Glenside Public Library District

Great Library and Staff. There are plenty of free activities for all ages and an immense selection of classic and current media.
In particular, I enjoy the baby/​toddler time offered. There is always a large group of us and the children really enjoy the story time and nursery rhymes.

This place is a freaking joke. I’ve lived in the Gh area and they have expand it so much it’s stupidity because there making more room for the kids instead of those like myself that go to school and actually need to study and it be quiet. You got janitors in the only area where it’s semi quiet by the study rooms fixing the lights making a bunch of noise, asking people to move and then people singing around the area. Like what the heck. They’ve made so little room for actual students to study so kids could have room to play video games. Ridiculous

The library recently had a face lift-​it certainly needs it for the immense amount of kids that come here after school-​and with computers now present in daily school work, the library offers computers as well for everyone to use. A nice place to come and nice people that work here.

Love the children’s librarian, she is incredibly helpful! They are remodeling. I like it as a library. They have different kid programs and I hear a garden is starting ;)

very nice UNIQUELY built library.

My daughter and I enjoy this library very much. She’s a toddler and she loves the play area as well as the baby time/​toddler time programs. The staff is very friendly and helpful. I did have a mix up with a returned book. When returning items, make sure to scan them slowly so that each one is properly registered! The problem was quickly resolved and I was thankful for the staffs help.

Can’t go wrong with a good library for a good book. Buying books gets mighty expensive, often for only reading them once.
My kids love the library. They come out with quite the stack of books regularly.
I like that you can put books on hold online.
The local school kids appear to like to hang out here after school, to play online games.
They appear to have a pretty good video selection, but haven’t checked any out yet, except from the kids section.
Wife has indicated that it appears they aren’t necessarily stocking all new books, that they may only be procuring some books in electronic form, which is nice if you have an e-​reader, especially since I believe you can check them out from home, but can be a bit of an investment that kind of defeats the purpose of having a library, especially when one wants to reduce his/​her dependency on electronic devices.

I went to Glenside after I had to play a horrid game of 21 Questions with a power-​hungry Front Desk employee at the Bloomingdale library. See, I just moved to the area and wanted to check out ONE book.
Glenside was very helpful — the moment I stood in line to wait to ask how to hook up my library card, a helpful employee asked what I needed help with, and then escorted me to the proper desk area. They they used my out-​of-​town library card (where I literally JUST moved from and where my mother still resides [and I visit 1−2x per week]) and linked it up to their system so I can check out books. The whole process was very easy and everyone was very nice.
The book self-​check-​out system was a bit confusing to me — I wasn’t sure if I had ACTUALLY checked out a book, though the information was on the screen. It took me a few minutes to figure out how to print a receipt.
Another reviewer mentioned that she didn’t like seeing kids hanging out/​running around the front of the library. Umm… it’s a LIBRARY. They’re KIDS. It’s a community that devotes their time, in part, to children’s programs and to promoting literacy. I’d much rather see kids hanging out at the library after school, having a good time, getting acquainted with books and developing a positive relationship with libraries/​reading than hanging around elsewhere where they can get into trouble and possibly have negative influences. I sat at the front desk area for less than 10 minutes, and the kids were only around that area and the children’s area — NOT the adult area. Still, if it bothers you that much, go to the library after 5 or 6 when the kids go home. They’re open until 9pm.

Another beautiful library in the burbs. The interior is beautiful and the staff very helpful.
The lady at the reference desk was so helpful and called a few other libraries, gave us directions, suggestions and took our info in case she thought of any other place that would have what we were looking for.
If I lived closer, I would most likely visit this library or the one in Addison. Both are very cool.