The Arlington Library

The library is small but pleasant. The number of books hardly matters since you can order books from anywhere within Riverside. Also, the librarians are polite and informative.
There are homeless people outside, but the homeless people need somewhere to be, and a public library is as good as anyplace. I am just glad I’m not homeless.
The internet is for two hours a day, which comes in handy for anyone who has legitimate needs (as opposed to game play).

Good library sometimes the times I’ve been there there are homeless people hanging out outside that sometimes come in. A little leary of that but I don’t get scared to easily so my son and I go there sometimes during the summer. My wife has taken him there by herself to. Our son Is going into kindergarten and reading at a 3^rd grade level so we really want to encourage him.

This location is convenient for me, but I think I’d still rather go back to Corona to use their library.
I checked it out after I got my library card and it just seemed small, like it doesn’t have much to offer. Also, some of the «randoms» sitting outside made me slightly uncomfortable, I was glad I was wearing headphones in case I was asked for a dollar. Oh and I found their system of using the internet odd, signing in at that front computer and getting an assigned number for whatever computer they pick for you. Although, the 2 hour time limit is better than Corona’s 1 hr limit.
I went in a second time, because I needed to fax something ASAP and was told they didn’t have a fax machine. Um, what? I haven’t been to the other libraries in Riverside yet, but something tells me they’d probably still be better than this one.

The Arlington library. I remember when it was the one building and you entered on the side that faced 7 – 11. I also remembered when there are a movie matinée, the Arlington theater close by on Magnolia. I even remember the Silver Bell restaurant across the street. Yah, I guess I’m getting old. I don’t suppose anyone else remembers since no one who is born in Riverside stays in Riverside.
*sigh*
Mom introduced me to books when I was a kid, and let me tell you, it was a joy to be able to borrow books for free (!!!) back when I was a kid. I loved horses and Halloween and spent many a happy hour there. I even remember all the Atomic Bomb Cold War pamphlets they used to carry.
I checked it out for the first time in a couple decades the other day, and discovered you enter from the back. It seems popular among the wifi people, I wonder if anyone reads books any more. You know, turns actual paper pages rather than Nook and Book readers.
Ahh well, those wifi people will be old one day too, looking back with fondness at the early days of wifi. Mark my words. ;)

This might be the smallest library ever. However, I really like that the drive-​up drop off box is on the left side… meaning, I don’t have to get out of my car when I drop off my books. Also, the automated check out computers are so easy to use.