Four libraries in Dallas are on the chopping block this year. Here’s which branches
The closures are being recommended as the city moves toward a regional library model.
Oak Lawn Branch, Skyline Branch in Buckner Terrace, Renner Frankford Branch in Far North Dallas & Arcadia Park Branch in West Dallas are being recommended for closure as the city moves toward a regional library model.
Skillman Southwestern Branch to Close Permanently September 27
Penny-wise but pound foolish. Dallas is closing the Skillman Southwestern Branch library. 💔
Dallas City Council passes largest budget in city’s history, reduces tax rate
The spending package includes a controversial library closure. It also promises a lower tax rate, but increased fees for city residents.
5 Dallas libraries could shutter in next two years due to proposed budget cuts 📚
“My life would absolutely not be the same without that library,” Watson said. “It is so much of the culture, it feels like this foundation that the rest of the community is built over.”
https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-08-21/dallas-library-closures-skillman-budget
#Dallas #Library #Budget #DylanDuke #Bookstodon #DallasPublicLibrary #ManyaShorr #MaggieWatson #SkillmanSouthwestern
The future of funding that supports family reading programs, digitization of local archives and other library programming across Texas is unclear following a recent executive order by President Donald Trump.
#ArtsCulture #BooksLibraries #Education #News #Arlington #ArtsAccess #DallasPublicLibrary #FortWorthPublicLibrary #KERANews #TarrantCounty
Apparently there is a copy of the diary of Josephus Newton Davis (not the handwritten original, but typed out by a family friend) in the non-circulating Special Collections section of the Dallas Public Library. One short phone call later and I had a copy of it in my inbox. Thanks #dallaspubliclibrary !
North Texas Master Naturalist Nancy Wilson 🦋 🐦 🌻
The Skillman Southwestern Library Friends invite you to a program presented by Nancy Wilson, a North Texas Master Naturalist, entitled "Gardening for Birds, Bees & and Butterflies," on Friday, February 21.
#DallasPublicLibrary #BirdsAndBees #Birds #Bees #Butterflies #Spring #Gardening #Texas #Library #Dallas
Nice to see that reaching out, emailing the councilwoman, and signing the Change.org petition online made a difference!
A library set for closure will likely remain open after residents speak out 📚
Skillman Southwestern Library was slated for closure as part of 2025 budget cuts. Now, it will likely stay open.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RSvlJcW4xc
#DallasPublicLibrary #Dallas #Library #MoneyAndVotes #WFAA #SkillmanSouthwesternBranch #PaulaBlackmon
“I didn’t realize how excited and how energized the community was until you tell them you’re going to take something away.”
Dallas library could be off the chopping block after public opposition
Skillman Southwestern library branch ranked eighth out of the city’s 30 libraries in circulation last fiscal year
“This library is important to us. A vending machine can’t replace it.”
Found this gentleman's video tour of the Skillman Southwestern Branch Library for those of you from outside of Dallas that are curious. 📚
And if it's not saved at the last minute, this video will be a nice memento of the neighborhood's great resource.
Save the Library! We need the community together to save Skillman Southwestern Branch Library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRs1HxOAy0
#Dallas #Library #DallasPublicLibrary #SkillmanSouthwesternBranch
Northeast Dallas residents want to stop Skillman Southwestern Library’s closure amid cuts 📚🤞
Blackmon said she was also considering putting a budget amendment in to save the library. “I don’t know if I can get enough support, but I’m going to try.”
#Library #Dallas #SkillmanSouthwesternBranch #DallasPublicLibrary #ChhetriDevyani
Never considered reading as an art form. I'm going to give Will the benefit of the doubt. 📚
The Artful Life Questionnaire: Will Evans (Dallas, TX) | National Endowment for the Arts
"We know about the art of writing, but the art of reading is the magical, chimerical literary art. That has been a big disservice to readers everywhere, especially in places that are not traditional cultural capitals."
https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2024/artful-life-questionnaire-will-evans-dallas-tx
#DeepVellum #Dallas #Bookstodon #NEA #WillEvans #DallasPublicLibrary
So good to have our library back after 7 weeks! 📚
Dallas Public Library Returns to Catalog System after Ransomware Attack
“We are also looking for community volunteers to help us re-shelve the thousands of items we’ve been unable to process until now”
#PCPeople #Dallas #DallasPublicLibrary #Library #Ransomware
https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/2023/06/23/dallas-public-library-returns-to-catalog-system/
