Queen Creek Branch Library

This library is a zoo! It is nothing more than a place for bored SAH moms to take their unruly kids all day. Doesn’t anyone teach their children about library etiquette anymore?! And what happened to librarians that kick people out for being loud? Every time I try to go here and get some work done, I am met with bratty kids in full diapers, literally running all over the place and screaming! They have no private study rooms, no designated quiet spots, and no wifi. And this is to say nothing of the fact that our San Tan Valley tax dollars built this library, back when we were part of QC, and now we have to pay a whopping $ 50/​year per card. I love the AJ library… Its bigger, has a better selection, has designated quiet rooms with big comfy chairs, and the librarians enforce the rules. I have more than once heard them tell a patron that they will be asked to leave if they cannot control their child. Good! Thats the way it should be! I only wish they had better hours so I could get some after work studying in!

My family and I love to read and used to frequent this library when it was first opened. Lately it was just gone down hill. Other than it’s great location if you are lucky enough to live in the Maricopa side of the county line. It has a reasonable selection of books/​movies and kid related programs.
Main issues are things like; dust, dirty and service. The shelves, building, books, are just filthy dirty. They also have a less extensive selection and applicable programs like testing, language, tutoring. Machineries also always seem to be malfunctioning here too. No printer, wifi or phones working they tell us on a regular bases.
The City libraries are definitely worth the drive and best of all, they do not make a fuss as to what’s ones street address. City of Chandler is not that far up the road at Basha High and is excellent all-​round and more so super clean.

We love this library! We are avid readers and find a great selection of nonfiction and fiction, with new titles weekly. The library system also will get you a book from another library if it’s not at this branch. Very large DVD section also. Many children’s books, including readers. Have not attended any programs here, but they have quite a few.
The library building is rather new and very nice. There is also a Friends of the Library used book store, which I patronize quite regularly.
If you don’t live in Maricopa County (i.e., you live in San Tan Valley), you have to pay to join this library.

I agree with everyone, how stupid to build a library right at basically the border of the maricopa county line?! But let me tell ya how to work the system, if u moved from a mcpa county address to pinal, keep some of your old mail, old license, use that when u register! Ive been using that for 4 years now haha!
OR just rent yourself a postal box and get some mail sent there (mcpa county) if u can rent one cheaply for a month, or use a friends address! Think outside the box people!

This is nice library. It’s kind of annoying to have to pay the 50.00 a year non resident fee, but their book selection is good. Also, keep track of your receipts and returns.

I agree with the former. We also moved to San Tan Valley. However, we moved in Jan 2007. We were very excited about the Queen Creek library and we went only to discover we needed to pay.
This library was funded by a Federal grant.
Their current operations may be funded by taxes but the initial funding for the library did come from a rather large Federal grant — at least according to the Insider magazine. However, we cannot use the library without paying.
We opted to try these other offerings:
Florence library, a small room with very little selection
Coolidge library, a little better but again a distance from the house
Johnson Community library — This is not a library. I believe I have as many books in my garage. The clerk did not know what a periodical was when I asked for the periodicals section and they stated we took a book out that we did not. The staff does not consist of librarians and they really do not know what they are doing.
We would never consider AJ. Scary area and have encountered/​witnessed some discrimination against Asians, Hispanics and African Americans there first hand. Read my review about Mediacom for more info on AJ!

When we moved to San Tan Valley in October 2009, I didn’t realize how SOL I was as an avid reader. A sad fact about San Tan Valley/​Pinal County is the sheer lack of libraries. The closest libraries to our new house were the Apache Junction library (yuck and talk about a lousy selection) or Florence (a 30+ minute drive).
Finally, after 5 months of whining about the Pinal County library situation and the fact that the Queen Creek Library is only 5 miles from our house but that I couldn’t use it without paying a yearly fee of $ 50, I sucked it up and paid the fee.
The Maricopa County Library District (of which Queen Creek Library is a part) rocks! There are 17 libraries across Maricopa that this District runs and you can have any book, audiobook, movie, CD, etc transferred to your home library for no charge. Although the QC Library isn’t that large, the potential list of titles you can have transferred is awe-​inspiring.
I also recommend checking out the book shop inside the library as they have a great selection of lightly used books for super cheap. The staff is very friendly!
The building itself is very beautiful and they have chairs and couches scattered throughout for lounging and reading.