Editing Spring, Texas (section)

===Public libraries===
[[Harris County Public Library]] (HCPL) operates several library branches.

HCPL operates the Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park at 22248 Aldine Westfield Road, south of the Spring CDP.<ref name="Boettcherlibrary">"[http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/bb/bbinfo.htm Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library @ Mercer Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518004155/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/bb/bbinfo.htm |date=2008-05-18}}." [[Harris County Public Library]]. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref><ref>Staff. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4350125 Nice and steady] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617070922/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4350125 |date=2012-06-17}}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Thursday May 24, 2007. ThisWeek 4. Retrieved December 9, 2011. "Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library in Spring"</ref> The {{convert|10,137|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch opened in 1986.<ref name="Boettcherlibrary" /> It was constructed on donated land. It was named after Baldwin Boettcher, a German settler. His descendants deeded the homestead to Harris County. The plans stated that the Boettcher staff would assist the Mercer Park staff in finding any botanical reference books that they or the public need.<ref>Beust, Brenda. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_223564 The Dirt On Houston's BLOOMS]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Thursday March 6, 1986. Weekend Preview 1. Retrieved December 9, 2011.</ref>

The Barbara Bush Branch Library at Cypress Creek is at 6817 Cypresswood Drive in an area with a Spring address west of the Spring CDP. The {{convert|32000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} branch opened in 1976 and was upgraded and expanded in 2002.<ref>"[http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/cc/ccinfo.htm Barbara Bush Branch Library at Cypress Creek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518004127/http://www.hcpl.net/branchinfo/cc/ccinfo.htm |date=2008-05-18}}." [[Harris County Public Library]]. Retrieved November 23, 2008.</ref> Construction of the current library began in the summer of 2000. The current branch was anticipated to house over 120,000 books and materials, making it twice as large as the previous branch. Jesse Sendejas of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' said there was "a need to provide a more spacious and accommodating facility to Spring and its surrounding areas. That was apparent when county voters approved a $15 million bond for library improvements in November 1997."<ref name="Worth">Sendejas, Jesse. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2000_3253424 Construction work under way on Barbara Bush branch library]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Wednesday September 20, 2000. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved December 9, 2011.</ref>