County of Los Angeles Public Library – Rosemead Library

I just walked in to ask this man that works here a simple question and got nothing but a rude and sarcastic response. WTF?!! Never again will I come to this library. Now I’m pissed! Had to leave quick.

We take our two kids here on Wednesdays for their children’s story time. Unlike the Alhambra library, this library allows for a parent to take all their kids instead of 1 parent — 1 kid only rule at the Alhambra library. Also, Alhambra Library requires you to sign up for their story time, which is an extra step to take just for my kids to attend story time. As echoed by many people on Unilocal,Miss Lynn is the best when it comes down to dealing with kids. She interacts with them, dresses up in various characters, is friendly and always has a smile on her face. You can truly tell she is passionate and dedicate to the reading program and her job as a librarian! She’s definitely an asset for Rosemead, as we dealt with many other librarians that don’t want to be there, hate what they are doing and are bitter towards kids.

This isn’t a library. Libraries are supposed tobe quiet and orderly. This place is chaotic and a playground. Children running around screaming and having loud conversations. Don’t come here if you want to study. What a joke of a library.

Can I just study in peace? No? Okay…
This library is like a jungle gym filled with crying babies and wild children just waiting to explode. The noise pollution is insane. I much prefer Monterey Parks library as it is extremely quiet.
2 stars because the librarians here are really nice.

I come here mostly for the children’s story time. I took my kids everywhere for story times and I think Ms. Lynn is one of the best. She gets kids involved with singing and reading and her enthusiasm is contagious. You can tell she loves children.
I also love that the family room is in a complete separate room from the main library so the children can be themselevs without embarrassed the parents :)
Only part I really dislike is everyone seem to love the story time here so it is always crowded.

I decided to give this place a try and the reviews are right — went here 2 weeks ago on a Saturday and this place is too loud for a library! People are talking all the time. I left after an hour and moved to Alhambra Civic Library.

This library is noisy, but parking is good. The library is also big with plenty of tables. Clean and spacious. Close to lots of shopping and eatery.
The kids here are loud and out of control.

A library is suspose to be quiet, no food/​drink, and borrow books.
its not suppose to be a day care or place for people to socialize. Its loud here and staff doesn’t care to tell them to be quiet. Hello!!! Pple are studying! Teach your kids to use their inner voice
I see kids eat chips and snacks here, which I didn’t care. But when I eat my little snacks, a librarian came and told me that i should know that we cant eat food here. I politely said sorry but seeing aother pple eat and didn’t tell them to stop makes me mad…
Never come back here to study! But its a good place to bring kids to play hahaha cuz its seem like its a place to socialize. My first one star I gave out, which means that its that bad.

Lots of parking spots but does not open until 11am on Saturdays. Library is fairly big on the inside with lots of desks and outlets on a few of them. The desks are usually packed and I was not able to find an empty one (had to share with two others). There is some cool A/​C, the staff is friendly, but this is not a quiet place to study because there are a lot of kids. Wi-​Fi requires an LA County library card.

Free daycare, DVD rental, tutoring facility all wrapped into one! All at the expense of the taxpayer. Need a quiet space to read? Forget it! Now that they’ve eliminated morning hours, it’s a zoo the moment it opens.
The staff is mostly unapproachable and sees library patrons as inconveniences. I don’t blame them, because most everyone there doesn’t actually read! Might as well extend the rec center into the library, eliminate all the books, and call it a public meeting hall. No one would notice the difference.
People who read use kindles. The library is an antiquated public service, just like the post office. Let’s rethink the space as something else the entire community needs.

Little kids and teenagers come here to socialize and pretend that they’re working. It’s so loud it’s impossible to work here. If you come, come during school hours where no school children are around. Maybe it’s quiet on weekends too, but I’m not sure.
The only think I do like is that you can purchase old books here for $.50 and magazines for $.10. I’ve found a few nice books here.

Love, love, love. The baby sign language classe. My baby (16 months old) not just learn stories and songs. He also use his hands to communicate a little bit with me. I know these will benefit his future. Thank you Rosemead Mara and Rosemead librarians give us such wonderful opportunity.
The class is in the other room. I guess our voices should be isolated from others. This library is Hugh. I like the space especial children area.

The only good thing about this library is the amount of tables to do work here. Other than that it is very loud, kids running around, teenagers talking loud, and even the adults talk as if they’re the only ones in this place. I live about a mile away from this library and I’d rather go to another one 6 miles away. Staff needs to take control of this place.

After escaping from the noisy San Gabriel County Library, I found a quiet place to do some intense studying at the Rosemead Library. There is a nice isolated room with electrical outlets to plug in your laptop. There is occasional noise from wandering kids, but in all this place is decent.

The Rosemead Library is much more quiet now, at least during school hours. Even during these hours back then when there’s no children, the adults inside the library were loud and obnoxious. Cell phones constantly ring, men and women talking really loud, and even the staff themselves were a bit rude. Hopefully they weren’t provoked into their unprofessional attitudes.
I hope the quiet ambiance stays like this so I can get work done without distractions at the office.
What a huge difference compared to before. Please stay this way… at least before the children comes in.

Love coming here for story time on Wednesday mornings
The teacher is always happy and enthusiastic. My 20 month old loves it :)

I’ve been going to this library since elementary school. It’s like a second home to me! The library provides many different programs for students, one of which is the Homework Help Program, where students receive homework help everyday after school. Tutors are highly competent college graduates and high-​school seniors. The library also has other programs and events that cater to the community. I absolutely love this place!

It is nearly impossible to study here. Staff members seem really helpful for those looking for books or other resources, but are inconsiderate of those trying to study/​read. When I was little (yes, I’m very big now), I used to love coming here to check books out. And it’s still a great place for that; their online system makes it very easy to browse and place books on hold. But if you’re looking for somewhere quiet, this is not the place.
Today, I tried going before kids got out of school (becomes a day care after 2:30, no joke), and there were still many distractions. They let the phone ring several times before answering (he was sitting 5 inches away from the phone), staff members were loud when helping people (not complaining on their customer service, again, they’re very helpful… just loud when doing so), and people do not know how to put their phone on silent mode because a phone was going off every 5 – 10 minutes.
I can see why it’s hard to keep the library quiet, when it’s pretty much one big room. They did some remodeling not so long ago and it does look nicer and doesn’t smell as bad anymore. If you’re looking to check out some books, read a magazine/​newspaper, or for free day care, this is perfect! But if you need a QUIET place to study/​read/​work, i suggest looking elsewhere (Pasadena Library off Walnut is perfect for studying!).
I suggest this library put up a wall between the children’s section and the rest of the library (love kids, just not when they’re running around screaming as I’m trying to read) and maybe post up some «Please turn your phone on silent» signs… oh and a hook in the ladies room for our purses/​bags/​backpacks :)

Hella ghetto, for sure! Tried using the Wifi here, and it’s doesn’t even work that well, and I have the Wifi card from AT&T, no less!
The only second time I had attended here was for the Feng Shui event that was hosted. Otherwise, I don’t use this library as much. And it is true, it’s loud… so much for being a quiet library…

Excuse me, but i thought a library was supposed to be quiet? Somewhere you can sit and hear your own thoughts? When I came to this library, I was sadly mistaken.
There were groups of elderly people speaking as loudly as they could – I suppose because they were hard of hearing. but this is a library, not the weekly mahjong get together you have at your relative’s house. There were also groups of young children running around, screaming, and making a complete fuss while I was trying to enjoy a good read. So with all the noise, you would think there would be someone going around controlling the noise level of this library, but there isn’t.
I have also experienced some rudeness at this library. I’m not sure whether it was because it was a certain day, but the people at the front desk are no where close to being helpful. They glance at you and give you attitude. I understand being a librarian is an under appreciated job and is hard at times, but there should be no need for rudeness.
One last thing that peeved me were their small selection of books. Their computers are linked to the whole Los Angeles County library system which makes it hard to find books because even though it says they have a book you want, it’s probably located in a library far away in Narnia.
AND THE FREE WIFI DOES NOT EVEN WORK.