Tag: San Antonio

Libraries Round the World: Going 100% Digital

12/31/2017

My hometown San Antonio is often leading edge when it comes to innovation. In 2013, the BiblioTech Digital Library, the first all-digital public library in the U.S. opened. Since then, they’ve added a second location in San Antonio along with a downtown jury duty room for those with time on their hands while stuck in … More Libraries Round the World: Going 100% Digital

Libraries Round the World: San Antonio, Texas 

10/13/2017

San Antonio brings to mind BBQ, the Alamo, Tex-Mex, and Spurs basketball. But a short walk from the river downtown lies a remarkable blend of books and art housed inside a state-of-the-art ‘enchilada red’ library. Mexican Modernist Central Library Built in 1995 Over nine-hundred hand-blown pieces of glass hang from a metal frame inside the … More Libraries Round the World: San Antonio, Texas