BiblioTech (San Antonio)

BiblioTech is the first and only all-digital public library in the United States. The first branch opened in the fall of 2013 and serves Bexar County, Texas. BiblioTech's second branch, the Dr. Richard Romo BiblioTech, opened in July of 2015 on the west side of San Antonio and also serves the residents of Bexar County. A third branch will open in 2017.

The library lends e-readers and digital content rather than physical media. BiblioTech lends e-readers to those with a BiblioTech card; about half of the e-readers are on loan at any given time. Each e-reader can hold up to five books. Members with a library card can also download the cloudLibrary app to read eBooks from their personal device (iOS, Android, Windows).

BiblioTech also offers online databases and educational resources, a monthly enewsletter (BiblioTech In Motion), Story Time, and a book club which can participants can attend live (either in person or online via Google+ Hangout video chat), or view online (via a live feed or later on YouTube or the library's Google+ profile). Additionally, onsite, patrons can visit the circulation desk as well as make use of the library's 48 iMacs, dozen iPads, two Xbox 360s with Kinect, and many touch-screen video tablets with interactive Kaplan Early Learning Company educational games.

The library arranges for its patrons access to digital content from several providers. Some resources are free of charge to the library, and some require paid subscriptions.

The County-operated library cost $2.3 million (USD) and is located on the underserved south side of San Antonio.San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas and the seventh largest city in the U.S., but ranks 60th in literacy. The library has had over 400,000 visitors in its first four years.

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