Abbottsfield – Penny McKee Library

I came in here today to pick up a reusable library bag as well as to see if they have anything my local Londonderry branch does not offer and I have to agree with most of what Ben D. has said here. The books here are almost non existent. The adult fiction section was particularly laughable as they only had a couple of shelves with several very noticeable gaps in various places
I can’t imagine what it would be like to try and walk in and get a computer terminal here without pre booking. Much like Ben mentioned they are eighty percent occupied by kids playing games or on Facebook. In general there is just alot of loitering here and not nearly enough use of library materials.
The reason I went with two stars versus one is that I really liked the ladies working here. They did a great job multi tasking and assisting patrons with requests that don’t really fall under their lists of expected duties like showing a man with poor english skills how to use google to find a used lap top and allowing a slightly obnoxious teen to use their phone to find a ride home.
The study tables here are far too close to the stacks, there are not enough books, there was almost no new materials in their hits to go section, and there are not enough computer terminals to deal with the demand in this community. If EPL really wants to assist in revitalizing 118^th then they have to come up with a better location for this place because it just fails on far too many levels.

This «library» should be renamed Abbottsfield Penny McKee DAYCARE/​ARCADE.
The books in this place are hardly ever touched, I don’t know why they even bothered to buy any for this location.
And don’t even think about trying to get a computer with internet access.
This is a place where single moms on welfare drop off their kids in order to go to the bar or play bingo. I kid you not.
Loud, pushy, obnoxious, rude kids with no manners or civility hog computer terminals all day long playing videos games and watching rap videos on Youtube.
You will find no privacy or silence in this place.
This library is a waste of taxpayers money and should be closed down.