Parker Library

Drop your kid off to kids room, buy a book from used bookstore, and enjoy the couch next to the fireplace. 3 stars because Wifi did not work on a Monday afternoon.

It’s nice… quiet. The one thing I am looking for is a quiet place to study without distractions. I truly wish there were more private desks. I am frequently at a table in the open, with others who need a place to sit.
I feel like its a great place to relax and leisure read, but comes up short for the student who seriously needs to spread out a book, notebook, calculator, and wants no distraction. I would love to see those desks with the sidewalls here. I thought at one time they had them, but i dont see them anymore?
The parking lot is full each time I come here. It’s really quite small for a library. I wait on the side for a car to leave before I can park, or park in the shopping center just north of the library.
Big selection and seems good for kids and leisure reading.

I have been going to the Parker library for 13 years. The worst thing about it is that it is too popular for the space available. The library fee vote failed when times were good (they should not have tied it to the cultural center), and then there was no way to pass it once the economy went south. This is the most widely used library in Douglas County, even though it does not get the most funding. As such, there are a lot a kids, a lot teens, a lot of senior citizens (a lot of people, period), and you will be amazed how full the parking lot can be on a Tuesday afternoon.
The staff are friendly and helpful. If you reserve something online, they can have it waiting for pickup in a couple days. This is true even if they have to get it from another branch.
Somehow, the concept of «library decorum» seems to have fallen by the wayside. There seems to be much less quiet reading and research than Starbucks style socializing and cell phone usage these days.

I wish I had come in here sooner when I initially moved to Parker. This is a gem inside Parker. They have a large section of books and it is very clean. Another plus is that there is a ton of seating. But what makes it extra snotty (just the way Parker is) is that it is not just regular seats there are nice couches, sofas and lounge chairs. There are plenty of computers to use. They also have a teen section with comic books and tween books.
They have a room with books for sale in which I bought one for 50 cents. Good deal.
Only bad thing is that they don’t have very many travel books international but have alot of Colorado and good Olé USA. Another bad thing about this place is that Parking SUCKS. SO I always park in the near by business and walk. Good place to pass sometime.

HUGE fan of my local library. The staff is amazing and the variety of items to check out is wonderful. The atmoshere is welcoming and it’s so nice to see so many people in our community take advantage of a great local resource.
I love to come in, sit in one of the big comfy chairs and read all the magazines. My husband has put the kabosh on buying any more cookbooks or knitting books, so I just go to the library and check them out.
As e-​reader owner, I like the ability to check out e-​books and look forward to have a greater variety to choose from.
The change to the parking lot is WONDERFUL. I used to hate to drive through there and had a few near misses trying to get in or out of a space.
My one peeve is the people who idle just outside the front door to drop books in the book return and jack up the traffic for everyone else — but that certainly isn’t the fault of the library.

I really like this library. Everyone who works here is very nice and helpful. Most of the time I just reserve online and run in, check out and I’m out in a flash. I love this feature.
I really, really, really like the reorg of the parking lot making it flow one way. It was complete chaos before but now it really does flow much better.

Love Douglas County Libraries.
The Parker Library has a somewhat newly-​remodeled children’s section. The kids like the touch-​screen computers with interactive games, the puzzles, funny mirrors, and other fun things on the walls.
I love to reserve anything I need online and pick it up. That makes life easier. I pay a lot less for movies than I used to.

The Parker Library is fantastic! The staff there really works hard to help you if you need it. They have a person on staff to help with any techie type questions like «how do you load the share book ap for your nook?» The very helpful woman in charge spent the better part of an hour with my daughter and I explaining the process.
There are always activities, events, classes and reading groups for kids along with special concerts by locally grown artists throughout the summer and they run a program with the Parker Cultural Society for kids called Kitz Kulture.
Recently during the remodel they vamped up what used to be a pile of used books in a little room to the side to a much more attractive «used book store» where you can buy paperbacks for $ 1 and hardbacks for $ 2. Many of these are best sellers so it’s a great value.
In the lower level theres a four sided fireplace with chairs and tables scattered for you to read or work on your laptop. Free wifi of course.
Notice: The parking lot has changed to a one way loop which is a huge improvement but it surprises you if you haven’t been in awhile.
*Parker Trivia: This building was originally a bowling alley.

I used to frequent several of the Denver Library locations and was always so frustrated that whenever I would show up, that location would be closed. If I remember correctly, most (all?) branches of the DPL are closed for 2 different days a week. Once I moved to Parker, I started using the library like crazy. It’s open every day, late Mon-​Thurs. It’s so easy to use their online site and I now order all books, music and movies and have saved a bundle from purchasing them. The library also has some great free programs… I’ve checked out the kid-​friendly stuff but seems that it’s a kid-​friendly sort of a place. Just like Parker.

Parker has definitely outgrown this library, and the town is working on it. They are currently in the process of trying to get a new one approved by taxpayers to be built, until then we have to try and not kill someone while maneuvering this parking lot. Being such a small library, Parker doesn’t have the selection you’d like, true, but they are always willing to get whatever it is you need. The librarians are nice, and haven’t thrown a book at me for losing my library card at least half a dozen times in the span of 4 years. For such a crowded space, this place certainly is relatively quiet, surprisingly enough… despite the throngs of children. Where are all the parents I wonder?

My kids love visiting the library. AND did you know you can check out the latest video games for your kids? Yes… it sure beats buying or renting them.
I also check out the latest cookbooks and make some stuff out of it before I decide to actually buy the book. It helps me save money on cookbooks that suck!

Don’t you know Parker is like, the ultimate place to be?
This place is 4 stars because they usually carry every book or dvd I’m interested in and if not, they find a way to deliver. Sweet. Fine. Amazing. But, minus a star for not having THE BOOKS I am really want to catch up on. Is carrying J. D. Salinger an issue? Honestly.
Watch out for soccer moms. Pimped out dads. Grandmas. Grandpas. Children upon endless children. And never come here around 1ish or after 4ish… I swear the soccer mom’s spike their crystal lite water — one almost ran me over in her damn minivan.