Editing Houston Public Library (section)

===HPL Express locations===
[[File:Southwest Multi-Service Center.JPG|thumb|Southwest Multi-Service Center, which includes HPL Express Southwest]]
HPL Express locations are library facilities located within existing buildings.<ref>"[http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/hplx.html HPL Express] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301022946/http://www.houstonlibrary.org/branches/hplx.html |date=2009-03-01 }}." ''Houston Public Library''. Accessed July 12, 2008.</ref> Each express location contains three areas: one book center, one computer center, and one classroom facility.<ref name="ExpressSW">"[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4294394 Electronic library to be built within new Multi-Service Center / City's first branch to have abundance of CDs, DVDs]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. March 1, 2007. Accessed July 12, 2008.</ref>

Express locations:
* HPL Express Discovery Green
* HPL Express Southwest (opened in fall 2007)<ref name="ExpressSW" />
* HPL Express Vinson (opening fall 2009) - Located in a {{convert|42000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} facility in the South Post Oak Multi-Service Center, adjacent to the new Vinson Neighborhood Library; the total library facility will be double the size of the original Vinson facility.<ref name="VinsonExpress">"[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4467769 HIRAM CLARKE / Multiservice center, library set / City officials hope $10 million facility will earn LEED designation]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. November 29, 2007. Accessed July 12, 2008.</ref>

Former express locations:
* Morris Frank Library, an HPL Express Location ([[Fondren Southwest, Houston, Texas|Fondren Southwest]]) - Located in a {{convert|12000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} section of the first floor of the Brays Oaks Towers.<ref>"[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2008_4585201 SOUTHWEST HOUSTON / Frank library to move, reopen in the fall]."''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. June 19, 2008. Accessed July 12, 2008.</ref> It replaced the formerly standalone Frank Library.<ref name="Frankmove"/> In 2023 it was replaced by the Walker Library.<ref name=Ackermancutting/>