Pensby Branch Library

I’m a big library geek usually. I love visiting and returning home with a stack of new books. However, this one is kind of lacking in terms of resources and organisation. I feel like it’s been a touch neglected in these modern times.
Pensby Branch Library has a very minimal range of books, and CDS, and only a few computers which always seem to be in use.
The staff are helpful enough but the whole atmosphere in here is lacking and needs an injection of life.
This definitely needs some work if it is to survive and compete with other Liverpool libraries.

I think that the Wirral really falls behind Liverpool in terms of the quality of libraries in the peninsula. I mean, West Kirby Library is ok as it has a few computers that you can use the internet on and a wider open community space. But really, all the libraries are old fashioned and seem to use archaic equipment.
When you go travelling you notice that in other countries such as the states and Australia, libraries can become community hubs for serious intellectuals and learning.
Pensby library doesn’t seem to have that. They have a minimal range of popular fiction, children’s books and nonfiction books. They have three or four outdated computers for community members to access the internet, and they have a dull, drab 70’s style building that could do with a revamp and a refurb.
The staff are friendly enough, and they are happy to ring around other libraries to track down the title that you are after. But I really wish that the libraries in our peninsula would get a bit of money spent on them for the sake of the community as a whole!