Library services Reviews

Reading is, for me, the ultimate relaxation; a way to experience extraordinary events and places without leaving the room, and to get to know people I wouldn't meet in the real world. Interesting, mind-expanding and thought-provoking, reading is the one skill I would never want to lose. Vistas and whole new worlds open before me when I open a ...  Read the complete review

After just having returned from one of our regular trips to the library I felt compelled to give my thoughts on the services we receive there and our experiences. It is only in the last year or so that I have been going to the library regularly and this is because of my two young daughters. The eldest is nearly 3 and the youngest is 1 ...  Read the complete review

I've been going to our library since my time at primary school. I can't remember how often our Mum would take us but at the end of the day she'd walk us along, on a 3 minute journey, where my favourite books to take out were Asterix & Oblix, Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy and anything by Roald Dahl. No one else in my family has such a ...  Read the complete review

My parents house was so full of books that my mother complained that it resembled a library. They both enjoyed books , but as far as I know were not even members of the local library. I just haven't got the space in our rather crowded abode, I've now got just two smallish bookcases, and thats it. I like to think I've got better things to do than ...  Read the complete review

Libraries I find are great places to spend time in. Just being surrounded by all those books-amazing. There are so many activities going on in libraries and they can be fun places to be in. Thinking of my local library there are so many things going on such as Baby Bounce and Rhyme Time for the little ones which looks fun and a wonderful ...  Read the complete review

Libraries - they are for me one of the best things available free of charge!!! When I were lad, my nan used to take me to the library every other wednesday after school. We would get as all the books we wanted then she would take us over to the little shop on the corner and we could buy a chocolate bar to eat after tea that night. This ...  Read the complete review

I've always been an avid reader and have been a member of a local library for most of my life. Growing up in a rural village, I looked forward to the mobile library service visiting once a fortnight and I used to walk away with a carrier bag stuffed full of books. Now, as a mother of two, visiting the library is still very much part of my regular ...  Read the complete review

I am a prolific reader; I just love to get a good book and lose myself in it. In today's climate more than ever, it's not financially viable to be buying every time you want to read. Despite the cheap books in the supermarkets, who has the cash to splash out on these luxuries? The good news is, this doesn't mean you have to stop reading, it just ...  Read the complete review

As a stay at home mum the local library is an important part of my life and weekly routine with my boys. I love the resources that are on offer and would be lost without it. The library that is closest to us is very small but there is a real community feel about it. The librarian is absolutely lovely and can't do enough to help you out ...  Read the complete review

Public libraries are a lot like Woolworths, in that a lot of people profess to love them, but the sales/visitor figures would seem to suggest that these same individuals maybe aren't patronising their local library. So, to borrow the Woolies allusion one last time, use them or lose them! As a professional librarian I am aware of the ...  Read the complete review

As a child I would visit the library perhaps once every few weeks and borrow various books, I always remember having to be quiet and feeling generally uncomfortable whilst there. How times have changed! The childrens section of my main library and two of the smaller ones I use are outstanding. I think it is vital for kids to be able ...  Read the complete review

Public Libraries... Are they a thing of the past or something that we should all be more grateful more? Libraries have been around since there were books or pieces of writing, everybody needs a place to store books and so they create a library to store books and knowledge. Almost every town in the United Kingdom now has a public library which is ...  Read the complete review

Those of you who have read a few of my reviews will probably know I work in a library. Libraries are important to me ~ not just because they pay my wages but because I love books and also like to share this love with others. I don't claim to know everything about Library Services but I think, after over ten years in the business, I have some ...  Read the complete review

There will always be a need for public libraries so long as schools assign term papers. The reason I say this is that I remember the number of books I had to go through with some of the papers I had to write. No student (or parent) would be willing to spend that kind of money for books they?ll be using once or twice. Also, many people ...  Read the complete review

I have never been one for buying new books. I am a fairly quick reader and finish a longish novel in a few days (well, I used to before I discovered this site!) so I figure buying book after book, especially hard back ones, was a waste of money. I do confess to having bought a few from charity shops, but at 10p a copy, you can't go wrong. ...  Read the complete review

Public libraries are the hallmark of a civilised, democratic society. That may sound like a pompous old truism but it's as important now as it ever was. Especially as libraries can house internet terminals and other technological methods of learning. The underfunding of the public library service in the 80s was a national disgrace. It seems ...  Read the complete review

As a child our family made regular trips to the local library. I quickly grew to love books and I would borrow both fictional and non-fiction books. I loved reading The Famous Five, the Hardy boys etc. (I even remember borrowing an encyclopedia for weeks so that I could learn the sign alphabet.) As I grew older the services at the local ...  Read the complete review

***Updated*** 03/03/02 - see the end of the op Ah, the library. Perhaps the most underrated public service of all. People often seem to take the service for granted, but think about it - where else can one research, learn, relax, discuss, laugh, cry and stay out of the rain as it buckets down for hours on end? And all without charge. ...  Read the complete review

The Library….An Aladdin’s Cave … I love books and remember well the first time I joined a Library, I must have only been about 10 at the time but the thrill and pleasure of having 3 tickets with my name on them that meant I could pick 3 books of my choice. The thing I loved about the Library was the sheer ...  Read the complete review

I am in a library right now because my mum had to sell her computer as she di not have enough money to pay the man for the things she brought from him last week so now if I want to come to dooyou then I have to go to the library and log on it My mum was supposed to come and pick me up from the library at 7 o’clock but she might have ...  Read the complete review