Events

• Serie Print Project: Celebrating Black Heritage Through Art at the Oak Springs Branch all month in February.
• The Mayor's Book Club Film Series screens Buena Vista Social Club on Wednesday, February 17 at at the Ruiz Branch.
• Don't miss Family Movie Night at the Pleasant Hill Branch the third Tuesday of the month through May.
• Capoeira Class: learn about this Afro-Brazilian art at the Carver Branch on Thursday, February 18.
• Don't miss the Polish Cinema Series featuring 16 award winning films from outside the Hollywood paradigm.
• Classics of Black Cinema screens The Wiz on Saturday, February 20 at the University Hills Branch.
• Join us for the Dance Dance Revolution Tournament through May.
• It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Kids in Space! on Wednesday, February 24 at the Milwood Branch.
• Join local artist Richard Cutler for A Tribal Journey: Native American Symbolic Art on Saturday, February 27 at the Pleasant Hill Branch.
• Bring the whole family for Recycled Reads Rewind: One Year Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, February 27.
• Lights. Camera. Austin. @ Windsor Park Branch presents a screening of Zombie Girl followed by a Q&A with local filmmaker Aaron Marshall on Tuesday March 2.
• Join local Artist Richard Cutler for See & Share: Conversations in Art and Creativity Saturday, March 6 and Saturday, April 10 at the Pleasant Hill Branch.
• Join the Southeast Branch for the Anime Club the third Friday of each month.
• BILINGUAL Beginner's Computer Lab every Wednesday at the Terrazas Branch. Taller BILINGÜE de Computación para Principiantes cada miércoles en la sucursal Terrazas.
• Get your feet and hips moving to the beat with Free Salsa Lessons at four APL Branches.
• 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.
• Join us for Steeped in Books: Informal Talk and Tea every Tuesday at the Hampton Branch at Oak Hill.
• Hone your Spanish with Practiquemos Español at the Faulk Central Library.
• Learn and practice Spanish as a second language with ¡Qué me cuentas! at the Faulk Central Library every Wednesday.
• 오스틴 공공 도서관(Austin Public Library)에서는 여러분들의 영어능력 향상을 위해서 컴퓨터 소프트웨어인 로제타스톤(Rosetta Stone)과 옥스포드 픽춰 사전(Oxford Picture Dictionary)을 이용하실 수 있는 서비스를 제공하고 있습니다. Training session in Korean on how to use the New Immigrant Center.
• The Jones Glass Plate Negative Collection from about 1870 to 1900 is now available online. A small photo exhibit of the best images from the collection are on display through Sunday, March 21.
• Visit Wisteria Chateau, an elaborate miniature house on permanent display at the Faulk Central Library.

News

• The Austin Public Library recently received a $309,801 grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission through Loan Star Libraries.
• The Austin Public Library Friends Foundation has been honored with a RBC Blue Water Project™ Community Action Grant of $4,500 on behalf of APL that will be used to create educational materials that teach youth in our community about the critical importance of our watersheds.
• 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 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.

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