Joint Use Library

This library is very spacious. When you walk in there is a mini café that offers select Starbucks beverages and snacks. There are so many places to settle and study. There are many study rooms and computer terminals. I was also impressed by the children’s section. Checking out library books is so easy too.

Since I cannot get myself to focus at home for the life of me, I always come here to study, work on assignments, and take exams. I love the big booths located on the first floor alongside the windows. They are comfy with lots of space and charging stations. There is enough space for my husband and I to sit opposite of eachother and get work done without being in each other’s way. You can even reserve rooms for more seclusion which I have considered for test taking but I have been okay in the general area so far.
I appreciate the Starbucks but they are closed on weekends. I know this is a joint — use library but being part of a college, I expected longer business hours. I’m used to university hours of being open till 11pm daily, I know, spoiled! 9 pm closing time on weekdays, 5pm on Friday and Saturday, and closed on Sunday. I rely on the library for a quiet place to study and having to cram it during the week to fit their hours is difficult sometimes. This is the only thing I don’t like about it.

This is an awesome library! I love the Starbucks when you walk in. Today I got a pumpkin spice latte. If I reviewed the Starbucks it would be 4 stars cause they didn’t have frappiciunos today. :(She said she was waiting for the truck. However the library itself is OUTSTANDING. Great study rooms, spacious computers, awesome organization of books. TCC is really stepping it up. The librarians are friendly and professional. Awesome addition to Virginia Beach.

I would say it is an amazing place and very quiet. I personally sit on the lower levels in the big booths because I feel there is more privacy and also the outlets are easier to access. Overall I love this place and keep coming back because it is so quiet and calm.

Best place to study I’m Virginia Beach! I’m so happy that they built this, I am able to get quality study time and their resources are awesome as well. I have access with the wifi with my TCC information. You can book study rooms as well, which is superb!

I am in love with a librarian. My wife has been one for 25 years at different universities around the country. So if given the opportunity to check out a new one I am all over it. I actually attended the grand opening of the Joint Use Library.
The JUL is on TCC campus, it is an academic library. The library operates as both a Virginia Beach Public Library and a Tidewater Community College Library, thus the name «Joint Use». It has everything that a college student could want to to do research, check out materials and do group work. They also have multiple study rooms with flat screen TV’s that look marvelous for a student.
The parking situation is all surface and in my opinion not adequate at peak times when school is in. The great thing is it’s not a far walk to the building. Speaking of the structure is pretty darn massive, sleek with concrete, polished steel and lots of glass. to say it has a modern design is an understatement. The exterior of the library is is real beauty.
A modern feel from the outside follows you inside as marble floors grace the entry. A blond wood, is present on the counters and book selves. Exposed steel is every where you look and glass as far as the eye can see. A café is on the right at the entrance and the circulation desk is on the left. A little farther in the flooring transistions to a conservative beige carpeting. In the middle you will find an awesome student area to study in large booths that are fully equipped with plugins. This is not the quiet study area. The right wall as you enter is curved and has lots of books on wooden shelves. The lighting is excellent.
In the center of the downstairs is the children’s and youth library. It’s not big, but it packs a punch with a creative design for play, seating and even a sealed off activity room with a large flat screen. The staff has all done themselves with cool displays for the kids. On the day I was last there the room was full of little children watching Monsters Inc. Through the doors and you run into the periodical area that has a magazine for just about any taste.
Upstairs is a mega computer research area, quiet study section and a lot more stacks of books. I also saw a large comfortable «quiet study» area. More private rooms that can be reserved are visible, but not in use this afternoon.
The entire building was neatly organized, immaculately cleaned and inviting for a patron. This is a wonderful example of how a partnership like this can work and spread the cost burden over two large entities. If you have not yet checked this library out, which I guess that is still a lot of you then no time like the present.

Such an upgrade from the old library. This one recently opened up last spring. It’s very big inside. Open floors, windows all around. Parking is limited, I sometimes park all the back of the g building. I try to come here as much as I can at least once a week to study.
–Two floors worth of books (stairs & elevators to get you on the second floor)
–Two floors worth of computers (must have TCC ID or library card to use and print)
–Several bathrooms up and down stairs, family and handicapped bathrooms as well
–Kids section with computers and mini play area
–basic Starbucks near the entrance. By basic I mean they have simpler items on the menu compared to a regular Starbucks
–Study rooms everywhere. Reserve it by going on TCC’s library website. It’ll ask for your name, number, and email sending you a notification to your cell/​email. You’ll show that to the people at the front desk and they’ll swipe your student ID. Each room is equipped with one tv and keyboard.

The architectural design of this building displays real curb appeal. The Virginia Beach TCC campus has grown rapidly in the past couple of years and luckily they made this library open to the public. It is very modern with a lot of open space and areas to study. There is even a small Starbucks located in the café area as soon as you enter. The Starbucks doesn’t include all the signature menu items, but it does the job. With a TCC student ID or Virginia Beach library card, you are able to reserve study rooms online or at the front desk, perfect for group study or privacy. There is also a nice area for children’s books and activities.
My only flaw with the library is its operating hours. It closes at 9pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends. Other than that it is a great library that I prefer to go to over my own school’s library.

This place is gorgeous. A beautiful state of the art piece of architecture, steel and glass. It’s amazing walking up to it at night because it’s like a well lit glass house and since the walls are primarily glass you can see into most if the rooms. You can see people studying, having meetings, busying themselves with other activities.
I spent countless hours in libraries as a child. I was a huge reader, and libraries were my intellectual amusement park. This place could have been my Disney if it were around 2+decades ago.
They have these awesome study rooms that look like observation rooms to me. Glass on three sides. With a large LCD screen mounted on the back wall. But no food allowed in the rooms. Not sure I could study for hours without food though.
The bathroom is pretty far away, deep in the middle of the library, far from the circulation desk and the café. Perhaps this is for safety & convenience reasons. It is near the children’s area. There is a second restroom at another location.
Everything here is bright, clean, organized, modern and comfortably inviting.

Libraries get five stars from me, always… because I’m a nerd. Therefore, I like books. But, this one also gets a five star review because it is a very nice new addition to the VA Beach Library system. It also happens to be on the TCC campus in VA Beach and is affiliated with the college.
My youngest son and I wandered here the other day and checked it out and I came away very impressed. Though it’s not quite as big as the main branch central library, it’s plenty big with lots of private meeting/​study rooms, computers, and a very nice kids section. There is also a coffee shop right off the main entrance for a snack and caffeine if there studying or just getting your books.
On the day we went, it wasn’t too crowded as it was still fairly new. I imagine it will start picking up once everyone realizes it’s open and you can use your VA Beach Library account. See you there.