Tagged: Bibliotech

Digital Library
3:58 pm
Fri April 12, 2013

Construction Begins On Digital 'BiblioTech' Library For Fall Opening

Credit Joey Palacios / Texas Public Radio
The wall of the precinct one satellite officess were torn out to make an entrance for the BiblioTech

BiblioTech, the nation’s first bookless public library, is now in the construction phase after Bexar County began demolition on walls in the Precinct 1 satellite office this morning.

Come this fall the county will open BiblioTech on Pleasanton Road with more than 10,000 electronic titles that can be downloaded to e-readers or tablets.

Commissioner Chico Rodriguez said BiblioTech is not taking anything away from the city’s current library system.

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The Source
3:44 pm
Wed January 23, 2013

The Source: Not Enough Water (And Books) To Go Around

Credit Bexar County
Concept art for the inside of the now approved Bibliotech all-digital library.

Bexar County brings the future to the present with approval for an all-digital library called BiblioTech. So are people ready for it? The Medina Lake water level continues to drop, so how close is it to becoming a big dry hole?

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