Name: Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library  www.hcpl.net

Location: Clear Lake, Texas

Freeman is part of the Harris County Public Library System located  in Clear Lake, TX.  This is the library I retired from so I am some what prejudiced toward it. Freeman is one of the larger branches and is able to offer programs and classes not available in some of the smaller branches.  They have free computer classes, regular teen programs, programs for children of all ages as well as programs geared for adults on a weekly basis.  There are two floors with the children’s department and circulation desk on the first floor. Also on the first floor are several internet computers as well as a large screen TV with seating nearby. The second floor has about 30 public access computers, the adult area of fiction, non-fiction and reference materials. There is also a large supervised teen area set aside for young people to study and go online and a computer lab that is open to the public when there are no computer classes in session.

When entering the library one of the first things that greets you is a wall sized mural
showing the history of the Clear Lake area from pirates to aerospace. If  you look closely at the mural you will see  that the artist included staff members and County representatives in the art work. This beautiful work was done by Pat Rawlings who has many more interesting works of art  on his website that is linked above.