Northridge Branch Library

This is a tiny, tiny library but has everything that a library has to offer. Around noon it gets a little crowded from people who want to use computers there but it’s still pretty quiet and nice to study and read.

I love this library!
It’s because of this library that I was able to read my favorite series. The people are so helpful and very kind. I love being able to hold books online as well which is my favorite part of having this library. You can just make an account online and you can browse books and you can hold them and the library can get the books from the other libraries and hold it for you. I love that feature. Thank you!

There are many reasons to love this library.
1) it’s next to a Wienerschnitzel
2) CSUN across the street, you get co-​eds. And may catch the occasional porn shoot (the non-​porn intro)
3) this is my favorite… watching people come up to the door not knowing the operating hours and seeing their disappointment AND for some reason… they ask you what the operating hours are when it’s on the window and you just sit there watching them get indignant about the hours of operation when they can simply just read the hours. I mean, their body literally stiffens. This is FREE ENTERTAINMENT! It’s astonishing that people can’t read numbers… at a library.
I like their DVD selection here. It’s not big, but they have cool weird titles. Incidentally… EVERY single L.A. Library I’ve been to has a copy of «Amelia.» From the box art, I assume it’s about Amelia Earhart. I’ve never seen this movie. Nor seen it on Red Box, Netflix, Hulu, etc… It almost feels like the dvd is following me around. So weird.

Great place to study plenty of computers free wifi. Only problen chairs for compter use very low in comparison to the desk

I have mixed feelings about this library. The parking is terrible and their children’s section is small and not really fit for little ones. However, they do have a good selection of children’s books.

It can get a little loud when there are kids around, but it’s a library and it gets the job done. There are books. There are tables where you can do your thing. There are computers if you need one. There’s free wifi if that gets you excited.
In terms of staff, they are friendly enough; one thing that bugs me is that the reference desk is smack dab in the middle of the library. The librarians basically make no effort to use their inside voices and the phones sometimes ring the hook.
It’s kind of inconvenient, but they also keep the bathrooms locked; I didn’t think Northridge was that ghetto (you can get the key from the front desk).
They often have events in the conference room in the front. One time, I came in and they were giving away cookies and punch :) unfortunately, about 10 minutes later, they announced over the speakers that they were going to have a drum circle. So much for the library being a quiet place :/​
In any case, it’s a decent library with a decent sized parking lot with plenty of street parking. If you don’t want to pay the ridiculous parking fees at csu-​Northridge, it’s a good place to park. Just remember, there’s a 2 hour limit (except on Sundays and after 6pm all other days)!

I like this library, it has most of the books that I want, and the staff is super friendly in ordering ones they don’t have and assisting you with other things as well.

Today while tutoring a 14 year old girl at an LA public library, there was a man watching porn on a computer right next to our table. There were other children sitting all around us. I get up to tell the librarian, and receive a reply saying they can’t monitor what people do on the Internet. Instead, the librarian offers the man a different computer away from us (but closer to the CHILDREN’S section of the library!!) There could be a sex offender pedophile 2 feet away getting off watching porn (possibly even child pornography) in a library full of children. There is something incredibly wrong with humanity if such an action is acceptable. Parents need to know what the heck is going on.

The best newest library in the valley. All of the latest books.

I’ve been living in the Valley for 6 years now and I pass by this library practically 5 days a
week and I never knew about it. I’m so glad I know now because this place is GREAT! My friend had told me about their story time that they have 2 times a week, I took my son here and we both had a wonderful time. The lady who coordinates the story time is really sweet and just having the interaction with other children is nice. The library is clean and has of course tons of books and they have a nice area for children to sit and read books and just play.
I even got a library card woo hoo! :) Looking forward to coming back and bringing my baby boy so glad it’s so close by.

Not a studying library at all

Volunteer story readers for kids on selected days & times. I usually catch the Saturday volunteer who arrives at 12pm. She is great. Each child receives a pencil, bookmark, and sticker.
Also, they have 1 kid movie a month, usually on a Tuesday or Thursday afternoon.

This is a great branch. The DVD selection is really good and there is a large selection of periodicals. There is a decent selection of books but it’s not the largest library so they don’t have a a great quantity.
There are about 30 computers for use and the internet is quite fast. You don’t get knocked off and the wireless is pretty good too. Every once in a while their internet connection is down but it’s pretty rare when it happens.
If you have kids, this is a great library for you. A huge portion of the library contains children’s books and there is a children’s reading section. The only problem with this is that if you don’t have kids and you go in the afternoon when school gets out, you’ll be listening to lots of chatter and possible screaming. I’ve noticed that a very high percentage of the parents who bring their kids to the library don’t seem to have control over them so the poorly behaving kids continue to do so once they’ve started.
The only other bad thing about this library is that so many of the people who use this branch seem to think that the rule about not using cell phones in the library or at least turning off the ringer doesn’t pertain to them. The librarian at the help desk has to constantly use the intercom to say «Please turn your cellphones or off go outside if you need to use them» but they never kick anyone out unless they do it over and over. But it happens so often that it’s basically a constant noise in the background that shifts between cellphones going off and the intercom.
This is a great branch to use depending on the time that you come. It can be quiet and a nice place to read or study and it can be a noisy, prepubescent infested building where control is lacking from staff and parents.

And now, for a lesson in postmodernism: I am actually at the Northridge Branch Library right now, watching someone at another table read Unilocal reviews for the Northridge Branch Library. It’s pretty trippy. If you read this, review reader at the table in front of me, I updated my review for you. Maybe you will turn around and see me staring intently at you; maybe not.
This is weird. Five stars.

I had a change of opinion when it comes to this library
~~~I LOVE THIS PLACE~~~
The DVD selection is SPLENDID… There are so many good titles to choose from it’s awesome 8)))
I am never without a great DVD… nothing like FREE movies.
The internet connection here is lightening FAST and NEVER knocks you off line (some branches you constantely can NOT stay connected)…so you can come in, read the newspaper, rent movies, and chill in the air condition on these HOT ⁹⁰⁄₁₀₀ degree evenings/​days
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A sad event happened here at this branch on WED ⁵⁄₆
A female had her laptop stolen from a table she was sitting at… she had walked away to do something and when she came back it was GONE
So my advice to anyone using the library (when u bring your laptop and use it inside) WATCH YOUR SHIT!!!
Theives are waiting for peeps to slip… believe me
SAD…But TRUE