Howard County Library

from our MHMS Daring School Library Media Edublog post:
We are so lucky to have a marvelous local public library close to our Murray Hill Middle School! The Howard County Public Library Savage Branch has been a fixture in our community for decades… but it really needed a facelift, it needed expanding, it needed a HITech makeover. And it got it!
From the website: «The renovated and greatly expanded HCLS Savage Branch & STEM Education Center further positions HCLS as a 21^st century educational institution, delivering 21^st century public education for all. A launching point for the STEM career pipeline, the contemporary branch centers on science and technology, tripling classroom space for the delivery of the enhanced HCLS STEM curriculum for children and teens.»
One of my best resources and friends there at the Savage Branch is Teens’ Instructor and Specialist, Ms. Sarah Cooke!
She has such amazing programs for our teens — and now with this new renovation those teens have a super cool new hangout in the library! The Teen Hangout & Café! (Ok, I just named it that!)
Wonderful bright spaces to read, work, and contemplate. Like a slick airport — with books! Many different areas to plug in laptops or tablets — a multitude of desktop computers ready for you! Comfy furniture, abundant books & materials, friendly librarians, and a slick futuristic design make this a significant contribution to the heart of our community!
Service there is extraordinary! Just call, ask for a book, and they will find and hold it for you! LOVE all the changes & all the great stuff is still there, too!

Although the Savage branch is extremely convenient as far as location to us and it is so nice and clean. it is noisy for a library! There is really no regulation here. The irony is that the librarians are usually the loudest.
This is a place I come to study and you would think I would be able to. I think they want to be everything to everyone so if kids are running around and loud .the librarians don’t ask for them to be quiet. It’s very inconvenient in that sense. I wish they would do something about the noise level here. Hard to concentrate.

The Savage branch of the Howard County Library system isn’t as large as some of the other branches, but it’s well laid out. A display of new and interesting titles greets you as you come in, along with the check out and information desk and a station of catalogue computers. Everything you may need assistance with in one place, right as you come inside.
While I will check online to make sure what I’m looking for is available at this branch before I venture in, it’s convenient to where I live and has a decent shelf of libros en español.

A decent library. A good place to get some quiet reading in.