Fountaindale Public Library

Best library hands down!!! I stay walking distance from the Romeoville library, and the Romeoville library isn’t a good library compared to the bolingbrook library. So I travel to the Bolingbrook library which is only 10 minutes away from me. The bolingbrook library has everything, plus they have tons of activities to do at the bolingbrook library.
I’ve been to many different libraries for employment reasons, and bolingbrook is as good as it gets.

I love this library and try to visit their 3^rd floor every couple weeks. This is a very large library that is always busy. The first floor has the kids library that is quite vast. It has many sections that include a large play area with puppets, puzzles, bean bags, a play house, oversized chess set and checkers. There is also an area with large long tables with rolls of paper you can tear off and do art work. There is a children’s magazine section and family bathrooms. The bathrooms are pristine and smell clean and fresh. There is also a café on the first floor.
The second floor is where the rental section for movies is located. There is also a media section with current and back issues of newspapers and magazines.
The 3^rd floor is my favorite. It is where the adult book section is located. There are lots of comfy seats everywhere and also tables for computer hook up. They have lots of private rooms with glass walls and doors if you are working on something and u need privacy and quiet.
I love the self check out. After check out you can have receipt emailed to you, or printed to put in your book bag reminding u which books are due when. This is an awesome feature. When I take out books for the grandkids, I send the receipt home with them, so mom can know what is due and when.
This place could not get any better.

I’ve been living in Bolingbrook for over 22 years, and never used the library, until a few years ago, when my home PC was on the fritz, and I needed to use a computer in the old library’s basement. I too, was amazed when they tore down the old building and put up this beautiful new facility. The computer lab is outstanding, and still helps me get online when I’m having issues at home. Four years ago, I noticed that there is a group called The Knitter’s Nest that meets in the library twice a week, and is free. I’ve been a dedicated member ever since. Let me tell you about this program. It’s called a «drop in», because it requires no registration, you just show up on Monday nights from 6pm-8:30pm or Thursday mornings from 10am until noon. Did I mention that this is for crocheters, too? We all help each others with stitches and patterns. We have yarn exchanges, where we bring in our unused skeins of yarn, and trade them with each others stashes. Sometimes people just want to brush up on their skills, and come in for assistance, which we gladly offer. The rooms are big, and the tables can hold around 20 of us comfortably. You can grab a cup of coffee downstairs in the café, and sip it as you work. Our group is friendly, and welcomes strangers of all ages, and genders. One of our top knitters just happens to be male. The library doesn’t offer any free classes or «boot camps» for knitting or crocheting at the moment, but I’m sure if a beginner were to join The Nest, they could have their pick of instructors. I’m the colorful one with the purple hair. I make knitted outfits for myself, and love having such a portable hobby.
Fountaindale provides a peaceful setting, but we can still talk and laugh. There are plenty of books available on fiber arts that you can check out too.
Just ask for directions at the front desk, and they will point to to the location of the nearest knitting group, because Monday’s is usually in First Floor Meeting Room B, and Thursday’s is on the Second Floor Board Room.

What can I say I’ve never been a library person but this may have to change! I’ve been here before to check it out but never did anything else. Then I decided I needed to freshen up on my computer skills and actually learn the correct way and decided that this place was a good start. I am signed up for 5 computer classes and yesterday was my first one and the instructor (Tom) was the sweetest man. You really feel like he cared about his job! I also found the second American Horror Story which would cost me I believe like $ 30 to rent them On Demand I got here for 3 weeks for free! Why would you go to a Family Video or Redbox when they have everything here?! ! I also am sitting here going through like 3 magazines that would cost me to buy but I would never get to on a regular day but here in this serene place it seems a lot easier to. I have to find more out about this library but I am not so pissed anymore about my tax dollars being spent here, hell I may as well use it! They have a little coffee shop right when you walk in that is very nominal! As I am not a reader but I love all the other perks this library offers!

My Library is Better than yours! Love the staff they are always polite

love this place and go there every single weekend, has a mass amount of books and a place just for teens to hang out. has fun activities, like my personal fav the peeps diorama i do it every year and the winners of their age group gets a gift card to target or another store. computers to use, many windows, and a green roof awning, tables to sit and snack, and loads of other things to do, helpful staff, very kind and helful

I love this library! It’s a lot larger than the library near me, and it is so much more organized!

The new library is outstanding. Clean, modern — you almost feel like you’re in a museum! With 3 floors, there is so much to choose from. And they’ve even got a café! A small one, but what a treat to enjoy coffee or tea while you read. Kids section is ample as well, with plenty for all ages to enjoy. If you’re looking for a way to spend a rainy afternoon, this is it.

Bigger doesn’t meant better!
They still don’t have a lot of the books I’m looking for, but that is why they are connected to other libraries that borrow from. I often just use my computer to put books and things on hold instead of looking for several reasons:
1.They say it’s in but I can’t find it-​so I’d rather they do the work
2. They have to get it from another library.
3. I can’t run in and grab stuff like I use to because it’s gigantic!
I have had run ins with the staff saying I didn’t return something-​with their new system this hasn’t happened because everything is pretty much computerized. I’m not sure what the staff has left to do anymore!

Thank you, kind people of Bolingbrook (myself included) for the narrow passing of the referendum to build this new and larger library. I did like the old one, but it had seen better days, and had minimal space.
The new building is absolutely beautiful. Three levels of bookish nerd-​dom, and I love every inch of it. More room means a bigger selection of books, movies, and music, along with a few updated computer labs, study areas, and designated quiet rooms. I love the new layout, especially with the comfy couches and easy chairs spread out along the windows on the top floor. It’s wonderful to sit and read, curled up with the sun shining in on you.
Most of the checkout and return services are self-​service now, but there is always a helpful librarian around the corner to help you out with whatever you need, from finding materials to helping with the new checkout systems. Since there are so many self-​service kiosks, there is never a line for checking out materials. Be warned: You can pay your overdue fines at a machine as well, but try to bring small bills, unless you want to be paid out in all change.
The library now also has three or four new meeting rooms for local clubs and always has child/​young adult activities going on, as well as book clubs and computer classes (minimal fees) for adults.
Also on the ground floor, you can find the Brooks Café. Serving up some great coffee and specialty teas and drinks, makes the visit even more enjoyable.

Great Library; Great for kids learning. Newly renovated. Great people. Thank you city of Bolingbrook for such a great libary! :)

I love going to the library. My mother grew my sister, my cousins, and me up on going to the library during the summer. I would join the reading clubs they would have and earn a prize at the end. I also used to attend the summer activities the library would have. But of course since I am older now, I just go to hang on the Internet or to study with friends and check out books. It’s a relaxing atmosphere. And most of the staff is friendly.

I love to read so I am a regular here. All you’d expect but a little cramped, I urge all local voters to vote «yes «for a new, larger library in Feb!
One problem, the staff seem indifferent about noisy patrons, especially teenage kids who are supposed to be studying. I haven’t said anything yet, but soon will! What happened to the «silence is golden «rule in libaries?

My life as a bookworm began at the Fountaindale Public Library. It started with the Read-​a-​Book-​a-​Day challenge given to us youngsters by a kindergarten teacher. She supplied our class with little calendars where we could place stickers to represent the book we read for the day. For me, it became an all out competition for number one. Soon after I learned of the challenge, Mom dutifully brought me to check out dozens of kiddie books and lugged them home in a bag. Stuffed with books, the handle of the bag actually came off. Yes, I remember that minor detail. I didn’t leave the house for days saturating the chart with congratulatory stickers for the books I read. The chart was plastered with them. Much later, the children’s librarian came to know me by name. She may still remember me. Ha ha.
I returned to this library in my adulthood and still regard it as an awesome children’s place. The librarians of the children’s department work hard to make sure kids have fun by scheduling story time and a variety of craft projects. Another nice thing is the comfy 1970’s pleather seats where one might read periodicals neatly displayed — great for retirees or an ultra low-​key afternoon. Smaller than I recall, it is not recommended for academic research. But it’s a super place for kids.