San Diego County Library

me encanta este lugar, siempre limpio, organizado y muchos empleados disponibles a ayudarnos, sin embargo, la seccion de espanol no hay muchos libros, el area de ninos esta muy comodo y bonito a mi hijo le encanta ir porque siempre encuentra libros que le interesan y hay dias que tienen actividades gratis para ellos. :)

I really enjoy going to this library for my son. They have a wonderful kids section and many different story times for different ages. The employees are very kind to my son and I which enriches our experiences there all the more. This library has books, movies and events for all ages and I find that the county library system seems to have more funding than another system.

Great library. Unfortunately, they allow many repeat weirdos to curse, watch porn, talk openly on cell phones, etc. An elderly one, named «Andr-​w, arrives late evenings and uses obscene language, non-​stop & out loud. There are others: bad body odor, pets, refuse to cover their sneeze/​cough, etc.
Then today there’s another (short-​haircut, slim) young man (very disturbed) on computer #8 (5:50pm) who appeared to grope an elderly red-​head patron as she randomly passed by him. She was very upset. Then he cussed at a female employee and slammed the doors as he stormed out of the library. An elderly/​disabled person or child could’ve been injured by this nut. He did this last summer. The police station is 20-​steps away.
Why are visibly disturbed patrons allow to return this library???

Need more computers… waiting hour to use one stinks… this is a great library… love the staff. Parking available and safe

Clean, quiet, various selection of books. They got a reading time for kids! Who hates on libraries? Definitely not me.

A good study spot

I enjoy the activities they provide the children. I like coming here for some peace and quiet. During the morning they have children in there so it can get loud. I’m not sweating it though.
You do see some homeless (bums) but hey where else are they doing to go for free wifi. 1 or 2 I dont mind but sometimes you see more and its just something I would not expect. whatever
Easy to check out/​in books. If you have children I recommend checking out their schedules and bring your kids in for some singing or reading!

I love my La Mesa Library, that is, when they have the books I’m looking for. This last time I went searching on line for about 4 – 5 different books, all not available = (but, you can put your request in and they are pretty good about email you when they are available for pick up. I ended up just running down there, literally the 3.0 miles round trip and found two books, I wasn’t even looking for. Started one of them already called Eat My Globe, and I’m hooked already. I will continue to use La Mesa Library for my reading enjoyment, and maybe one of these days, throw in a dvd or two.

Love the La Mesa branch library. The people are really friendly and the place is very clean. I am glad that I am close enough to come back here again.

I’m at the library at least once or twice a week. What can I say, my family loves our books. I’m a bit bummed that one of our favorite librarians just left. She’s was sweet and gave my daughter many stickers over the years. I’ve always found the librarians to be friendly.
The selection is pretty good but I order almost everything online and through the LINK system if SD county doesn’t have it. I love the Fine Free Friday (last Friday of the month) but don’t mind paying fees because I check out so many books.
I love the little bookstore and often find gems for a good deal.

A beautiful new, modern and clean facility! However, without alert staff, what’s the point of having a brand new place without people to run it?
The wife and I headed in here just to do a few photocopies and because of how it’s set up, people can print from other places while you are standing there manually printing.
So we spent 45 minutes standing there, paying for other peoples’ copies, trying to make change for people giving us money, and sorting through piles of papers trying to figure out what was ours and what other people were printing.
The staff on hand weren’t particularly helpful — and the other people at hand weren’t helping… especially with the jerk sitting at the computers checking his email and having an obnoxiously loud conversation. The guy was a jerk to begin with for having a loud conversation in a library but there need to be staff around to actually enforce things like quiet within a library.
Yes, they have DVD’s, video games, music, books etc etc etc all in this big new building — but again, if there’s nobody around to keep things running smoothly… what’s the point?

Great, new, clean, library! They have wonderful free toddler/​children’s story time on Tuesday & Friday. Nice kids area with tables and games. Rented a DVD and it wasn’t scratched up like the city library’s tend to be.

Libraries are love. This one is air conditioned, new, fairly spacious, and always has a clean bathroom.

This is my local county library. I come here at least once a week. All the librarians are really helpful. One lady always remembers me, shes so nice! I usually request all my books to be sent here, but sometimes I just browse through the stacks. They have a really good selection of books here, I always walk out with way more books than I had intended. They even have videogames to rent! WHAT? Thats a bonus.
The library bookstore also has a really nice selection of books to buy for cheap. I can walk out with 3 – 5 books for around $ 5.
They have «fine free friday», so if you missed returning your books (which I tend to do considering my outstanding fine of $ 14) in which you can return all your late books without paying a fine. I believe it is the last friday of the month!
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!

This library isn’t too bad, but I’ve got to say if you’re smart you’ll utilize their online service and reserve whatever you want to before you go in. If you do that you can be pretty much guaranteed a quick and easy process. I’m a music person when it comes to the library, and I love that there is not checkout limit, even though the collection is pretty beat to hell.

Well, if you are still using DVD’s, then the free selection is pretty good. Excellent variety of daily newspapers. The computer lab is usually busy with people on the free internet here (but, really, sheesh, I would buy internet access before food in the 21^st C! How many folks can live a modern life wo/​broadband and Unilocal!now? Am I really that out of touch??). Anyways, the staff is very friendly, and attitude-​free. Not really a hobo problem here, but maybe a contributing source where the stale smell comes from. Not too many hobos wear clean clothes or have minty-​fresh breath, or have a smart phone. Remember, The Library is the building with the most stories. Come here, and write yours, today!

This place was jam packed the day I came. If this is normal, they need about another 5000 sq ft of space.
Great resource, has wifi (no pop3, imap, nor smtp), books, tapes, videos a plenty. They also have a water fountain
A small kids section as well.

Even though there’s a library within a mile of my house, I drive to this library.
Even though there’s another library another mile away from my house, I drive to this library.
The building is beautiful, parking is plentiful (most of the time). The paperbacks are cataloged, unlike at the city libraries. So, those children’s chapter books series that you have to chase all around the city at the other libraries? You can just request them to be sent to this branch (or any county branch) and pick them up once they are in.
The children’s area is large, although it’d be nice if it were it’s own separate room instead of just off to the side of the large room. I do have to shush my kids more than at the mission valley city library branch. The computers for kid use are easy and my kids love using them. The little tables are nice, I often see older children doing homework there.
The county library web site is much, much better/​easier to navigate than the city library’s.
Also, the staff is lovely & forgiving. We lost a book and were never meant to feel like we are terrible people, unlike our experience at the local city library branch. When you get a library card, you also get a mini-​card for your key chain — I’m never searching for the card, and it makes impromptu trips very easy.
Checkout, as long as you don’t have any fines, is a breeze (you check yourself out!).
I wish the libraries that are closer to me were more like this lovely place.

Wonderful library. You can reserve anything they have online, and they’ll have it delivered to the branch for you to pick up. They have a really good in house selection of books, DVDs and CDs.
My wife and I are also fans of the bookstore inside. A fairly eclectic selection, and a great way to pick up some books on the cheap, and support the library.
The only downside is parking can be a bit of a hassle, especially with all the construction going on. However, T\the staff is friendly, the library is always clean and organized. Certainly one of the better library locations in the county.

I come here weekly and while I love this library and would like to give it a higher rating the customer service is hit or miss. There are a couple ladies who are just rude and grouchy, so much for the «golden years.» They should take lessons from the lovely ladies who volunteer in the Friends of La Mesa bookstore.
One time a particularly grumpy woman came over to my son who was sitting with me in the children’s section and was very rude and asked him to be quiet. News flash lady, the library is a public building, not your personal store. My tax dollars funded that new building and if my 5 year old reads too loud for your taste turn your hearing aid down. There was a loud guy on his cell phone in the movie section who was way louder, and the old bag ignored him.
Today when I tried to pick up a dvd we had requested, the other grumpy lady was working and merely pointed to someone else, she couldn’t even be bothered to answer my question, she just kept jerking her hand out, I stood there until she finally said something because I wanted to annoy her as much as she annoyed me…