The Waller County Public Library in Hempstead, along with the Brookshire-Pattison Branch, is part of the Waller County Library System and serves 44,000 residents of the city of Hempstead, Texas. The library maintains over 50,000 volumes and circulates approximately 111,000 items per year, including books, DVDs, books on CD, magazines, and eBooks. The library offers public computers with internet access, WiFi, printing, copying, faxing, & scanning, summer reading programs, and other events.