West Valley Regional Branch Library

Great place to study because it is very quiet and clean inside. It is kind of dim, and stuffy at times, but if you get used to it, you will get a lot done. Printing is 25 cents and there’s free internet. Book selection is kind of small, but still enough to get your weekly reading done. Theres a YMCA right next to it as well, so you can exercise there as well!

It’s no easy task trying to study whilst on the wall; what with Ollie staring at me like he wants to gouge out my eyes, and Samwell following me around like a bad scent from an armpit that is just trying to be a man without looking and smelling like a woman’s vagina. So here I am. Aside from the old women sitting a table away from me arguing over medication and whether it’s safe to take water from the fountain in loud whispers that sound more like laboured gasps for precious library air, I quite enjoy the otherwise tranquil atmosphere here. I do appreciate that this house of books is open on the 7^th day, whereas many others are not, and that this establishment keeps the air cold inside. no doubt to remind the patrons that winter is coming. Though not the most serene environment I’ve experienced in recent memory, it is far better than the echoey halls of Winterfell. Concentrating long enough to write this review before sending it off with a raven is becoming difficult. If that mother doesn’t hush her screaming child in the Story Telling section soon, this place will be crawling with White Walkers. I don’t intend to sound rude, but I am allowed to transgress this one complaint, as I AM a bastard.

I really like that this library is new and clean. I also like that I did not have to wait in a long line to use the 15 minute internet computers. However I was having a difficult time printing out my resume printer kept kicking out quarters. Two library staff workers did not assist me but a male librarian came all the way from back of library to help me without me having to ask him. I thought that was very nice of him. The only issue I have is I think copies should cost less than twenty five cents. Otherwise it is a quaint library with some interesting activities for library users.

Really good library, friendly staff and great selection of books, for all ages. Really like this library =)

This is one of the best public libraries in SoCal. They host great events and have a great book collection. I appreciate the free wifi as well. A great public service. Worth my tax money.

Super sweet and great staff. Went in to print something because I don’t have a printer at home and it was free internet and just 25 cents to print one page compared to other places where they charge for internet use about $ 5

The cute exterior belies the fact that the employees are very lazy. It’s also worth pointing out there’s also something wrong with the on-​line library catalog. Two days ago on Saturday I went on the LAPL website to search for a book. Results showed many branches having a copy, including this one, so I put a hold on it and went by to pick it up today (Monday).
The dude behind the front desk said he didn’t have it and was going to leave it at that but I insisted he do his job and provide, um, some information. He said it was coming from the North Hollywood branch and that it would take a few days.
I said, «Well your system shows that it’s already here so I put a hold on it to pick it up.»
He said, «It’s not here. I can’t help you.»
OK. So I went to the librarian who was a little bit more mature. At least she knew she had a job to do so she looked it up and said it was returned today and that if it’s not on the shelf, it would be on a sorting shelf.
Again I told her «According to your website, it was here on Saturday and it supposedly still here when I checked before coming in just now.»
She didn’t seem to know about that and never mentioned it was coming from North Hollywood. But she got up and showed me where the sorting tables were. There at the tables was another employee who said «No, it’s not here.»
So like, in today’s age where everything is digitally tracked, can’t somebody find out where it is and what’s this story about coming from North Hollywood? Nobody cared to answer or provide information, which like I said is ironic since this is a library.
Oh, and there was a dude near the kids section looking at porn. When I mentioned it to the librarian on the way out, she said there was nothing they could do about it unless he was looking at illicit kiddie porn or bestiality.
OK, fine. I guess this is freedom of speech in action, but really, they need to get this creep away from the kids section. It’s a lawsuit waiting to happen because I just read another Unilocal review about this branch that complained about the same thing: some dude looking at porn near the children’s books. So, yeah, they know about it and yet they do nothing. One kid gets assaulted — or worst — abducted and it’s over for that branch. Just saying.
I would not leave my kids unattended to study at this branch with that dude looking at porn there in the corner. My two cents.

While sitting in the library next to the children’s area a man was sitting down at the public computers and watching porn. My child brought this to my attention while he was reading next to me. I went to tell the librarian and she said there is nothing the library can do because the person watching porn was not watching child porn so it was okay! She proceeded to explain that everyone in the library can view what they wish because it was «freedom of speech» I left the library feeling my child and I were violated. I thought the library was a safe environment for children and families. I was wrong.
I am giving the library 2 stars verses 1 star because the books were organized well.

I was in the neighborhood last week on june 6, 2013 and I wanted to kill some time and go read a magazine or book of some sort. I found this library close by to where I was and decided to drop by. It was really hot that day to so that was another reason for me to find a nice cool place to relax in while I wait for my friend. Anyways I walked in and went straight to the magazine section. Grabbed a few magazines off the self to read and get a glimpse of. Once the weather outside got cooler I decided to leave since my friend didn’t show up. Overall experience, it’s a great library for the public to use and for children, high schoolers and college students to get some study time and type papers up and etc.

I’m not sure about this place. I came here to write a paper since i was away from school. It was Soo HOT! There was so much noise and kids running around everywhere. I did not so much mind the kids running around but what happened to a library being quite? I feel thats it’s gone down hill since I was a kid.

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.
I’ve called 3 different libraries today, with a simple question: «Is it okay for someone to watch porn in the library?» Every answer I received stated they cannot control what people do on the internet, since it is a public library and adults may do what they want. Well, it’s not okay for a teacher to watch porn in a public school. It’s a public institution paid for by the people. Libraries are full of children all day long, and are taught to be safe learning environments outside of schools. That idea was shattered for me today. I feel that people need to know what they are paying for.
There is something incredibly wrong with humanity if such an action is acceptable. Parents need to know what the heck is going on.

The library clerks are very nice and accommodating. Just wished they would open the library earlier and keep it open until later. Other than that, it’s in a nice location. Right next to it is a park which is always fun! Great for kids and take them out on a Sunday or Saturday. Very peaceful and great selection of books.

This was such a cute little library! A respite from the hustle and bustle of the Valley.
I loved that it was fairly busy when I visited. There was a good mix of patrons, some old, some young, some children.
But along with that busy-​ness is the noise, I guess. It was a little noisier in there than other libraries I’m used to, but the noise level was not intolerable. I was still able to do some work.
There seemed to be a lot of staff readily available to help patrons or direct them to whatever they’re looking for.
Visiting this library reminded me of when I was younger and how I spent entire afternoons at the library reading YA Fiction and getting acquainted with books and American culture. And for that, I really loved this library.

Such a great place to dive into your studies or work or novel. Librarians are friendly and helpful, Vivian is a sweety, knows me by name. Free wifi and power strips under the tables. With the online books and access to books via kindle, I will rarely purchase a book ever again. You can place holds online and pickup at any branch of your choice, no more trekking across town for that book you need. Deep audio library of cd’s, just put them in your laptop and save them to your music device, phone, ipad, google drive. The library is stepping into the 21^st century and is a place to go.
This is the LAPL branch I went to as a child with my mother, and it holds a special place in my heart. Not because it’s that great or anything, but because I’m prone to sentiment. It could be any other library but for the fact that I went to I as a kid and thus am inclined to remember it fondly just a Elizabeth C. mentioned. Remember coming here as a child and this being the first library I came to. Glad to see so many people using the resources of our community and the library evolving with the times.

Quiet but small branch. Despite its size, I never have a problem finding parking. Librarians here are all so nice — not a grouch in the bunch. Can’t say the same about the people who work the check out desk!

I love this one but it still a bit noisy and i dont know why they dont have a room just for studying

I miss the classic of old libraries. I grew up on this and was starting to remember my childhood. So I gave it a 5-​star because I was a kid again. I love the quietness and the fact that you can rent out DVD’s and Audio CD’s… What really? Where was that when I was growing up?

This is the LAPL branch I went to as a child, and it holds a special place in my heart. Not because it’s that great or anything, but because I’m prone to sentiment. It could be any other library but for the fact that I went to I as a kid and thus am inclined to remember it fondly.
Four stars for the nostalgia factor, minus one for location – the unfortunate facts are that it is right next to a police station, which does not jive too well with the fact that I usually smell like blunts – for a total of three stars.

To be ten again…
The summers of my youth were spent here, from ten in the morning when they opened until late in the evening when they closed. Every day, if my mom let me, I would come here.
Over summer break, my teacher would hand us a reading assignment: read as much as you can, read anything you can, and write down how much you read. There was some prize involved — a book marker, a sticker set, something. I don’t think anyone came even remotely close to how much I read as a child.
Fifty books a month, during school. Summertime, maybe a hundred, hundred fifty. English was my worst subject, but once I got the hang of reading, it became my lifeline. I didn’t have friends. I was still terrible with the language. But I could read. If I didn’t know what a word meant, I would look it up, or keep it in the scratchpad of my mind — remember this word, remember the context, and the next time you see it, recall that context, and you will understand.
I started with picture books. Curious George was my first favorite. That lasted only the first few years, until I truly learned how to read. Then I devoured the entire childrens and young adult section. I would read all day, and then check out huge stacks of books for the night. I’d read at home, read in bed, read with the flashlight until my parents told me to stop. I’d come back in the morning, return the books, and repeat this, day in, day out, for years. By my early teens, I read only science non-​fiction, science fiction, and fantasy. Strangely, the only books I ever read of Isaac Asimov were his nonfiction ones.
I remember the smell of the stacks, the sourness of the acidic paper. It made my mouth water. I remember the feel of my beat up library card, bent in a hundred places and soft from use, and the thunk thunk thunk as the librarian would check out every book through the machine. I remember the resistance of the turnstile as I left, and the feel of the evening sun on my face as I walked outside, sat in the adjacent park, and waited for my mom or dad to come pick me up.
I’ve driven by in the past years as I go down south to visit the family. I hardly read anymore, though when I do, I still devour books in one sitting. A new Haruki Murakami might take only a few hours — a plane flight and a bit before bed. I haven’t changed so much over the years, mostly just looks — same as the library itself. They’ve completely renovated. The walls are glass, shiny, no longer the smooth, large pebbled walls I used to run my fingers across as I would walk to the parking lot. But inside, still, words and worlds and the smell of youth…
P. S. Hidden over in the grown up section, they might still have a copy of Dr. Seuss’s adult picture book, The Seven Lady Godivas… ;) Or for something more substantive, go find my childhood Holy Grail, the most favorite book of my youth: Bulfinch’s Mythology…