County of Los Angeles Public Library – La Crescenta Library

First time to come in this library. Place is awesome! Tables have outlets, and there are meeting rooms too. Its quite small but has a comfy chic vibe to it. They offer summer for kids, teens and adults as well– check out their calendar of activities placed at the entrance. It is very organized too compared to other libraries I have been too. Staff are courteous as well.

La Crescenta Library and Library Staff are about as good as it can get.
This is a harried Library Staff in that the library is almost always filled with students of all ages. I’ve never been in or to the La Crescenta Library when they haven’t been busy, under a great deal of pressure, stress.
Which they handle amazingly well.
I’ve asked this Staff for personal attention maybe two dozen times over the years. Not once has any Staff been rude, unprofessional, anything but helpful and gracious.
It’s just a wonderful, uplifting setting, a remarkable building and facility — an incredible Staff.

I’m not sure why everyone gives such low stars for this library, its such a nice local library. It has all the amnemities like computers, private desks to study, copy machines, etc. It’s true that the staff can be rude at times but overall my experience at this library is always a positive one. I would recommend this library to anyone near the area.

Wow! Such an incredibly rude staff of librarians. I was in the kid’s area reading out loud to my two year old niece, I obviously wasn’t yelling but yet I was told I needed to be quieter because people were studying… uh…first of all why are they studying in the children’s area of the library and looking for quiet and second, since when is reading to a child looked down upon in a library!!!
My second complaint is that I took my 9 year old niece here to pick out some Pop-​up books, she’s very artistic and has started making her own pop-​up books at home and was looking for more ideas. After spending about 20 – 30 minutes she decided on 3 books. We waited about 15 minutes to check out, only to be told that we were not allowed to check out pop-​up books! What!!! The very rude librarian brushed us off by telling us that «if we let you take them home they would come back damaged!». She then walked away from us. No where on the shelf, or on the books does it say the books that you cannot check them out. Couldn’t any book be ruined??? Isn’t that the risk you take??? This place is insane and not encouraging of children’s imagination. Not a surprise it has such a low rating…

I had a relaxing time of pampering at Spa Day! Free event organized by the staff with special guests from the community. Great way to connect with some mindful ladies on a Saturday.

Nice & clean with comfortable study areas. The only thing is that staff members are loud when they talk. Make sure to bring ear plugs when you come in.

Newer library. A lot more kids friendly than the La Canada library. Definitely better DVD selection, though I usually reserve online and pick up there only. Staff is more friendly.
Parking can be a pain.

Nice place but extremely hard to work here. It’s nicer than La Canada, but La Canada is better to work in because it’s way quieter.
Parking is plentiful at the top and bottom lots, but then again, it gets way crowded. Even the street parking gets packed!
If you need to get anything done, the weekends would be a good time. Get your library card to activate your wifi.

Came to this library earlier this week. I like the computer section here better than the one in La Canada because there are dividers between the computers. More privacy. You get 10 free pages for printing just like at La Canada library.
Free parking– 2 different areas.
Large childrens section.

After the renovation, the facilities have become phenomenal. The structure is open and there is very nice air conditioning. There is also a nice community room on the second floor and you can reserve private rooms for tutoring or group study. The library is very clean and organized and you don’t have to worry about seeing homeless people in the library hogging the computers like you do in the inner city LA libraries. There are a lot of chairs for sitting and reading and a separate children’s section with their own tables and chairs.
HOWEVER
the librarians are very loud. I have never been to a library where the people who read and study are quiet and you can hear the librarian from one side of this ginormous building to the other.
Parking is also pretty limited depending on what time you get there.
You also need to ask to go to the bathroom every single time and the libraries have to open the door by pushing a button from underneath their table.
And if you go after school hours (3pm to 8pm, or weekends) then it will be pretty hard to get a cubicle or table.
The selection of books are limited too so make sure you check online and have the books you want shipped from the other county libraries before you get here.

La county public libraries employee’s are apparently not allowed to change a light bulb? So, I was told «you’re welcome to move to any other table.» there we’re no other tables with decent lighting, because of the energy conservation plan they follow «when the lights burn out we don’t replace them» …idiots.

I come to the library to study every so often. It’s clean, close to my house, and has a great study area when there are seats available. However, make sure you bring some earplugs because the employees working the information desk have built-​in megaphones in their voice boxes and make sure that everyone in the library can hear every word they say. It also gets extremely noisy on weekdays after school gets out because kids come to hang out and pretend they’re doing homework.
Besides the noise, this place is a great part of the community!

It’s a library for Pete’s sake, a library, that’s all.
Having said that, it’s in a nice new building, and clients still get 10 free prints a day. It’s a drag that if you need to go to the loo, you have to get one of the staff to buzz you in. That’s fine if nobody is ahead of you in the queue, but if they are, you have to keep your legs crossed !!!
Wi-​Fi is available and free to members. I’m not sure how things work out if you want wi-​fi and you’re not a member.

This library is one of a kind with its high ceilings and modern architecture! A great place for kids and parents to unwind and enrich their knowledge thru reading!
Also a great after school place for teenagers to study and enrich their academics thru the various resources avialable out there. Kids can get tutoring as well as homework done in one place.

Love this place since it’s been renovated. There is plenty of workspace, free wifi, and private rooms. But, some of the librarians are really rude! There is one older lady who I love, she is nice and very helpful.
Overall, the library gives you access to many resources. Be sure to keep in mind your first 10 prints are free!

I love these place so huge I usally go to print few stuff nd every-​time I need help to get on the computer BCUZ there is something wrong with my card but the guy is supper nice and helps me all the time I don’t really like going when the school just finished BCUZ there is always kids in front screaming nd inside talking loudly but I deff would recommend this place to anybody

If you would like to be talked down to about «water damage» that happened to a book you checked out, feel free to engage one the higher-​ups here. I went into the library to renew a book and to mention that during vacation the glue had come loose on the binding of the book I had. I thought I was being a considerate person. Instead I ended up getting a lecture from a librarian. She made sure I felt like an idiot and not a 29 year old mother of 2 who has had her own library card since she was 5. It makes me not want to return to this branch at all, which is a bummer because it’s right down the street. I’m more willing to go to Pasadena and not be spoked to like I’m a hater of book conditions and an idiot.
P. S. There is a nice librarian who I have encountered a few times (she always goes out of her way to talk to the kids). She is usually at the desk in the back. Not at the front. Talk to her if you can.

I absolutely adore LaCrescenta but ever since the library was upgraded it is more of a rec center then a library. I don’t know what’s worse, the loud children running around or the librarians yelling at the top of their lungs when asked a question. What part of LIBRARY do the employees fail to understand. You can hear the conversations at the front desk from the individual study areas at the other end.
Today, much like every other day, I had to literally close my ears with my fingers to block out the loud voice of the librarian. On a different occasion, my friend had to literally yell out SHHHHHH after an hour went by and none of the staff asked the children laughing and conversing to keep it down. Very unorganized. I lost an entire day of studying. It seems to be a tutoring center. If its not one thing, it’s another.
Other than that, they are very helpful and attentive. They are very up to date with technology. Just don’t go there to study.

Why the harsh reviews from so many people? Yeah it’d be nice to be able to study here in absolute silence, but it’s good to see that a lot of younger students use it too. If some background noise is a little too much, then pop in some headphones to block it out and study.
The overall facility is nice as it’s been recently redone. Clean and modern for a local library.

worst place to study!!!
so freakin loud. They have a drumming class on the 2^nd floor… IN A LIBRARY!
unbelievable.