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Patient/Family Library
A Program of the Department of Volunteer Services
The Patient/Family Library offers books (including foreign language books), magazines, newspapers, puzzles, audio books and CD players. Volunteers also travel throughout the Main Building with a cart replenishing reading materials in waiting areas.
Location: Main Building, Floor 1, near The Aquarium, R1.2212
Hours: Weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Weekends and after hours call
713-792-7180
Telephone: 713-792-1080
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General Fiction/Non-Fiction
Magazines/Newspapers
Audio books/CD Players
Puzzles/Games
Large Print Books
Spanish Material
The fiction and nonfiction selection in the permanent collection, as well as audio books and CD players, may be borrowed for two weeks after a library card is issued.
Paperbacks may be borrowed without a library card.
Current best sellers and audio books are purchased on a monthly basis.
Book Donation Policy
Based on limited storage space and infection control requirements, only clean paperback books and current magazines – no more than three months old – are accepted.