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The Lawrence Public Library is wonderful, forward thinking library staffed with friendly, bright, knowledgeable people who are all working to make the best possible experience for everyone who walks in the door. The library is a terrific resource for a full range of media, and, provides meeting spaces, and production space as well. This Library goes beyond its walls with a mobile lending library, movies on the lawn, a winter skating rink, bar-book-give-aways, talks by authors and others, and concerts. Not-to-be-missed: the Friends of the LPL irregularly regular book sales, which happen several times each year, with terrific books going for peanuts (practically) to benefit the Library.

Overall a great place. Sometimes you ll hear a flurry of excited kids, especially when the librarian yells out story time!
Those kids get more riled up than a coon dog trying to pass a peach seed when they hear those words echo throughout the building.

Love the selection! Very friendly and helpful staff!

The Lawrence Public Library is truly a great resource for the people of Lawrence. It makes me proud that we have such a great library.

The open concept of this library means not being able to find any quiet areas because you can hear the kids all over the library. There are some study rooms, but they have glass all around, so you can see everything going on around you. Also, I was sitting close to one of these glass study rooms, and someone was giving guitar lessons in there. These rooms are not sound proof. Beautiful library, though, and helpful staff.

Amazing facility, great selection and friendly staff

The building is beautiful. Wonderful views inside and out. Staff does a great job of keeping the peace, assisting patrons and maintaining the collection. If you want something you can't find there, the Inter-Library Loan dept can get it for you. Ask a staff member or look on the website. They also have a coffee shop right when you walk in. My only complaint is parking sucks. There are some free 2-hr spaces in the garage but they fill up quickly. Everything else is metered.

This is a library you WANT to visit. The newly renovated space is aesthetically pleasing both inside and out and is feels very open with lots room to move around. There are so many things to see and even do here, including books to read, movies to watch, music to listen to, computers to use, the list goes on. The staff has always been extremely friendly here and will go out of their way to assist. The children's area is wonderful, with touchscreen computers for the little ones, a large table, half dedicated to legos and the other half dedicated to wooden trains/train tracks. There are large 'cubes' with pillows and stuffed animals to hang out with the kids and read. Many meeting rooms make this a great spot to study. This place is very advanced with self-checkout and self-pay stations for those of us who can't seem to return our materials on time.

The renovation is complete, and the new library is FAB!!

Great place to find a book or a movie. Youth section is great for teenagers to relax. Lot of services help you to start reading. Friendly staffs.

My name is Cindy Myers. My daughter Sarah works there. I want to Thank You for taking the procedures to protect your employees. As a Mom, I was so relieved. Again, THANK YOU

The best library in Kansas... SIMPLE ! Great library have everything they stay up to date with film and books when it comes out then have it I swear it is the best library in Kansas... Did I mention you can rent video games!

So noisy, children section is so close to adult one, they are always screaming and talking loudly... no one cares.

I loved the chidrens area! they had awsome books to pick from

Top notch library with everything you would expect from a library and more.

This library is my happy place. Beautiful building, huge selection, tons of little reading nooks... What more could you ask for?

Most beautiful, modern library to show off to your out of town guests. Great for community gatherings too. I used to play in the teen zone and now the kids get the best, free access to everything. I will never forget the old library but More

The brand new library is AMAZING. It has excellent activities and a play area for kids. It has meeting rooms and fully automated self-checkout. It has a legitimate recording studio complete with mic and instruments! It has multimedia editing rooms, with Mac Pros and the Adobe Suite of products. You can rent movies and video games there.

And of course; books!! Great selection of graphic novels and when they were missing a few I wanted, they purchased them and reserved them for me. FREE.

Beautiful facility, helpful and friendly staff, great place for kids. WOW. Sometimes being a taxpayer has it's perks.

Peaceful environment to study. Plenty of resources and activities to do.

I don't think much of the library director that he won't open up the library for normal services. He's lying to people and I believe he will not open because he won't require his employees to clean. This is laziness and there should be a new director. I also believe he hates the poor and homeless and wants to keep them out of the library.

Love this place atmosphere and modern interior design! + Friendly and amazing staffs!

Incredible place. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Awesome adult, teen and kids literature and spaces. My wife and I were passing thru while on our way home to Colorado- now we don t want to leave! We will be returning.

This library is NOWHERE near as good as they think they are. Lol. It's actually kind of funny. So they renovated. Big deal. Some really sketchy behavior by staff, like turning off computers *earlier than policy states* on people working, which often deletes their work. The staff is rude, the fines are outrageous, and they'll probably try to get some men dressed in there to read to kids soon. They seem to be priming us for it, just check out their site. If they do this, thousands of children will cease patronizing this subpar government company. I know because I've asked a lot of families. Many of them are also unimpressed with the strange and ugly behavior of the people who work here. Don't bother asking me questions. Libraries should be in the hands of the people, not the government, so unless you plan to make that happen, there's no solution. Sorry not sorry! :)

If the Teen Zone wasn't a Fortnite hub, I would give it a 5-star Rating. It is so loud during the day, but all the staff are very friendly. Thank you.

Great facility but no one seems to care about anything. issues reserving a computer were met with slack jawed platitudes

This space offers reasonable rental prices for private and public engagements. I have participated in community events from listening sessions to artistic expressions all kid friendly and educational. I really love this library!

Bad left-wingish, lady librarian named Sandberg works there. She did a special on TV with ultra-bad left-wing writer Howard Zinn. Also, the elevator even got stuck. How this old 1970's run down place got so many great reviews is a mystery.

(I meant to put his on the Lawrence, mas LPL forum.

Friendly staff and very positive atmosphere for getting stuff done

Gods for kids just wish enough computers and fornite would work there. Wish we could have a restraint there maybe, great place though!

My favorite place to spend the day. Great programs, amazing selection of books and media and great areas to read or work.

Meh..... It's pretty, but a system of small libraries spread around Lawrence would have served the community better.

I just went to the Music At Your Library program today at 2 pm, Saturday Dec. 13th, 2014, and thoroughly enjoyed the performance by the student musicians from KU School of Music. Hope they will return again soon.

Lawrence public library is an awesome place! You can get almost any books there. The staff there are very responsible and friendly. We go there frequently. My children love going there to get books. Also if people don't have computers they can use the computers there. They also have cozy little nooks for kids or even adults to read. There are also a lot of clubs there. They have summer reading to which is a lot of fun! The prizes are also so cool. If you were looking for a library, then you should definitely choose the Lawrence public library!

Great place for kids as well as artists. Studio rooms, kid play areas, story time, and areas for teens and adults.

Is this (only) children's library or what? I might pick the wrong day which was Saturday but noise from kids are overwhelming.
It's a beautiful place and parking building around here is really cheap (or free) but they need to do something for those noise from children's area.

Such an improvement over the old library. Tons of resources and space.

This library screams Lawrence and Modern. Recently renovated, the Lawrence Public Library has several amenities including a sound and vision studio, coffee bar, large media section, and fantastic reading/studying areas.

A beautiful community minded library. There are so many opportunities afforded by the library. One of my favorites is the Sound & Vision studio they have down the stairs. Local Musicians can have songs recorded and mixed by a professional technician. This is a great place to study, read a book, get work done, an learn something new.

I wouldn't recommend this library anymore. Over charge fees and have security problems regularly.

Very nice library as long as you don't try to work or study. On the weekends it can feel like you are studying in a Chucky Cheese with all the screaming kids and their study rooms, while attractive looking, are not functional. The walls are glass and they aren't sealed so they don't block any of the noise.

Huge selection, movies, games, modern computers, books etc, little coffee place at the door, lovely all around, abundant parking next door easy check in and check out of books, and everything was properly sorted, convinced this place looks as good on a normal day as it did the first day it opened, 5/5 stars all day long

+ a female worker at the main desk went out of her way to help me and one of my friends locate a resource we were looking for.

(Maybe add motorcycle parking please??)

The library is dope. Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. Study hard kids. ;)

I rented seven horror movies and they We re all in perfect quality. I love the library and it s probably the coolest one I the world or at least in my opinion

I have a low opinion of the Lawrence public library that it is not reopening and they have no future date set to do so. I don't think it's about public safety but about the library and/or city wanting to saving money. There are too many places hiding behind the cova virus and not reopening or operating under restricted hours, when I think management really just wants to save money and not resume normal hours. I also think library management wants to keep the homeless out as long as possible and this is their excuse to do so. I'd like to know the number of people in Kansas/Douglas County who presently have this virus. Are there any? It's possible there is not.

Wonderful selection, great online services, awesome staff and beautiful building. I love this library!

This is an A+ library, comparing to most public libraries I've been, even in big cities!

Friendly, clean, and lots of options for materials. Everything from books, audiobooks, movies, magazines, and more. Internet is fast. Lots of computers. Most importantly (to me at least) the atmosphere is nice. It's a place I can go and get some work done in peace.

This is the worst wendy's menu I have ever seen, It doesn't even show how much a frosty is! And then I asked for a BIg Mac and they said they didn't have any. It was so quiet it might have been a library but it wasn't, so I walked in to talk to the manager, and they had security walk me out, also their were like airport terminals at the front, I don't want to board Wendy's International!!

I love the library here in Lawrence.

This is a great place to take your kids, and hang out for a few hours. They have excellent programs and resources, especially for teens: video game consoles, board games, and a dedicated space.

There's so many online resources that a library card gives you access to, as well. We've been here a year, and we are still finding new benefits from the library.

This library has all the media you could possibly want; all well stocked and maintained. It's beautiful and the artwork and windows make it comforting, not to mention the two fish tanks. There's a large focus on kids, which makes it fun for them to come and be among books. But there are also plenty of events and activities for adults and teens on their event page, like book and writing clubs, author visits, and workshops. There are also many computers, fast and free wifi, and help desks everywhere in case you're confused. Everyone is friendly and helpful.
But if you're trying to get work done, the library is ironically not the best place. Even with noise blocking headphones, the sound of screaming children on whatever day or time of day you please is absolutely deafening. The chairs also aren't super comfortable, though they're good for around an hour, and there are always people vying for chairs and tables and outlets. The study rooms are glass walls, so don't expect them to save you from the noise.

Upgrading review to 5 stars with the new rebuild. A beautiful space that is quite functional as well.

I was here at a piano concert, and the library's facilities are also good performances.

I don't respect that the library is not open by now. There's no excuse for this and there is no safety issue. There needs to be new library management.

So many areas for all ages and activities from children play to college studying to adult reading. I love that I can go here and be alone or be with a group for a project.