County of Los Angeles Public Library – West Covina Library

Friendly staff, and lots of space to study and read. I like that they have some computers for use in 1 hour or 15 minute increments, and will let you print up to 10 sheets free of charge. This nice little perk came in handy for me when my computer crapped out on me and I needed to print some documents.
Don’t forget they also have e-​books available. This is great if you have a Kindle or any other device that will open up mobi or pdf files. I hope they expand the selection of books in the future. It would be great to put larger books in e-​book format.
One star knock down for the lack of noise control. One time I was there, and a guy picked up his phone and was talking all loud like he was in a club or something, and 10 mins later a crying brat comes from upstairs howling that he doesn’t want to leave, and the mom wasn’t even telling him to be quiet. What’s with parents these days?!? The staff needs to keep these people in check and have signs with, «quiet area», or tell these rude ass people to take their hot mess outside.

I like this library because it’s a less than 5 minute drive from where I live. However, the staff doesn’t seem to care about noise control. Some people talk on their phones and chat like it’s a lounge! When it isn’t. It’s a place to read, study, learn, etc. I often have to move from desk to desk just to focus. It wouldn’t kill to put a few signs up regarding noise level for those inconsiderate folks out there.
Overall location:
Clean, helpful staff, fast wifi, so/​so parking, good lighting and always cool inside.

Is this even a library? I thought libraries are supposed to be quiet and peaceful. People are talking loud and nobody cares even the staffs are loud. They use this cart to go around and organize books and it was so freaking loud. I’m currently here right now and about to leave because it’s so annoying. I feel like I’m in a café where people are chit-​chatting. I can’t concentrate on what I’m doing. I hope it improves in no time.

This is a beautiful library inside and out. I bring my son here on a weekly basis, my favorite thing about it is the atmosphere. The second story is reserved for the children’s section which is huge and also has a big play area that’s decorated so cute and has a lot of fun things for the little ones to do, a puppet stage, play kitchen and marketplace, plastic homes and an adorable plastic tree house for the kids to let their imaginations run wild. They even have a small gated off area so that infants can also crawl and play safely, I love that! The view from upstairs is very pretty, they have couches and tables that look out over the yard in front, it’s such a nice view to sit and read there. They have a huge variety of books, you could find age appropriate books/​CDS/​DVDs on any topic. There are about 7 or 8 computers upstairs for kids, some designated for homework others have educational games to play. Downstairs there are lots of computers for adults and they offer printing/​scanning. I’ve never been without my son but it looks like there are quite a few different areas for adults to sit and read/​study peacefully (another advantage of the kids section being upstairs.) Last but not least they offer a big selection of media. E-​books, CDS, leapfrog learning pads, and especially DVD’s! The movie selection upstairs for the kids is impressive itself but the downstairs area is incredible! So many new and classic movies are available plus a big variety of TV series, popular and recent ones that you can check out for a week for FREE. You can even renew your check outs up to three times online! Almost forgot FREE WIFI! I could go on and on but I hope everyone in the area will visit this place and fall in love.

This really is a nice library and they updated the children’s area and I think even the teen area since the last time I was here. Although, when I came the WiFi wasn’t working so I wasn’t able to do what I needed to do so that’s why I took away a star.

I like coming here and bring my grandson to play upstairs. He doesn’t even want to leave when it’s time for us to go home.
The only problem I see is that the computer area should have walls for privacy use. I noticed when I used the computer a man was kinda leaning back trying to look over to my computer. Hopefully the library can fix this issue.

This place has the best dedicated kid zone.
Toddler section — has a huge tree house, three different kitchen toys, a puppet house, and a grocery section. Even has a two kiddy computer stations.
Baby section — enclosed section for babies under one. Lots of baby appropriate clean toys.
Older kids — has a coloring station/​homework station. Books seem to be updated? Not sure as my kids aren’t in that stage yet.
Librarian — the lady who does storytime is awesome. She is sweet, educated and has experience running the program. It has a mixture of singing, hand motions and reading. Great way to keep kids interactive and paying attention.
Décor — clean.
I would rate the rest of the library a 2 as its outdated and needs help.

Free Wifi and the best part of it all?– it’s slower than dial-​up. SCORE! (#fail)
The speed makes me want to slice my wrists.
Only nice thing is that there are cubicles to study. There are outlets along the top of the desks so your nerd devices don’t lose juice. The only upside to the slow internet is that it kept me from distracting me from my studies (lol) such wandering onto facebook or Unilocal of course.
Library in general has friendly staff, much friendlier than La Puente (Sunkist) staff, that’s for sure. Maybe because there are lots of smiling youngsters running the place. Book selection is great and it’s always clean. After 3pm though you might want to run away because parents think libraries are day care centers where children can rage as if it’s Chucky cheese —-TooOoodles.