They ve been very enthusiastic about the services and what we re offering. Perhaps the most telling fact about the growth of the library is that when it first opened, only about 500 people a month used the facility. Today the library serves over 21,000 people a month. Garcia said much of the growth is due to their expanded services and increased Internet access for the public. While the library has managed to fill its shelves, it has also subscribed to many research databases.
Many people now visit the library to do online research.
Although the library has plans to increase the number of Internet capable workstations to 50, Garcia said books are still actively being acquired. We are not in any way playing down the importance of books. By the end of this year, he said, the library should have more than 100,000 books. The library also has a sizable collection of Texana and local history books as well as a genealogy research room. I think this library has done exceptionally well.