Library Services
Books
- Two-week check out; no late fees!
- Over 20,000 volumes
- Large collection of children’s books
- Interlibrary Loans (postage applies)
- Books on CD
- Award-winning Texana collection
Computers
- Three PCs
- Two iMacs
- One Chromebook (available for checkout)
Printing/Copying
- $0.10 / B&W page | $0.25/page color letter
- $0.15 / B&W page | $0.40 page color legal
- $0.40 / B&W page | $2.00/page color tabloid
Note: If you'd prefer, feel free to email us your documents for printing.
Fax Machine
- $1.00 / page outgoing
- $0.50 / page incoming
Laminating
- $1.00 / letter
Movies
- DVDs (classic, foreign, award-winning, en español, and more)
- Five-day check out; $1 / day late fee
- DVD and Blu-Ray players available for check-out
- Access to the video streaming service Kanopy. To sign up, you'll need your library card number and "pin," which is your phone number with no dashes. Call or email us if you have any troubles!
- Films shown weekly in the mini-cinema
Magazines & Local Papers
- The Sentinel, The Avalanche, and The Wall Street Journal
- Available magazines include Texas Monthly, Texas Highways, Harper's, Architecture Digest, and Art Forum
- Digital archives of The Marfa New Era and The Big Bend Sentinel to 1924
- Physical archives of The Big Bend Sentinel
Tex-Share Card
- A TexShare Card provides you with borrowing privileges from almost 500 participating libraries across the state. If you're a Marfa Public library patron, you can get a card -- just ask us!
- Two-week check-out for books and audiobooks, with no late fees! Five-day check-out for movies and TV series; $1/day late fee. Limit 20 items at a time. Two renewals allowed online/over the phone. Fines will result in being blocked. Please note that reference items, kits, and telescope are not circulated for Tex-Share patrons.
Community Room and Mini-Cinema
Check with the library staff for use of the meeting room and for the film schedule.
WiFi
Free! And available 24/7!