Joyce Ellington Branch Library

I dont come here often, and with personal Experience with a lot of libraries that I HAVE been to. there’s really nothing or any action that make me, give this rating but (there’s always the exception and if you CARE about your family as I do) the help here is about average, but my certain experience before (once) left me looking at WHO they really hired thru the city of san jose. seriously I can be Nosy, or Pushy when I chat, but if someone is that personal (to an extent) LEAVE YOUR OPINIONS back at HOME.
On the plus side, The videos non-​fiction and Fiction are always, available. :) depending on what your looking for anyway :)

I go to this library usually once or maybe twice a week. It is always clean and reasonably quite. The place smells of disinfectant. While it is small they can order any book in there system and sent it to Joyce Ellington. There is also a copy machine that can be used with the computers. The staff is helpful. Ok to be honest there are a few cons. There are a few homeless sleeping. But it is not a problem. With heat and a/​c it is a pretty comfortable place. I do wish they would have more than 1 copy of the newspaper. The paper is all stapled, stamped, worn by the end of the day. I guess my big complaint is there is too many people eating lunch and snacks. Also check the hours they are opened some days 10 or 11 o’clock. They are closed Friday Saturday and Sunday. The mosaic of Joyce Ellington is welcoming. Like this place!

Great library! Clean, the staff is always ready to help, lot of craft activities for the kids, and story times several times a week.

Great library! New and clean, there is plenty of parking and the area is well lit. There are some shady looking characters focusing too intently on the computer, but that is not abnormal in libraries these days.

Took a class at this library today. The main portion was closed, but the community room is where we had the class. It has newer tech. And a nice corner location with big windows to people watch from when you get bored in class. Clean restrooms and the rest of the library looks brand new. The gate was down, so i couldn’t get to the rest.

Its as clean as a library can probably get, very accessible and I can probably say, its worth the trip vs. the main library if you’re only looking for something to read or a place to chill while reading or listening to music. I love it because its not congested like most libraries seem to be these days.

Nice friendly staff (Lost my DL –saved in a safe box) returned with no problems.

My voting house

I like this library. Great and easy location.

Clean, tidy, family– and neighborhood-​friendly library. Like most branches in the system, it’s an attractive building with limited goods and lots of lounging areas. Free Internet and WiFi.
My one complaint: Why do all the libraries seem to carry pretty much the exact same DVD titles? It seems that they could greatly broaden the overall library by not buying so many multiple copies of the same title. Does each library really need three or four copies of «Eyes without a Face,» however good it may be?
Also, please, please invest in a scratch removal machine, SJPLs. The general condition of these things is really bad.

It’s been over a year since I came to this library. I think it deserves an update.
Still clean, organized and kid friendly. Noticed kids love this place-​but they’re quite today. No day care today I guess.
They have more references available from last year. I also noticed that their teen section got bigger in book selections.
They do have tons of movies that you can borrow or watch in the library.
Very cool! I’m a happy camper.

good for: Kids brats etc, movies, vietnamese materials, spanish materials, noticed a lot of «how to pass the TOEFL» books, Manga!
bad for: Reading english at an adult level
Walked in and first thought was «wtf is that kid doing skating in here?» It was a saturday morning, shouldn’t they be watching cartoons or something? I mean it makes me feel like an old «get off my lawn» man saying this, but seriously no respect. The librarian told me the place is packed with an after school crowd on the weekdays so I’d avoid it then.
Half this place is childrens section, there’s a «teen room» with manga a place to watch movies and internet terminals, the adult section had a lot of viet/​spanish foreign movies and materials. Was not very comfortable as I had the choice of sitting in a small area with some uncle grandpa types reading periodicals, didn’t want to set foot in the kids section and finally chose the teen room. Not really any place to chill in there, had to listen to Hercules playing in the background and the occasion exclaimed obscenity from the two tween girls stalking myspace while browsing the manga.
Grabbed some DVDs (they have a good selection of movies for a library) and got me out of there.

I’d probably like this library a little better if the children’s section were more isolated and the adult book collection were a little bigger. OK, a lot bigger. But there’s something to be said for concentrating on creating a big open inviting space where adults and children just feel good being there.

Heads up!!! I’ve frequented this library because its close to home. Its noisy and parents and staff allow kids to run rampid and disrupt the whole environment a library should be. The school kids are not as noisy and irritating as the children accompanied by there parents. This is a diverse review not one stands alone. I think staff should take the responsibility to control the the environment before it becomes uncontrollable, or has it already?

I’m only a fan because its just blocks away from my house.
the movie selections are okay, the book selections are eh, okay, but the kid section, is where its at. So many children’s books, I think the library forgot that adults read too… The music section is pretty good too, i’ve found things here that i never thought a library would have. so heck it out, and also, the only thing that sucks is the computer room, there is hardly ever any availability.

This branch opened on June 28, 2008. It was formerly known as Empire Branch Library [
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It’s right across from a school, so I’m sure the kids will be filling the place during the weekdays. Backesto Park is just two blocks away, so the location is quite convenient.
While the design of the library is the same as all remodeled libraries in this system, this one feels a bit more cramped than others. The computer room holds 25 computers, and there are just two study rooms. That being said, the main entry room feels very open. You’ll find the audio CDs and floating bookshelves here.
You can park on the street, but it’s better to get into the lot between the library and the school. The exterior returns are here anyway.
Because the library is on the smaller side, the selection is not as great. MLK isn’t that far away if you really need to find something. So, Joyce Ellington is not a destination library, but if you’re in the area, check it out.