Oshawa Public Library Review

I love the feel of the place. Sort like a big ski chalet with cozy nooks to relax and read. Staff is very attentive to your needs and accommodating to your requests. If they don't have your book, they will search the province to get it for you. Great place to go!

Atmosphere amazing. Come in the mornings. Lots of computers. Very helpful librarians. Neat and organized.

It's clean quiet and peaceful place to go great staff.

Great WiFi, good place to do some work. I used a desk here to do some online courses and really enjoyed it.

I don't have a library card but would definitely consider getting one now. The staff seems friendly and helpful and I've heard the 3D printing is very good.

Oshawa Public libraries have 4 convenient locations spread across the city, and a huge variety of books, dvd's, CD's, and archived newspapers to search through. They also have both entertaining and informative events and classes at each location for all ages.

Librarians are helpful. It has lots of great programs as well. Environment is fun, safe and laid back.

Terrible experience, I will be sure to avoid the employee I first dealt with. So much attitude and disrespect in a matter of seconds and she wouldn't even continue helping me she got up mid way through the conversation and left because it was the end of her shift. customer service is different when "you're" different. Employees need to understand, as customers we do not have copies of your policies and procedures so if we ask questions, don't judge us, help us.

I love it, if is nice and quiet I wish that there could be more space for just sitting and not computers.

I have and enjoyed a great time here. They have many computers. Although, the catalog section might not work for people who are looking to go on google or the internet to play games. Some people have issues with how the computer limits you to only one hour, but if you spend lots of time on it and there's no one in line, the computer automatically offers you another 20 minutes. Of course, it only gives you that offer 3 times if there's no one waiting. So if that computer is free, you can use it for maximum 2 hours. They have many books, and they are well sectioned to where they belong. The noise level, of course, HAS to be dealt with. Maybe, the Librarians should remind anyone who is being loud to stay quiet or lower their voices. After all, the Library is not only for fun with computers, or just a place to pick out books and go home, it's a place where people STAY there to study because they think it's the.. ''quietest'' place. So can we please keep it that way? Watch out for the catalog section, and also, if you are fine with just a little bit of noise at times, this is a PERFECT place for you, as well as for me.

As a bystander today, an employee got rude and singled out a frequently visiting family for their kids meanwhile there was multiple other kids louder and nothing was stated to them, I am disappointed in this employee for the attitude. Is not this place meant for children too? This library has had wonderful programs for children, but it seams they are expected to not be children. It was terible seeing this one family being blamed for some noise that was also being created by other children too. But the employee was quite rude to the parents. If you do not want kids in the library then why have the programs and blocks to play with and books? It needs to be redesigned to separate the kids area and the adults study area. I don't often come to this branch and I do not have a membership but I do come to use the wifi service or to just sit and read one of the magazines. Or looking at cookbooks. If one is going to be spoken to then the other parents who's children are also running about.

Terrible Wi-Fi connection, over priced late return policy and horrible customer service!

A decent library with nice place for kids. They have good collections of books and magazines. Noise may be a factor as people sometimes behave bad with the staff at this location.

Love the library, lots of great services, nice place to relax.

love the library to do independent work....wish their hours were open to people with day jobs as they close too early and so now I cannot go

Great place but the only problem is noise control. There really isn't any type of noise control system and it can get really loud at times near the children's area. If your looking for some quiet time to study, it may not be here. If your okay with noise, it may work for you. Otherwise, great place!

Very huge place with a lot of selection but sometimes very noicey not good for quiet studiers and very little computers they get filled up in no time Also need some more nicer staff they ignore until u kinda start getting mad at them.

This is a decent library. Fairly large and is set up very nicely.

Love the library. Always reluctant to believe anyone who thinks the staff is disrespectful. They are not. They are professional, friendly and very helpful. And in response to the reader who says they don't give you a notice of impending overdue books, I get them by email so I don't know why anyone else would not.

It's good place, but some people make noise, AND THE LIBRARIANS DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT REALLY. But that's sometimes, otherwise, it's a good place

Firstly, Pandemic protocols in place seem to be well though out and executed. It's nice to be able to go into the Library again rather than doing the contactless pick-up that was happening earlier in the Pandemic, but I am also grateful to have even had that option! The hand sanitizer available there today was good, in that it had no scent, wasn't gross feeling and absorbed reasonably well. Secondly, I have a soft spot for this library as it was my main one growing up; I got my first library card there. I've never had a problem. The reason for the 4/5 stars rather than a 5/5 is because I find their in-house selection to have drastically shrunk. This could be a common library issue though, as everything seems to be shifting more and more to digital formats though.

The best place on earth.
But all libraries are the best place on earth.

Be forewarned. Unlike other libraries, this library does not give you a reminder about the return date but only gives you an overdue notice.

Too bad they don t have change table for babies in any of their washrooms. Considering it s a public library.

This is a very quiet place to study and get work done. They also have a lot of teaching programs for kids and adults