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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2005
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Faulk Central Library’s Third Floor Temporarily Closes to the Public
Beginning Monday, October 17 through Friday, October 28, 2005 the third floor of the Faulk Central Library will be closed to the public for a much needed lighting retrofit. Through the generous support of Austin Energy and the Public Works departments the Austin Public Library will enhance the current lighting levels on the third floor, which contains the circulating non-fiction collection. Therefore, the circulating non-fiction collection will not be available from Monday, October 17 through Friday, October 21. Starting Saturday, October 22 through Friday, October 28, library staff will be available to retrieve books from the third floor for customers. If possible, please call ahead to request retrieval of non-fiction materials. The following will be available both weeks: fiction books, reference (non-circulating) materials, youth materials, adult and teen computers, audio visual materials, large type books, and recent books. For additional information call (512) 974-7400 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/library.
About the Faulk Central Library
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. The Faulk Central Library is open 7 days a week; Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon-6 p.m.>
Highlights of the Faulk Central Library:
- Collection includes over 380,000 print sources
- Over 800 popular magazines and newspapers
- Multimedia—books recorded on audio cassette and compact disc, music compact discs, CD-ROMs, LP’s and video recordings
- Telephone Reference Center (512) 974-7400
- E-mail reference questions to librarians at reference@ci.austin.tx.us
- New Immigrants Center—resources for studying English as a Second Language
- World Language Collection
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