County of Los Angeles Public Library – Claremont Public Library

Good selection of books and the workers are friendly. Unfortunately there are a lot of sketchy characters that hang around this library and one must be careful. I have witnessed some pretty scary harassment. And it’s an ongoing issue. I usually order my books online and just pick them up at the desk to avoid too much exposure.

I really enjoy this library! It’s small but they have great customer service, the people that work here are so helpful! Their sections are divided clearly and I can find just about anything I want. My one critique is they need more board books in the children’s department; my preschool class loves board books and I need more diverse books. There is a room next to the children’s section where you can rent DVDs and the best thing is you can rent DVDs for free! When I would visit other libraries they charged me to rent DVDs but not at this one! Great move Claremont! I love it here!

I like this library! It’s spacious, and they have a separate rooms for children to keep the volume level low on «adult/​teen» side. There are a handful of independent study desks with outlets, so thats really nice. They have 2 study rooms (2 hour max) that you can reserve. The noise level is equivalent to studying in a café, which makes it a decent study spot for colleges students. They also have a lot of tables so its good if you want to study in groups.
Other than that — the staff is generally friendly and the place is pretty clean. No complaints :)

I love this library.
I love how it looks like it was part of package deal with the J. Edgar Hoover FBI building, yet is cozy inside. My old boss told me that the city and the library couldn’t come to an agreement on how the place would be designed, so the city shotgunned something so it would move forward (Claremont, the city can be a piece of work). I love that they have a huge selection of books, CD’s, movies, and more inside. They have a nice, large children’s section encompassing the entire north wing of the building, complete with a small section for the toddlers to play. Nobody yells at anybody.
I LOVE how organized the LA system is, all branches (and there are DOZENS) all participate and their website allows you to book any material you fancy and they will transport it for free to the branch you want to pick it up at. You can have 50 items checked out at any one time, and 50 more on hold on top of that. Amazing.
The people there are also very amicable, I’ve a couple times had to straighten a couple things out and it was always pleasant and drama-​free. Good human beings. Support this library!

I love the free printing this and other LA CO. libraries offer. Up to 10 pages of free printing per day. It is in the great little village setting in the city of Claremont. Has a kids section w/​separate internet access from the adults. Books can be checked out or retrieved from other LA Co. libraries. Normally a quite atmosphere although when they are having a kids function it tends to get a little loud. Talking on Cell phones in the library is discouraged.

This place is definitely not good for studying
Starbucks is much more quite than here!
Starting from employees and visitors everybody talks LOUD
Some are on the phone chatting
The reception is in the middle of the library you hear all the conversation that is going on there
There are also loud kids
Personally i don’t recommend it as a good place for real studying

This place definitely doesn’t look like it’s been remodeled since it was built (probably in the 60s based on the look of the place). The location isn’t the newest library I’ve seen and definitely needs a little face lift. What it does hold inside is wonderful. When you go inside, you can buy used books, records, etc. for $ 1 (I believe it’s all $ 1 but don’t quote me on that). You just pay for your find at the front desk. Reminds me of my childhood when I would buy piles of books for my reading pleasure. The staff seems pretty friendly and even re-​activated my old library card which I haven’t used in probably 15 years. I secretly wished they could’ve given me a new card instead. I don’t even know what cards look like these days. Are they still green?
The highlight of this library is their Wednesday morning story times. They have a separate room just for this occasion. There’s about 50 kids and 50 parents who pile in at 10:30 every Wednesday (this also repeats at 11:15) and they sing songs, read books and shake musical instruments. It goes by pretty fast since kids’ attention spans aren’t too long. Once they’re done, they would have tiny tables and chairs set up with crayons and paper. The paper would have a cartoon related to a story you’ve just heard in the room. It’s a huge hit. There’s also interactive walls where you can turn wheels to watch something spin. There’s also a little measuring tape taped to the wall so you can see how tall your little one is. It’s great when you need to find something to do with your kids. Parking may be a little hard but there’s free street parking everywhere.

Not the most beautiful library or bathrooms but its adequate. The staff is not too hardened for the pay they can expect working here. There are cheap books for sale and even a household battery drop off. The bathrooms are creepy.

This library is great! I live in Fontana and make the trip down to Claremont because although this an older library it has everything I want. The wi-​fi is a little spotty but their ebook selection is awesome! (It is LA county! San Bernardino County needs to update their ebook system!) This library is QUIET! It is also busy. This library has 2 sets of computers. One set for internet and one for studying and writing papers. The sign up for the internet capable computers is quite efficient. The fact that it is surrounded by beatiful buildings and an equally beautiful neighborhood makes it that much more appealing. The staff is helpful and the books are a plenty!

This library used to be a few blocks away from home. Unfortunately this city doesn’t have the best looking library but it does it’s job and it has a few study rooms. Although I would usually study at school. A small selection of Spanish books. New books and DVD’s have a price to rent. So this is not a free library.
Library loans you a book for 21 days (you could renew it up to 3 times) if it’s late it’s 30¢ per day, per item. A nice feature is that you could download books to your Kindle, Nook and other e-​readers.
You could also borrow materials from The Claremont Colleges you either have to a.) student, alumni, faculty, staff, visiting scholar (no fees), b.) a claremont resident ($ 50 a year) and everyone else is $ 100 a year.

They have a summer reading program for kids. The kids sign in, choose a book, sit and read. When they are done reading they get prizes. This would be great if they had a better selection of kids books, but it’s better than nothing.
Their wifi is hit and miss when you use your laptop there. Half the time my password works and the other half you can’t get on whatsoever. If you want free wifi got to one of the coffee houses in the area this is too ridiculous to bother with.
It’s ok when I can check in, whoever added this site must have added it from there home. Whenever I check in I have to be 2 miles away.

#63. This branch is good if you need a place to study by yourself. They have a couple of study booths and a number of carrels. The study booths can get pretty chilly and have a limit of two hours. However, for group studying, this isn’t the ideal place. There’s only one group study room that holds up to four people.
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My 2¢:
— If you have a library card, there’s free wifi. The hours are a bit odd, but unlike other branches, they are open on the weekends.

I’d Love To Know Why I Can’t Check Into This Library While I’m In Line Waiting To Check Out Books. Unilocal Says I’m Too Far Away & When I Do A Search I’m 3 Miles Away From The Library & I’m Standing Inside It

Little gem of a Los Angeles County public library! I love that it’s open on Sunday afternoons! Staff are very helpful & friendly. Have bought great used books here too!

#352 To prepare for a piano audition the next day, I was in desperate need of some sheet music. I only had so much time to practice, so I decided to walk over from Pomona College to the library to check out their selection. They only had a small shelf dedicated to sheet music, but I was able to track down exactly what I needed. Within 30 minutes, I was in a practice room at Pomona, sight reading several pages of music.
The staff at the library was incredibly helpful and they pointed me in the right direction with no hesitation. The place is rather small, but I enjoy it — there’s no need for every library out there to be expansive. I also appreciate the fact that it’s just a 5-​minute walk from campus. Thumbs up!

As a resident of Claremont, I can check out 50 books! Wow, it’s amazing.

Seems ok. The Unilocal map is totally wrong. The library is located near the intersecting of Bonita and harvard… Map takes you to some residential area off white – and, because of this, you can’t check in here. On the plus side, it’s a very quiet library. I was able to actually hear myself think! But it is a very small library with limited selection.

I began eight years of homelessness in Claremont. One evening I stood outside the door to the public library all night. In the morning the cleaning lady came in and turned on the lights. She disappeared, then reappeared and brought me a cup of coffee. I left town a few days later. Call me a bum, but call that cleaning lady a philanthropist.

Free WiFi… what’s not to like? You have to have an LA County Public Library card, but that’s free. It’s quiet for the most part, and I wouldn’t call it «modern» décor. Also, they keep relatively odd hours.

I was a little upset when I moved to Rancho Cucamonga, and I’ll tell you why. Here I am, first-​time home-​owner, paying taxes up the wazoo for lights and roads and for educating other parents’ children… and on top of that, I have to pay for everything but the books at the local public library. They separated from the county system so that they could better serve their local community, or some-​such nonsense.
Okay, I know that’s not fair. I am a librarian and I guess I know better than to judge another professional for doing what seems best. But still, it really burns my cookies to pay to have something sent across town, or to borrow music, a book-​on-​tape, or even an educational film. What about deaf or elderly people; why should they pay more to «read» the latest murder mystery? And what about those folks who are visual learners; why should they pay more to rent their little DVD on the Crusades or whatever?
So anyways that bothers me.
But then I discovered that the LA County system’s Claremont branch is two blocks away from the train stop on my way home! So now I can have books and CDs sent from all over the county, for free. I can borrow all but the very newest DVDs for free. And I can wander around the lovely old building with their lovely old and new books and read whatever I wish. Gods, I love libraries. If you ask me, they are the epitome of democracy and freedom.
So every Monday I stop here on the way home. And then when I’m coming out, right around 6PM, the theology university church bells are ringing the hour by playing a nice hymn. I never know which one it is because my family church didn’t do hymns, but I just sing along anyways, because most of those hymns just run together, you know?
So if you see a woman walking down Harvard St with a green bag full of library books, singing the Doxology to the tune of «Rock of Ages,» or something, that would probably be me.