Archinect - News 2024-12-22T04:05:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/90698302/texas-library-offers-glimpse-of-bookless-future Texas library offers glimpse of bookless future Alexander Walter 2014-01-07T19:27:00-05:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ff/ff0b24f2e9dfdd24b175fc6099248e16?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store [...]. Even the librarians imitate Apple&rsquo;s dress code, wearing matching shirts and that standard-bearer of geek-chic, the hoodie. But this $2.3 million library might be most notable for what it does not have &mdash; any actual books. That makes Bexar County&rsquo;s BiblioTech the nation&rsquo;s only bookless public library.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>