Bookends is back from hiatus and the new library building officially opened to the public last Monday.
The staff and I are so excited and love our new home. Thanks to many, many individuals helping with the move of furniture, over 34,000 books, and everything else we need for the library to be functional, we are finally settling in. This also means I can get back to ordering new books. I am happy to report that we issued over 35 library cards our first week open at the new library. This is a record for the library. If you have not been in the new facility yet, please come in and see how wonderful it is. If you don’t have a library card, now is the time to get yours.
We have turned the old library into book sale central. Until further notice, the hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fill a Texas County Library bag for $10 or $1 per book if purchased individually. Also for sale is some furniture, metal shelves and office supplies.
All Texas County branches will be passing out Halloween candy to children at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. We also have plenty of mysteries for the adults and Halloween books for children to choose from.
Texas County Library has e-books and audiobooks available to download for Texas County Library patrons! To view the catalog and download, go to our website: texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us, click on “e-books”, or come by the library for assistance. Texas County Library cards are required.
The Houston Library is the main branch of the Texas County Library and is located at 117 W. Walnut St. Business hours are 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Library staff is Darnella Robbins, Del Hicks and Tiffany Davy.
Check out our webpage at texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us, call the library at 417-967-2258 or email TexasCountyLibrary@gmail.com. And be sure to LIKE our Texas County Library Facebook page!
Louise Beasley is director of the Texas County Library system. She can be reached by phone at the Houston branch at 417-967-2258, or by email at Texascountylibrary@gmail.com. More information about the four county library branches is available online at texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us.