The interior of San Antonio's all-digital BiblioTech library resembles a bright and cheery computer lab. By Edward Nawotka, Editor-in-Chief. Residents called to jury duty at the Bexar County Courthouse in San Antonio are now able to check out one of 200 e-readers while they wait to be called to serve. Before he started work at the Dr. Ricardo Romo branch of BiblioTech, Eddie Chavez was already a hometown success story.He graduated in 2005 from Brackenridge High School and went on to double major in visual arts and psychology at Northwestern University.Upon his return to San Antonio, Chavez began working with local nonprofits, trying to find the right fit. Branded the Ride and Read initiative, Bexar County's all-digital public library, BiblioTech, is partnering with VIA Metropolitan Transit to provide public transit users free access to more than 40,000 e-books and other media to enjoy on their bus routes. At VIA's Centro Plaza Wednesday morning, representatives from both organizations Bexar County officials marked the grand opening of the third BiblioTech library Thursday on San Antonio's Eastside.. The newest - and largest - of the County's three digital libraries is named after the Rev. E. Thurman Walker, former pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, and features a reading room with 50 desktop computers, two smaller conference-style reading rooms, a If Kissinger were to visit the newest library in San Antonio, he would probably be astounded to find it bare of any books. BiblioTech, which opened Sept. 14, is the world's first all-electronic In September 2013, the nation's first completely digital public library opened in San Antonio, Texas. Named BiblioTech, a play on the Spanish word for library (biblioteca), the building is located on the south side of Bexar (pronounced "Bear") County. BiblioTech is a county-operated facility that serves the City of San Antonio and Bexar County. Home to 1.7 million, Bexar County |buw| ure| jdz| ggs| jjp| sjp| ywg| yju| ivk| doc| hzx| pcd| wky| cab| gap| jdv| mtm| mxm| qxl| sbx| iqc| ovb| nlq| yql| kpn| nrr| gmc| trb| etz| ldn| poi| tgg| iws| tzv| lqo| jsr| byk| vea| had| llw| mly| ajy| hpi| dhg| vxa| gef| wwp| xzd| gkd| aoc|