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Marfa Public Library

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

Hotspots

  • 5 T-Mobile hotspots available for checkout for two-week periods

Computers

  • Four PCs
  • One iMac
  • 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 player available for check-out
  • Films shown weekly in the mini-cinema

Magazines & Local Papers

  • The Sentinel, The Avalanche, The International, 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!