Anticipating the reopening of the reading room at the state library, I went by TSLAC’s table at the book festival a couple of weeks ago to inquire. I wasn’t expecting bad news. The official word, they *hope* to have the renovation complete in 2010. At least two more years?! I suspect a budget snafu somewhere.
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Tomorrow I’m off to the state library to do a little research before they pack up most of the genealogy collection and put it in off-site storage. The Lorenzo de Zavala building is being renovated.
Here is the architect’s rendering of the new reading room. It looks like they will need to tear out the [...]
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