Curbside Services Only
Mon-Fri: 1pm to 4:30pm
Full Library Services
Mon-Fri: 4:30pm to 9pm Sat-Sun: 10am to 6pm
Outside Wi-Fi Access
7:30am to 10:30pm
Pruitt Library 5110 Walzem Rd San Antonio, TX 78218 210.650.1122
Chris Castillo Lead Librarian
The Molly Pruitt Library at Roosevelt High School is a dual-use public and school Library. Through an agreement between North East Independent School District (NEISD) and the City of San Antonio, the Library serves students at Roosevelt High School and provides resources, programming, and services for the community. The Library is open year-round.
Library visitors can pick up holds via curbside service during school hours. After school concludes and on weekends, patrons have access to full Library services inside Pruitt. Visitors can also access free SAPL WiFi from the parking lot and inside the Library.
Pruitt Library patrons have access to both San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) and Roosevelt High School books. SAPL books may be returned to any San Antonio Public Library branch in San Antonio. However, Roosevelt HS books must be returned to Pruitt Library.
For toddlers, children, and tweens, Pruitt has board books, beginner books, easy books, juvenile fiction, nonfiction, biography, paperbacks, award-winning books, graphic novels, books en español and other languages, audiobooks, read-alongs, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, magazines, and children’s computers in the Kids’ Zone.
For teens, Pruitt has young adult manga, graphic novels, audiobooks, fiction, nonfiction, magazines, and materials en español. Pruitt also has a teen lounge area, charging stations, and digital Library catalogs.
For adults, Pruitt offers a wide range of materials representing various genres including new and popular books from SAPL’s Express Collection. Pruitt also has study carrels, lounge seating, event flyers, a community information board, and public computers. Printing and copying services are not currently available at Pruitt Library.
The Library provides programs for early childhood and school age children and their parents or guardians, teenagers, adults (including those with disabilities). Pruitt staff also provide a Library orientation for Roosevelt students.
The neighborhood surrounding the Molly Pruitt branch Library is in northeast San Antonio, in City Council District 2. Based on the 2010 census numbers, the Library serves approximately 124,000 persons in district 2, with a population that is roughly 54% Hispanic, 25% African American, 16% non-Hispanic White, and 5% other groups. Pruitt serves schools in the North East Independent School district, particularly the Roosevelt cluster schools - Camelot Elementary, Montgomery Elementary, Walzem Elementary, Windcrest Elementary, Krueger Middle School, Ed White Middle School, and Roosevelt High School. Community partner Rackspace Foundation has sponsored a popular Family Chess program at Pruitt and the surrounding schools since 2010.
There is no Freedom of Expression Area on NEISD property. Patrons are welcome to use the public sidewalk across from Roosevelt High School as is allowable by law. Freedom of Expression Areas are specifically designated areas on San Antonio Public Library grounds where free expression activities may occur.
Molly Pruitt was elected to the board of North East Independent School District in 1984 and served for 24 years. She was also a North East Educational Foundation Board Member and is a parent of Theodore Roosevelt HS graduates. As part of the 2003 General Obligation Bond election, $900,000 was approved by the city toward the cost of the construction with NEISD for a dual-use Library at Roosevelt HS. The total area of the Library is 12,693 square feet, including the children’s area, meeting room space, reading areas, conference room, and restrooms. The Molly Pruitt Library had its grand opening October 10, 2009.
The Molly Pruitt Library is located in northeast San Antonio on the campus of Roosevelt High School. Ten parking spaces near the flagpole are designated for Library visitors, but patrons may park anywhere in the parking lot. Three spaces near the entrance to the Library are reserved for Curbside Pickup during school hours.
From Walzem Road about four blocks south of I-35, turn onto Ray Bon Drive and take the first driveway on your right. The Library’s entrance is in front of you, off the circle drive just left of the big glass windows. Patron parking is in the numbered spaces next to the sidewalk by the flagpoles.
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