Sulema Vielma, Managing Librarian Deborah Ortiz, Library Assistant

Cepeda Branch 651 N. Pleasant Valley Rd. Austin, TX 78702 (512) 974-7372 Hours Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Friday Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Sunday Getting to Cepeda Branch Location map, bus routes: 4, 17, 100, 122, 135 & 300.

What you can find at the Cepeda Branch:

1. Access to over 60, 000 books, magazines, recorded books, DVDs, and music CDs
2. Public Internet computers and wireless access
3. Meeting room space for public use
4. Connected Youth Center providing programs and computers for youth from 8-17 years of age.
5. New Immigrants Center (NIC)

About the Cepeda Branch

Although the Cepeda Branch opened on June 20, 1998-the branch itself has a history in East Austin that spans over 25 years. The branch officially got its start back in 1975 as the Rosewood-Zaragoza Branch, located within the Rosewood-Zaragoza Recreation Center on Webberville Road. Then in 1978, having outgrown its space at the Center, the branch was moved to a shopping center on E. 7th Street and renamed Govalle. A few years later, the Govalle Branch was relocated to a leased site on E. César Chávez, where it remained for the next 10 years.

Finally in 1992, after East Austin residents had campaigned for over a decade for a new branch facility in their area, a city bond issue passed which appropriated funds for building six new branches in Austin, including one for Govalle. The site on Pleasant Valley Road was soon chosen, and in the spring of 1997, ground breaking ceremonies were carried out for the new branch. While initially the branch was to be named the Zaragoza Branch, the decision was made in 1997 to name the new facility the Cepeda Branch in honor of Eustasio Cepeda, the community leader for the Latino community in the 1930s and 1940s.