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	USCM \| U.S. Mayors Articles
		In his inaugural address early in 1998, Houston Mayor Lee Brown said he was dedicating his administration to children and spoke of his vision of a Houston in which every school-age child is handed a library card instead of a beer, joint or pill.
		And beyond these numbers, according to Houston Public Library officials, is the fact that the Power Card is helping existing library programs, such as ASPIRE — an after-school reading enrichment program for students in grades five to nine — and the Summer Reading Challenge, to attract record numbers of participants.
		Houston Public Library staff members, of course, promote the card at every opportunity and issue them through outreach programs and a variety of community venues, and during school open houses and library branch events.
	www.usmayors.org /uscm/best_practices/usmayor00/power_article.htm (894 words)

	Houston Public Library - Home
		Houston Public Library will be closed on Sunday, September 2, 2007 & Monday, September 3, 2007 in observance of Labor Day.
		Houston Public Library Kicks Off Annual Books on the Bayou: Houston Reads Together Citywide Event -- HPL invites all Houstonians to join together September 8 to October 28 to read Rudolfo Anaya’s "Bless Me, Ultima" for the annual Books on the Bayou: Houston Reads Together Program.
		Presented by The Big Read and sponsored by the Houston Public Library, the Houston Chronicle, and the City of Houston, Books on the Bayou brings together Houstonians to read the same book at the same time, provoking discussion among co-workers, friends, families and classrooms.
	www.hpl.lib.tx.us (416 words)

	Houston \| Greater Houston Partnership
		The 2007 Houston Facts is now available for purchase.
		The Greater Houston Partnership is the primary advocate of Houston's business community and is dedicated to building regional economic prosperity
		Why Houston is a great global city to live in
	www.houston.org (421 words)

	TexShare Library Lending Policies
		Residents of the State of Texas are eligible for a free Houston Public Library card and do not need to register as TexShare borrowers.
		All library locations also have book drops for after-hours returns; AV formats may not be returned in book drops due to the risk of damage.
		If library materials are not returned within six weeks of the due date, you will receive a billing notice from the Library.
	www.texshare.edu /programs/card/circpol/houstonpl.html (654 words)

	Houston Public Library Launches WebFeat System
		Houston, TX USA December 19, 2002 - Houston Public Library has released their WebFeat Prism system to the public.
		HPL Power Search includes a number of features unique to Houston Public Library, including a company and directory database search interface, offering a sophisticated custom mapping of search fields and filters from the common WebFeat interface into native database interfaces.
		Houston Public Library's WebFeat system includes the WebFeat Usage Tracker ("WUT"), which tracks and reports usage for Houston Public Library's 150 databases.
	www.webfeat.org /releases/2Dec02.htm (331 words)

	Houston, Minnesota -- Houston's First Public Library Opens
		The mission of the Houston Public Library is to be a public service aimed at advancing personal growth, knowledge and the enjoyment of learning.
		The Library Board of Trustees has set a goal of raising $24,000 and the Friends of the Library are committed to raising $15,000 of that amount.
		Houston Public Library invites you to sign up for one or more of the new book clubs it is starting that will be specifically geared to your interests.
	houston.govoffice.com /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={2A7E1584-1902-4220-9512-C7C012FFA8DB} (417 words)

	Chronicle editorial: Houston Public Library needs increased funding
		Houston aspires to be a world-class city, and in many respects it already is. Its population is cosmopolitan; its architecture, industry, technology, port, medical center and performing arts groups are in the top rank and in some cases second to none.
		Houston does not have $71 per year per person to spend on libraries, but it should be briskly expanding the library budget toward the middle range of $25.
		Visitors to Houston's public libraries will find plenty of books on the shelves, and more and more research information is available on the Internet, a recent addition to the library's resources.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/editorial/97/03/18/check.0-0.html (790 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
		The Houston Public Library began with the efforts of a group of Houstonians to develop organizations similar to Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia subscription library, Junto, and the American Philosophical Society.
		The Houston Public Library traces its beginnings directly to the organization of a second Houston Lyceum on May 27, 1854, and the establishment of its library with a collection of fewer than 100 volumes.
		Library use was desegregated in 1953, one year before the Supreme Court decision on the issue.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/HH/lch2.html (762 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: HOUSTON METROPOLITAN RESEARCH CENTER
		The Ideson Building served as the central library of the Houston Public Library System from 1926 until 1976, when a new building was constructed for the main branch.
		The Houston Metropolitan Research Center maintains a professional staff of archivists, historians, and librarians to administer the more than 20,000 linear feet of manuscripts; private and public records; 50,000 printed volumes, journals, and government publications; and two million photographic negatives and prints, maps, and architectural drawings.
		In July 1976 the archives were moved to permanent quarters at the Houston Public Library, where they would complement the holdings of its Texas and local history department.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/HH/lchns.html (515 words)

	Houston's Library Plans Cuts - 5/23/2003 - School Library Journal - CA299295
		The fallout from Houston Public Library's budget crisis won't be as severe as expected.
		Initial press reports said the city's library system might be forced to close eight of its 36 branches to meet $32 million in budget cuts proposed for FY 2004.
		Houston Public Library, which circulated 6.8 million materials in FY 2002, has more than 800,000 registered users.
	www.schoollibraryjournal.com /index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA299295&display=breakingNews (198 words)

	Gossage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Applications and nominations are sought for the position of Director of the Houston (TX) Public Library (HPL).
		Houston is the fourth largest city in the U.S., with international leadership in energy and high technology.
		HPL currently serves over two million people through a central library and 37 branch libraries with a library staff of 516, including 135 librarians, a collection of over four million books and other resources, and a budget of over $35 million.
	www.gossagesager.com /hpl.htm (377 words)

	LLRX.com - Metaforix@Health: Free Online Resources for Public Library Users: Texas and New York
		Three months' library access costs $16.75, billed as equivalent to "dinner alone at a nice restaurant." Not in my neighborhood -- but then again, a quick visit to the Salary Calculator informs me that the cost of living is over 2.5 times higher here in Manhattan than it is in Austin.
		Library card eligibility: Residents of Austin with acceptable proof of residency are freely eligible for library cards, as are nonresident students and faculty of Austin Community College and cardholders of participating TexShare libraries.
		Library card eligibility: New York State residents are eligible for direct on-site borrowing privileges and access to restricted NOVEL databases under a 6-month pilot project that began in June, 2004.
	www.llrx.com /columns/metaforix7.htm (2261 words)

	The Library Card....... - 07/21/01
		The library card is the first piece of our great democratic society that children can acquire, use and be proud of.
		When libraries put their cards to work, they've had great success in grabbing public attention, passion and participation.
		The Houston Public Library's electric-looking "Power Card" was the focus of a special campaign to put a library card in the hands of all school children.
	www.ssdesign.com /librarypr/content/p072101a.shtml (491 words)

	Public Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Early in the development of its Internet services, the Houston Public Library (HPL) decided that Internet access from home should be left to the organizations that do it best - the Internet service providers.
		The library catalogs, the HPL Community Organizations and Ready Reference Databases, the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, and ERIC are free.
		HPL pays for subscriptions to the other databases and requires that you have a library card to use them.
	www.hal-pc.org /journal/oct97/columns/publicre/publicre.htm (912 words)

	Houston Public Library Demonstration - Outside the Eleanor Freed Branch : Houston Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Houston Public Library Demonstration - Outside the Eleanor Freed Branch : Houston Indymedia
		Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
		Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Houston Independent Media Center.
	houston.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=41368 (103 words)

	The Online News Station
		Houston Public Library Director Barbara A.B. Gubbin announced today that she will leave the city at the end of the year to become the director of the Jacksonville Public Library, in Florida.
		I have also been fortunate to have had a supportive and hard-working Board of Trustees and three Friends groups, Friends of the Houston Public Library, of the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, and of the Texas Room.
		Since becoming director in 1995, she has overseen library expansion, with five new branch library buildings built and opened, one of which is a joint collaboration with Harris County.
	www.guidrynews.com /04GCEN/Houston/32804.htm (308 words)

	bookmobile_houstoncounty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Bookmobile services to the city of Houston have been discontinued because the city has funded a library, which became a SELCO member in October.
		Other public libraries in the area are Caledonia, Hokah, Spring Grove and Rushford.
		They may place their order by calling or e-mailing the Houston Public Library at hpub@acegroup.cc Patrons must have a valid library card issued by a SELCO member library.
	www.selco.lib.mn.us /news/press/houston-discontinued.html (196 words)

	Houston Chronicle Book and Author 25th Annual Dinner/Literacy Programs
		Born to Read is a collaborative venture between the Houston Public Library and the Children's Museum of Houston.
		The program is a partnership between the Houston Public Library and the Children's Museum of Houston and was funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services in 2004 and 2005.
		The Houston Public Library provides board books and picture books in support of early childhood literacy, whether it is a formal program or a parent and child reading together.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/ae/books/bookandauthor/2k/literacy.html (1292 words)

	City of Houston Public Library - Checking Out IP Communications [IP Telephony Solution] - Cisco Systems
		The Houston Public Library received a grant from the State of Texas in 1999/2000 to upgrade its Cisco data network.
		Like most City of Houston departments, employees at the 35 locations of the Houston Public Library (http://www.houstonlibrary.org) had difficulty talking to one another.
		The Houston Public Library was the natural choice to pilot Cisco IP Communications for the City of Houston "because the network was more ready for IP telephony than any other department," says Toni Lambert, assistant director of Information Technology at the Houston Public Library.
	www.cisco.com /en/US/netsol/ns340/ns394/ns165/ns268/networking_solutions_customer_profile09186a0080192e18.html (1890 words)

	Many Public Libraries in the USA Redesign Their Sites Every Three Years, According to Current Practices and Future ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Libraries take widely varying approaches to the issue of how should control the website and who should be empowered to add content to the site.
		Relative to the importance of the library website to the overall success of the library, the size of most library web staffs, when such staffs exist, is quite small.
		Many libraries have plans to digitize their special collections, or at the very least, to digitize finding aids for those collections and increase access to them through the library website.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2005/9/prweb285788.htm (802 words)

	Library Journal - Detroit's Lawson To Head Houston Public Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Previously, she was chief of the Central Library of the Brooklyn Public Library, from 1999-2003.
		Lambert and library staff have faced the challenge of setting up services for the numerous evacuees from Hurricane Katrina who arrived in Houston.
		Lawson is expectedto begin her job in Houston in early November after confirmation by the City Council.
	www.libraryjournal.com /article/CA6270612.html (204 words)

	Montana Library Network
		Houston Public Library was one of the first, and now offers 1,500 titles and links to numerous ebooks in the public domain.
		Libraries cite ebook's ready accessibility, their general groovyness, and their relative economy as incentives to adding ebooks to their collection (the ebook usually 'lives' on the vendor's server and is downloaded by library patrons for a short period of time (Houston allows twenty four-hour checkouts for ebooks).
		BCR is considering offering consortium access to this service for very reasonable rates; for instance, a public library serving 20,000-50,000 users would pay $1,000 annually.
	montanalibraries.org /MLNresources/MLNebooks.htm (654 words)

	ALA \| Houston first of 10 cities to launch local homeownership program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The American Library Association and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage invited first-time homebuyers to a free homebuying seminar at the Acres Home Branch of the Houston Public Library today as part of The Path to Homeownership Begins @ your library™ initiative.
		Houston is the first of 10 cities nationwide to launch the program locally, which provides libraries nationwide with a list of targeted reference materials and Web sites that will help low- to moderate-income families and minority homebuyers make well-informed financial decisions.
		"The Path to Homeownership Begins @ your library™" is the latest program from @ your library™, The Campaign for America's Libraries, a multi-year public education effort sponsored by the ALA to speak loudly and clearly about the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century.
	www.ala.org /Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=11526 (380 words)

	Houston Public Library - Home
		Library of Tomorrow Teen Essay Contest - the Houston Public Library Foundation invites middle school and high school students ages 11 to 18 to participate in the "Library of Tomorrow Teen Essay Contest" and win great prizes by envisioning their dream library.
		Houston Public Library invites you to celebrate Women’s History Month throughout March with Free Programs, Exhibits and Events for the Entire Family!
		Please visit the Houston Public Library Projects Page for details, updates and more about this and other library projects.
	www.hpl.lib.tx.us /index.html (242 words)

	About HALS \| Houston Area Library System
		is dedicated to the improvement of public library services throughout the HALS region.
		Disadvantaged Services: Libraries apply for mini-grants to support literacy and limited English speaking training classes held in their libraries, and to provide services to the older adults.
		Working together, member libraries hope to improve library services in their communities and their regions.
	www.telacommunications.com /c-sites/hals/about.html (380 words)

	City of Houston eGovernment Center
		The Houston Public Library is renovating its Central Library.
		Please visit the Houston Public Library Projects Page for details, updates and more about this and other library projects.
		The Houston Public Library is joining Mayor Bill White in announcing the Houston Consumer Choice initiative.
	www.houstontx.gov /library/index.html (189 words)

	Tutor.com Press Release
		NEW YORK– August 10, 2004 – Tutor.com's flagship service Live Homework Help continues to be offered at more public libraries across the country as communities recognize the value in providing their children with access to one-to-one help from qualified experts during the after-school hours.
		Houston Public Library initially purchased Live Homework Help for a six-month pilot and will now offer the program for the 2004/2005 academic year through all 38 branches as well as from children's homes.
		Broward County Division of Libraries began a Live Homework Help pilot program at eight branches in the fall of 2004 and is now expanding the service to all 38 branches to better serve their diverse community.
	www.tutor.com /press/PR_08102004.htm (595 words)

	Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Information \| Houston Area Library System
		The Interlibrary Loan Center (ILC) at the Houston Public Library provides interlibrary loan service to libraries within the Houston Area Library System (HALS) and to cardholders of the Houston Public Library.
		If the material is available at the Houston Public Library or one of its branches, ILC staff will retrieve the item and ship it to the library via the U.S. postal service.
		ILC staff notifies the library when material is being shipped to them by an OCLC library, or if the material is not available.
	www.telacommunications.com /c-sites/hals/ill.html (233 words)

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