Glendale Central Library

Andrew Stahelin _{on Google}

Apr 7th, 2024

Dude, this place has a decent selection of books, movies, manga, and more. They're constantly hosting events. And the staff is really cool. As a Glendale resident, this is always a place I stopped by to enjoy the benefits of being a Glendale library card holder. Because of its size, you can really find your own nook for cranny to settle down into to study, read, or learn something new. They also have an area to work off of 3D printers, sewing machines, Mac desktops so that you can really focus on projects or various activities. Definitely a place to go to. You also get parking validation in the parking garage across the street which is awesome.

Jack Jack _{on Google}

Apr 4th, 2024

Nice and rekaxingly quiet

Gothic Crow _{on Google}

Mar 31st, 2024

It's great that they are open late and constantly have an art gallery on display.

lalarue tangelino _{on Google}

Apr 7th, 2024

This library has an excellent selection of books, and the location is great. Also, aside from some homeless outbursts where the guard tends to hide or never be present, it is pretty quiet (considering the size and number of people there). They utilize the gallery space to show different aspects of history and art. The Brand really is the place to go for a full curated gallery experience. Still, you can get a bit of culture here as well.
The drawbacks are around a 60/40 ratio (my guesstimation) of homeless and they bring a lot of their things in with them. This creates a very smelly and unsanitary environment. The library also allows the homeless to quite literally sprawl out with their feet up on more of the open places in the front end of the library. I don't need to tell you to sanitize anywhere you choose to work. Bring your own sanitizer because there only one dispenser by the bathroom. I have only seen one guard and she is never around when one of the 'patrons' loses their temper and starts screaming and sometimes swearing about this and that. The guard is always on their phone sitting and giving rude looks to people Also, I was studying with a friend and someone was talking on the phone for over twenty minutes so we asked her to tell the patron to keep it down. She was just sitting and did nothing for at least five minutes after we complained. Maybe with someone actually walking around and doing their job would be a better environment. I have no idea why guards are there if they don't walk around and keep the place in order?! Due to ineptitude, you have people doing all sorts of things. I was there once on a weekend trying to study and a guy was doing something illegal. I look up to see police hauling him off. This library needs to do better. I only drop in once a week or less but they need to reconfigure the rules to not allow people to sleep there. You should be at the library to work, learn, read, or leave. There are places for the homeless to sleep and the public library should not be one of them.