Cody Branch Library celebrates 40 years of service to community
Published on May 10, 2024
Festivities include a speaking program, games, and activities for the whole family.
SAN ANTONIO (May 10, 2024) – San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) is celebrating 40 years of Cody Branch Library (11441 Vance Jackson, 78230) on Saturday, May 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. In addition to family-friendly games and activities, the anniversary celebration will include a speaking program beginning at 10:30 a.m. featuring remarks from Library Board of Trustees Vice Chair Jo Ann Harris, Assistant City Manager David W. McCary, and Interim Library Director Kathy Donellan.
Plans for this free, public event include:
- All ages crafts and activities
- Limited-edition commemorative buttons (while supplies last)
- A selfie photo booth for commemorative keepsake photos
- Tunes fit for a boombox – jam out to the top hits of 1984!
- Popular board games from the 1980s
- Smarty, San Antonio Public Library’s loveable mascot
- Light refreshments
Cody Branch Library is nestled between quiet neighborhoods on San Antonio’s north side along a busy strip of Vance Jackson between Wurzbach Parkway and Huebner Road. The library is equally lively, recording nearly 160,000 visits in 2023 and placing it regularly among SAPL’s top five most visited branch library locations.
The Edmund Cody Branch Library opened April 29, 1984 as the 14th branch established by the San Antonio Public Library. The library is built on land donated by the Northside Independent School District (NISD) and is named in honor of Mr. Edmund Cody, who served as the Superintendent of NISD for seventeen years. Mr. Cody was instrumental in promoting the community library. Cody Branch Library was renovated and expanded between 1998-1999, when the facility’s meeting and study rooms were added.
Upon its opening, the Friends of Cody Branch Library funded the purchase furniture and items for the collection. The current Friends of Cody will be at the 40th Anniversary celebration hosting a used book sale and recruiting new members to support the library.
For more information about San Antonio Public Library including locations and services, visit MySAPL.org. Library staff is available by phone at 210-207-2500 or by chat at Ask.MySAPL.org.