Lewis Library And Technology Center

This library is beautiful on the inside and out. The location is convenient and I love that there is also a small used bookstore and coffee-​shop on location. However, the selection of books is SERIOUSLY lacking. Big time, HUGE. You can never find any book on site, it always has to be ordered from somewhere else, they have odd things like the 2^nd and 5^th book of a series but not the first or the others in between. Pretty annoying. The atmosphere is nice though and I like coming here to study.

Awesome library nice place. Just needs to have a wifi connection. Because they say they have one but it doesn’t work. Other than that it’s a nice library

Pros:
–Facility is very nice and has a great layout
–Plenty of space to sit and do work
–Place to get coffee and/​or snack
–Bright and well maintained
–Computer use
Cons:
–People who let their children run around
–People who talk on the phone
–Very poor internet connection (I had to leave so I can effectively do research which is the entire reason I came)
I will only be back if I don’t need to use the Internet. I may give it a chance and try again. No time to look around and explore today.

I’ve been here three times now. Very nice two level facility. The children can get a little loud but that’s understandable. My main complaint is their wifi service. If you’re going to offer wifi, it should work. Every time I’ve been here I haven’t been able to do my research because I can’t get any internet connection. Please address the wifi issue branch Management. I’ll try to bring my own Ethernet cable next time and hope that works.

Just to clarify, someone posted there is a Starbucks on site. This is not true. The coffee shop «Brews Starbucks» products. But it is not Starbucks.
Love this library. Wish I could go without the kids sometime lol
They have a theater/​amphitheater. In the summer, we took our kids to a little magic act. It was kind of cheesy, but hey, free AC and free entertainment. Can’t complain.

I like to go and study at this library. Except, on Sundays when I’m in one of the study rooms, and all you hear is drums playing and someone singing in Spanish on a microphone. Church people need to go elsewhere, it’s very distracting when trying to study.

This is not a place to study. This is kids’ heaven for online gaming and chatting. The library has no restrictions on how loud and quiet library environment should be. I came here to study quietly and left within 10minutes.

Came here to study for my board exam. I liked the building and everything. Only if it was a little more quieter. I don’t know if they have quiet study areas? Appreciate it if anyone could tell me

Love to come here on Saturday mornings. And if you want a snack, the farmer’s market is right next door. So much better then what they had a few years ago. Place is clean, quiet and very modern. I come here weekly to check out books with the kids.

The library is awesome, but the coffee shop next to it is not so awesome. The customer service needs to be improved! I ordered a caramel frappé and got no smile or hello as I ordered and no thank you or goodbye as I left! I won’t be going back… a little customer service goes a long way, a smile at least. Good grief!

I love the cleanliness of this place. The wi-​fi is free. The place is quiet for the most part. Free movies for the kids on Thursdays.

KUDOS to wonderful and helpful patron care. At the Adult dept. (sorry didn’t get his name but he was passionate and helpful about helping), to the check folks. DeMontay and Robin Moses thank you for your help. I appreciate your work and dedication. Love the library, it would get a 5 star if they would to carry more variety of self-​help books.
Plenty of parking, thank you for having trees, green landscape makes the view and location appealing and welcoming.
Cheers to great service,
Betanzos Family

Pro: Lots of different study spaces, nice, new, coffee bar, wifi, lots of computers, security walks around
Cons: Coffee bar sells Starbucks coffee but is not an actual Starbucks. Prices are about $ 1 more a drink and the drinks themselves do not taste the same. Noise level is not at what you would expect a library to be but its bearable and some areas are better than others. I am a law student so silence is golden to me. Earplugs do the trick. Wish they had a «Quiet Area» where they could be a lot more strict about silence.
Read reviews on employees. So far had good experiences with everyone being very friendly. However, just now my niece stopped at the front desk to quickly ask the lady where the conference room because we had been sent there to ask (trying to get the kids to make cookies in a jar) lady was somewhat rude and snarky and I had to go up to tell her they had sent us there and she just said «I don’t know anything.» Yes there was a long line and she was the only employee and I understand being stressed out and snappy at me but not at my 10 year old niece. My niece was extremely polite to her there was no reason to talk back the way she did.
I wish someone actually read these things and made some changes.

I love to use the free wi-​fi and get some work done :) all new inside too and lots of security guards, very safe

Good: The library is clean and very new/​modern looking.
Bad: Since when did a library turn into a church service? I can deal with mindless teenagers surfing facebook (even though a library should be educational… but fine) However, as a law student it is very important to be able to study quietly. THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE HERE! Apparently the library rents it’s adjacent/​underground auditorium to a church on Sunday, and the noise is impossible to ignore. I rented a «study room» today and I could hear the entire choir singing, not to mention they allow a full band (with drums) to perform. I am disappointed that this is allowed. Libraries are for reading studying learning etc. Is the city that money hungry that it HAD to rent out it’s auditorium to a church and allow this noise?! The drums were vibrating my feet as I attempted to study. Do not come if you expect quiet reading/​studying time.
If you want a good library experience check out the Rancho Cucamonga library at the Victoria gardens… Very quiet, very nice!

A big library with fun kids section for the kids.
Reasons for the 3 stars are because:
1. You can be able to eat and do your work in the Coffee Bar Library area which no other library has.
2. Great entertainment section for the kids upstairs and downstairs.
Downstairs has a projection and upstairs has a somewhat space type chair that you can do your work and surf the internet.
3. Starbucks on site!
The thing that seems to be not nice about the place is that the library seems to have short staff that when things needs to be check out or questions to be ask there is a long line due to lacking of librarians.

Modern design and good library. I knocked off 2 stars due to the extremely slow internet. I mean, it’s SLOW. At my college I get consistently around 200−300mbs and at the Fontana Library its generally around 1−5mbs. You can hardly make Voip/​Video calls, stream video, etc. They need to really invest in some FAT pipes going into the library to support all the visitors.
There are not enough study rooms. They should give study room priority to 3+ in a group. Often, I see just one person just sitting in there playing a game and I can’t work on a college project with my group.
Overall, the facility is nice. The teens goofing off can get annoying at times and the security guard really doesn’t do anything about it either. :-/​
If they speed up the internet speed, it would be a 4-​star. To me, 5 stars is perfection with zero flaws.

This is a really nice library. Study rooms are available to reserve, there are daily events for the kiddos and it is clean and quiet.

It’s great for Fontana to have such a modern library. I was so excited when this was finally built. It’s an obvious step up from the house converted into a library a few blocks over that I had grown up using. I will say that my low rating is moreso for the people who are frequenting the library and the library staff for failing to enforce a QUIET environment. It’s pretty annoying when you are at the library to study and it’s louder than a starbucks. I’d suggest putting the computers in a location that isn’t in the dead center of the library. Most of the traffic is from teens trying to check their myspace/​facebook and not for actual reading or studying. If there was a way to segregate the true library users from the internet café types that would increase my rating of the library.

Libraries make me happy and the Lewis Library is one of my favorites. Although I am not a resident of Fontana, I work for the school district and I enjoy rubbing elbows with the residents, encouraging literacy and supporting the city and local economy. This is one of my favorite places to come and relax for a bit during my lunch hour.
The Lewis Library has a healthy collection of books, audio books (both CD and, my favorite, MP3 books which take up far less discs) and other media forms (DVDs, etc.) Although I usually bring my own computer and use the free WIFI, they have plenty of computers one can use to access the internet.
Customer service is a solid ⁴⁄₅. I don’t give out «5s» very often so don’t read too much into this score. The reason I have to go with a «4» is because there are times when the waiting times can be a bit long if you need to purchase a replacement card, etc. and there have been a few times when I felt the employees could have been more proactive in their service, but overall the service has always been quite good.
Cleanliness: the bathrooms can be a bit stinky, but beyond that they are usually much cleaner than one might expect since they are used often and by some folks who don’t go out of their way to avoid making a mess, if you know what I mean.
Overall ambiance: sometimes people talk loudly on cell phones, etc. and I wish someone would ask them to be quiet, but generally the place is very quiet. There are also study rooms you can «check out» if you need additional privacy/​quiet.
I hope Fontana can maintain this beautiful, state-​of-​the-​art library and that the students of FUSD and everyone else, for that matter, will take advantage of this one-​of-​a-​kind resource.