Austin Public Library

Doesn't Recommend

observer03

Joined 5 years ago

Downtown Library. It's too crowded - you'll have to sit next to rude, dangerous parolees and mentally ill panhandlers screaming in your ear. The librarians chat too loud and create a bad learning environment. The guards bully customers. The janitors don't clean anything. The books are too old with pages ripped out. The computers are obsolete and the waiting list too long. Gays will follow you into the restroom to peep. I've seen better libraries in other states.

Doesn't Recommend

blacky jones

Joined 4 years ago

Good luck at this place.... You'll have to sit next to dangerous mentally ill or paroled homeless people screaming in your ear.

The staff doesn't work and wastes taxpayer dollars. They chat loudly and it bothers the customers.

I witnessed the guards bullying the customers.

The bathrooms were dirtier than the ones at a cheap gas station.

The books are too outdated with pages torn out.

It's hard to find something good to say about it except that you can get an internet fix when you're downtown, and they give away free food at Wooly's park - a block north.

I've found better spots to get online around town.

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Contributor

Joined 10 years ago

Want to know about how Austin became what it is today? Then a stop here is essential.. In Short
The building, erected in 1933 to house the Austin Public Library, contains more than one million items documenting Austin's history from before its 1839 founding to the present. Stocked with local authors, historic maps, manuscripts, reports, budgets, directories, minutes and statistics, the library has more than 12,500 biographies on residents who influenced the community, more than 758,000 historic photos and illustrations, and an in-house photo lab that can duplicate images for you on order.