Soledad: Jailhouse Rock
• July 20 - Carver Library to Close for Renovations
• July 20 - Memorial Branch Library to reopen following renovations
• July 12 - Live Homework Help Planned Service Disruption
• July 3 - How to Check Out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• July 3 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Release Party
• May 31 - Library Board Meeting Change
• May 22 - Memorial Library to Close for Renovations
• May 17 - Central Library To Close Early for Botero Event
• March 12, 2007 - Carver Branch Library to Close for Renovations
• March 4, 2007 - Heart Gallery Adoption Portraits at Central Library Gallery
• February 16, 2007 - San Antonio Public Library UNwired!
• February 12, 2007 - Libraries Closed for Presidents Day
• January 26, 2007 - Forest Hills Library Reopens
• January 11, 2007 - C-SPAN's Book TV Bus at Central and Guerra Library
• January 16, 2007 - Libraries Closing Early
• January 8, 2007 - Pan American Library Reopens

2006

• November 15, 2006 - McCreless Library Reopens
• November 3, 2006 - ¡Tamalada! Tickets Available
• November 3, 2006 - Holiday ¡Tamalada! (Party to Make Tamales)
• November 2, 2006 - Libraries to Close for Veteran's Day
• November 2, 2006 - San Pedro Library Closing for Renovations
• November 1, 2006 - U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Launches Toys for Tots Campaign at Central Library
• September 21, 2006 - Pan American Library Closing for Repairs
• September 8, 2006 - Central Library Commemorates 9/11
• August 11, 2006 - Westfall Library Closing for Renovations
• August 7, 2006 - Johnston Library Construction Update
• August 1, 2006 - McCreless Library Closed for Renovations
• July 27, 2006 - Small Business @ Cortez Library
• July 27, 2006 - Libraries Closing for Renovations
• May 2, 2006 - Great Northwest Library Closing for Renovations
• April 11, 2006 - Libraries Closed for Battle of Flowers
• April 11, 2006 - Libraries Closed for Good Friday and Easter Sunday
• March 3, 2006 - How Has the Library Changed Your Life?
• January 6, 2006 - Grand Re-opening of Brook Hollow Branch Library

2005

• December 13, 2005 - Nominations Sought for Library Champions
• December 2, 2005 - Brook Hollow Branch Library to Reopen Soon
• November 10, 2005 - Holiday Tamalada
• November 7, 2005 - ¡Tamalada! Tickets Available
• November 7, 2005 - Suggest a Name for Your New Branch Library!
• 'The Future of Library Community Spaces' Library at Comanche Lookout Park Unites Outdoor, Indoor Worlds of Education
• September 1 - Honorary Chair Naomi Shihab Nye Announces Call for Entries in 2005-2006 Young Pegasus Poetry Competition
• August 29 - Libraries to Close for Labor Day
• August 2 - "Emergence" A Retrospective of Artwork from Clif Tinker
• July 25 - 15 Years of ADA
• June 24 - Libraries to Close for Independence Day
• June 23 - Go Digital in Spanish
• June 15 - Central Library and Home Depot Offer Weekend Warriors D-I-Y Workshops
• June 7 - Book Cellar closed Wednesday, June 15 for Maintenance
• June 7 - WorldCat and ILLiad unavailable June 10-12
• June 7 - State Representative Donates Books to Honor Library Supporter
• May 25, 2005 - Brook Hollow Branch Library Closing for Renovations
• May 25, 2005 - Reagan Hours Changing for the Summer
• May 13, 2005 - No Holds at Brook Hollow
• April 26, 2005 - SAPL Celebrates Young Pegasus Poets
• April 13, 2005 - Women of Afghanistan: Portraits and Stories
• April 8, 2005 - Brook Hollow Branch Library Renovation and Expansion Groundbreaking.
• April 7, 2005 - Meet the Author! Stephanie Elizondo-Griest presents excerpts from Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing and Havana.
• March 3, 2005 - Unity Quilt created by San Antonio children for Black History Month.
• March 2, 2005 - Go Wild About Reading at the San Antonio Public Library!
• February 18, 2005 - Library Board of Trustees Appoints New Director.
• February 11, 2005 - Millennium Catalog Systems downtime postponed.
• January 18, 2005 - Celebrate the Centennial of Hava Nagila.
• January 10, 2005 - On Exhibit: Pieces from the Collection of Geometric Artist, Mrs. Mamie Lee Schatz.
• January 6, 2005 - 2005 Summer Reading Program themes announced!

Posted/Updated: 05/31/2007