CLOSING

Cinco Ranch Branch Library will RE-OPEN on Monday, March 9. 

Cinco Ranch Branch patrons with hold items available for pickup on or before March 6, 2026, currently being held at the Fulshear Branch Library, should visit the Fulshear Branch to pick up those items. If another location is more convenient, please contact the Fulshear Branch Library to have your items rerouted to your preferred pickup location.

 
Any hold requests filled after March 6 will be held at the Cinco Ranch Branch and will be available during its open hours. The pickup location will be indicated on your hold notification.

 

Monique Franklin Appointed Interim Director for Library System

Monique Franklin

June 2024

Fort Bend County Commissioners Court announced the appointment of Monique Franklin as Interim Library Director for the Fort Bend County library system on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

As Interim Director, Franklin will oversee the daily operation of the library system until the library director position is filled.

Franklin has been with Fort Bend County as Assistant Library Director for 1 year, serving under former Library Director Clara Russell, who retired on June 7, 2024. She first joined Fort Bend County Libraries in September 2011 as Adult Collection Development Coordinator for the library system.

Franklin came to the Fort Bend County library system after working for 10 years at Harris County Public Library, where she served as children’s materials selection librarian. She has also worked as a children’s librarian at Houston Public Library and the Free Library of Philadelphia.

She began her library career as a branch manager and youth services coordinator at St. Charles Parish Library in Destrehan, Louisiana, after receiving her master’s degree in library science from Louisiana State University.