Windsor Park Branch Library

Fine but it smells like several old casseroles have been spilt on the carpet over the years. Having trouble finding it? Follow your nose!

hands down, nicest librarians in town. good selection and a clean, quiet place to browse. even though it’s a small, i’ve gotten many books, music, and movies that i never would have expected to find here in a thousand years. sometimes there might be rowdier kids inside or hanging around in front, but… at least they’re at a library?!

This library makes me sad.
Let me back up. I am used to the amazing Wells Branch Library. It is large with separate walled off areas for the kids, areas to work, areas for teens, rooms to rent out, etc, etc. I frequented the WB Library for hours to help occupy my kiddo with their awesome story times, great kids book selection, kiddo computer, coloring, legos. It was a great free option. Oh, and I could walk to it. Wins all around.
My son and I visited Windsor Park and there were no children present. The kids area is VERY open to the rest of the library which made me feel like we were intruders in an adult space. I was worried about every noise we made! We grabbed some books from their very limited selection of kids stories and high tailed out of there.
The staff is very friendly and I know they have many valuable resources to adults and maybe teens (I think I saw a ‘teens only’ room). We won’t be spending any time here as a family in the future — just grabbing books and leaving.

The documentary film series hosted by this branch is a glory. This free monthly event includes refreshments and panel discussions on a variety of contemporary topics. We’re otherwise occasional visitors to this location, but, on the first Tuesday of the month, the cinema fare gets the WP Library five-​star kudos from us!

The first attraction to the library is the wonderful lion sculpture outside. Kids are always hanging around it and crawling over it. And folks use the benches– it’s a community meeting space.
I like the computer setup, but there are not enough terminals.
The book selection is good, and the library has a decent collection of volumes in Spanish.
I am glad there are meeting rooms but it would be helpful if a schedule of upcoming events was posted.
All in all, if I cannot find what I want, the friendly staff is always willing to get materials from other branches for me.

I always have good luck finding book titles here, especially in the «new releases» section (both adult and children). This is one of the smaller branch libraries, with friendly enough staff and clean facilities. The huge outdoor library lion sculpture is amazing!

I just started working at this branch a few weeks ago, but I live closest to this branch, so it was my neighborhood branch before then. As a patron, I noticed that there are tons of kids. This is awesome if you have kids, or if you are a kid, but as an adult, it’s not exactly what I’m looking for if I wanted a nice quiet place to get to work.
This branch does have the best books on cd collection in Austin that I’ve found. If you are headed out for a road trip, and want something to listen to en route, I would recommend going to this branch to browse the shelves– I’ve found more things I wanted to read here even more than at the Faulk Central Branch downtown.