The first come, first serve or 'Snatch and Grab' policy risks physical injury with the manner in which they let everyone in at the time of opening as well as people getting to a room at the same time which has caused arguments to break out multiple times. One other significant pet peeve of mine is they let a single person take the larger rooms with 6 to 8 chairs. All of that extra space is not being utilized by other people who could use it for group meetings. This is almost as bad if not worse than the 'snatch and grab a study room' policy. They have small, medium, and large study rooms for a reason, but they'll allow only one person to take over the larger rooms rather than a labeled sign that says, 'At Least 3 Occupants Per Use In This Room'
Best place to get some work done. VERY quite especially compared to the Carmel Library. Wifi is fast, and you don't have to check in to use study rooms. But they are first come first serve, so they are often full.
Kids Section is WAYYYYYYY TOO LOUD
We are VERY ANGRY! We were told a couple of different times, at the library, that we could come to the library today and pick up 5 pair of eclipse glasses each. We arrived 15 to 20 minutes before the library opened this morning and got in line. It was long, but not unreasonably so. Then someone from the library came down the line and told us they were only giving out glasses to the first 100 people and we were behind that. They're saving the rest for Monday at 1:00!! We'd promised our grandkids we'd have glasses for them too - so we are VERY UPSET!!! Arriving the first thing this morning - we should have had glasses! If we'd know this, we would have looked for glasses other places. Now it's too late! Communication should have been better!
This library is fantastic! The only reason I'm not giving it a 5 star rating, is due to their significantly flawed study room policy. In past instances, I've gone EVERY morning for weeks on end to try and get a study room. Technically it's possible to get one, but essentially you have to lightly, yet quickly jog once they open the doors for the groups of people who are waiting outside in line. Everyone knows you have to make haste without fully running. It's honestly pathetic, but it's the way it goes since they don't have a reservation system in place like other libraries.
The staff is always smiling and so friendly. I used to come here a lot when I was in high School. Now I don't go as often but when I am in town I am there.
I've also seen people grab study rooms, leave their bags and books to mark it as theirs, while they leave for 20 to 30 minutes to grab lunch and return later at their convenience with their fast food in hand. No one should be allowed to leave their things as a method of holding a room down if they aren't even going to be present to occupy it for the whole timeframe. The rest of us shouldn't have to be without one just because you think you're of special privilege.
Other than that, it's a great library! Clean, well kept, great selection and resources! The study room policy absolutely has to change though because I wouldn't be surprised if fights haven't broken out or will break out soon due to nature of this flawed system that is crucially needing to be remedied.
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