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09/06/2026

Your San Marcos Public Library will be closed on Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day and Tuesday, September 8 for Staff Development. The Library will reopen for regular hours on Wednesday, September 9.

08/16/2026

¡Hola desde México!

Thank you, Gabriela, for sending us this awesome photo of your SMPL card in Morelia, Michoacan, México.

We hope you had a great trip AND got to read or listen to some great books while you were away.

If you have plans to travel this year, check out Mango Languages and register for FREE with your SMPL card. You can learn Spanish, Italian, Pirate (no, seriously), Arabic, and so much more!

And, while you're away, be sure to send us a photo of your SMPL card so we can feature it here! Happy Travels!

08/15/2026

Let's go, Ameilya! Help us congratulate this tenacious reader who not only read 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten but read 1000 Books in a single year!
We are so glad you enjoyed your book journey (and our stained glass that you posed in front of). We hope this is just the first of many thousands of books you read here at your San Marcos Public Library!

08/13/2026

We want to give a HUGE thank you to this year's Summer Reading sponsors. First and foremost, thank you to the .smtx and the San Marcos Kiwanis Club for their financial contributions that made this summer so wonderful!

Next, we want to thank our amazing community sponsors that provided prizes for this years' readers. Thank you:
The Dino Park - Dinosaur Park - Bastrop, Texas
Dragon's Lair- San Marcos
Texas Natural Science and History Museum
Wake the Dead - Wake the Dead Coffee House
Got Toys - Got Toys
Makery Hive
The Meadows Center

Stay tuned for photos of our prize winners (coming soon)!

08/09/2026

Synthia is a world traveler AND a proud SMPL card holder! Check out these awesome photos she got on her family trip to Italy. They visited:
1) the leaning tour of Pisa
2) the Coliseum, and
3) the Arch of Constantine

While we may not all get to walk on the same stones as Augustus did, we can all pop open a good book and learn more about the world around us and the amazing people in it.

Do you have a favorite book about, from, or set in Italy? Drop it below and share the "amore"!

08/08/2026

Congratulations to the newest 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Finisher, Anaïs!

What's more impressive, is that Anaïs read 1,000 books in just 7 months! Along with this amazing achievement, and a cool hat, Anaïs and others who have completed their 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten also get the other benefits of being a reader: expanded vocabulary, increased empathy, engaged creativity, more knowledge about the world around us, a head start when it comes to starting school soon, and so much more!

Congratulations, again, Anaïs - we can't wait to see what you check out next!

08/01/2026

Congratulations to Sloan for reading 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten! We hope your journey has fostered a love of reading that lasts you a lifetime. Join us in celebrating this huge accomplishment!

07/29/2026

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled.

Join us at 10 a.m. tomorrow for a Technology, Modern Life, and Community course at at the multipurpose room.

This course invites participants to step back from daily routines and talk together about how technology is changing our lives and communities. Each session will help us think more clearly about attention, convenience, automation, privacy, and human connection. The goal is not to decide whether technology is good or bad, but to ask how we can use it more wisely while preserving the relationships, habits, and forms of community that make life meaningful. Ages 18+ welcome. No registration required.

Contact [email protected] for information.

07/28/2026

Are you ready to break out your lightsticks, photocards, and concert outfits? Teens are invited to join us for games, button-making, and fandom fun at the Teen K-Pop Party!

Stop by tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Community Room A! Ages 12-17 welcome. No registration required.

07/21/2026

The next time you stop by the library, you might see this camera in place in the parking lot. We want to make sure the library remains a safe place for families to visit, and installing this camera in front of the entrance will help address issues we've seen including litter and property damage by increasing our staff's ability to monitor the entrance and parking lot while they're working inside the building.

The camera does not have license plate reader capability and is only accessible by authorized Library, San Marcos Police Department, and City Marshal personnel.

Address

625 E Hopkins Street
San Marcos, TX
78666

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	1pm - 6pm

Website

https://www.sanmarcostx.gov/Library

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