Naperville Public Library: 95th Street Library

While the 95^th Street Branch of the Naperville Public Library isn’t close to me by any means, it’s a gorgeous library and I enjoy stopping by when I’m in south Naperville. Unlike Nichols, the 95^th Street Branch is open, light and airy with tons of windows along the façade. It gives the entire library a very warm and inviting look. All of the book, periodical and AV stacks are modern and sleek.
The only thing that’s annoying about this library is that it’s more or less impossible to get to from north Naperville between the hours of 4 – 7 p.m. due to the severe southbound rush hour traffic. However, that is hardly the fault of the library.

Don’t come here unless you are over 30. The staff discriminates against teenagers. After coming back a constant amount of times to get some studying done, the rude and disgraceful staff constantly harasses us with mean comments and sassy attitudes preventing us from having good study time. We have constant encounters with ignorant staff who gives the older people priority, while we come with good intentions to study and frequently. I mean, if they want teens to come so badly by opening up their «teen café», then why do we get nasty looks whenever we come in. The library is so close to the school, but I’m not sure why since they obviously don’t want any teenagers with good intentions to study. A good idea would be to hire some younger staff members who aren’t stern old woman who jump on the chance to kick out teenagers from their space. Though there are a couple nice librarians (like 2), the staff is the worst part of the experience. We will be returning many more times, with no other option, so I guess we will just have to deal with it. I cringe every time the librarians make an ignorant comment to us, such as suspecting us of gambling for using math Flashcards and threatening to kick us out. Once the vending machine didn’t dispense a drink after a friend payed for it so we contacted a staff member and we were accused of «stealing» and trying to trick them into giving us a free drink. How they treat the community youth is heinous and until it improves I don’t think any student will be able to enjoy the library experience. There is one librarian in specific that really despises us and rolls her eyes whenever we walk in and ask for a study room. She practically begs other library-​goers to take a room before we get one so she doesn’t have to deal with us. I love the library’s modern style and how it is set up and all of the resources it has, but with an unhelpful staff it is completely unenjoyable and makes you want to not come back. There is really no other place to go to work in peace, half of the time we end up sitting outside of the library so we don’t have to put up with the insane librarians. We are all hoping for a change and it would be great to see this library shape up, because with all of it’s cool features, the staff spoils them. Speaking for the majority of high school students, this place may be good place to study at, but unfortunately the staff is outdated.

BEST Library lives up to its name! Beyond the usual books and such, they have all of the equipment you would need in your own office to copy, transfer, scan, etc any electronic file. ALL for FREE. PLUS…$ 0.25 color copies versus Staples at $ 0.49. What more can you ask???

This place is «tutor city» after 3pm (which is why I’m here weekly). It runs like a well-​oiled machine. Excellent location, quiet, and perfect temperature!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
A building neat and clean and big and bright
And I could roam the stacks ’til nine at night,
The staff so helpful and deserving praise.
Their vast, commodious amount of books–
They keep me sane through nights of little rest.
And you could place a hold or a request;
Then they’ll be ready for you to pick up so you don’t have to go upstairs to look.
Too many syllables in that last line…
Oops. I’m not really good at poetry.
It’s hard to write in iambs and in rhyme
but props to Barrett Browning because she
Inspired this review and this design
by which I tell my favorite place to be.

I love this library. I’ve been going here since it opened and I remember that we’d have to go across town to the Naper Blvd one before that, so now it’s just a five minute drive! The selection is great, and if they don’t have something, they’ll find it for you! It’s easy to find everything. My only complaint is their ebooks. I wish that the selection was bigger and I wish that they had more copies of popular books or shorter check out lengths.

This 5-​star review is for their children’s section. I came here to participate in a French storytime class the library was offering with Language Stars
The room that the storytime was in was beautiful! So much space and the AV equipment was up-​to-​date. The carpets were super clean. You could see how much care goes into keeping this library spotless.
After class, my 10 month old and I went straight for the kid’s area. Wow! When you enter the library from the main entrance, to your left, the entire first floor is dedicated to children’s learning. There were coloring pages with different letters to learn about, flash cards in the common area, a puppet theater with puppets, shelves and shelves of books, play areas, computer stations, and even a LARGE periodical section. They had information on infant literacy and a message board that listed the endless amount of story times available throughout the month of March.

It’s wondrous. Not much else to say. Clean, organized, helpful. Oh, and their children’s story times and drive-​thru book/​media return can’t be beat. No wonder they have been awarded top library in the nation before!

Wow. This is a big new shiny public library. The selection of materials seemed really good and there were lots of computers. I saw staff readily helping patrons throughout the library with multiple service points.
I was here for training in there computer lab and the librarians extended us every courtesy. I’m jealous that their community invests so much in their libraries.