Napa County Library

Great library! Great selection and if they don’t have it, you can request it from other libraries to pick up here… or fill out a suggestion card and they’ll notify you when they’ve ordered it. The staff inside are very helpful & knowledgeable. The biggest problem are the large pit bulls and cloud of cigarette smoke from the loiterers out front. Not fun to walk your children through.

My favorite aspect of this library is their online reservation system! You can look up any book in Solano or Napa counties libraries and have it sent to your local library and then emailed when ready for pickup… The best thing ever!
As a parent that system is the only way I can find books– I do my «shopping» online, swing by the pick-​up shelves when I come in as the kids and I head into the children section.
Aside from a large kid section with tables and soft small sofas (even hard back toddler books at toddler level) they also have great programs for the kids. Read to a dog– huge hit! Read to a grandpa/​grandma — my kids adore it! Movie night — thankfully my kids haven’t heard about it yet: P.
The summer reading program gives kids prizes and makes them feel proud about their progress — and adults get $ 10 off their late fees (thank you!!) too.
They have an enclosed study area and special times for older kids who need help with homework and computer usage for everyone.
I love the three free books per child at each book sale — and boy do my kids love it too!
My only concern about the liberty is that in the last couple years they have (had to?) bring in a security guard… And while they always seem friendly it’s a bit odd to walk into a place of happiness like a library and see a guard… Makes you wonder why it is necessary…

Wonderful library with very helpful staff. I frequent the library weekly with my daughter & the staff have come to know her. They help her pick out books that they think she’ll like. Book selection is wonderful as well as DVDs & CDs.
However, I’ve noticed a rise of homeless people & trouble makers. I took my daughter to the restroom & walked in two women washing their clothes in the sink & drying them at the hand dryers.
Also, outside I’ve been hassled twice. One person need to use my cell phone & the second wanted food.

For a library that went through an earthquake not too long ago, I’m surprised that it’s still in great condition. I’m in love with the library. I love the layout, silence, cleanliness, and the comfortable furniture. I also love the the study tables by the windows. You can catch a nice view of Downtown Napa while you’re studying or reading a book. There’s also a decent amount of outlets to choose from if you’re bringing your laptop to do some computer work; however, if you’re going to use one of their desktops, be aware that the time slots for that desktop doesn’t last that long. Overall, this library would have to be my favorite location from the SNAP system.

One of the rudest staffs on any library in the area. An okay selection of books, though they’re frequently out of order and don’t ever get straightened. They also tried to charge me for a book because it «had water damage». I told them it didn’t have water damage when I returned it less than 10 minutes earlier and they then realized there was water in their book drop… maybe something they should check before trying to charge people. Another trip I checked out a book that was pretty grummy and old, but I really wanted to read it so I checked it out anyway. When I checked it back in they tried to charge me for it. Again, really? They told me when a book already has damage to call them after you get home (even if they manually check it out to you) to let them know there’s already damage so they don’t charge you for it. Umm… no. Do your job right the first time.

Awesome library in a great location! The staff is always friendly, free wifi, their fines are ridiculously low, the SNAP system provides you with the latest DVDs and books with no inter library loan fees. I pretty much nixed Netflix because I get all my DVDs from the library now. I do wish its open on Sundays.

Great books, nice remodelled space, helpful people. It is the only library I know with a roving security guard — not a suprise in that this IS NAPA. It’s an authoritarian vortex for the mindless corporatists that populate its general environs. Not even NYC public libraries have this, and they face ACTUAL THREATS. So, instead of moping around the library floor doing nothing and getting paid, have Kojak stop the idiots that speak loudly on mobile phones in the study area! Oh, and have the idiot who runs county IT policy update the fucking browser software to the current century… just saying. Just becasue the county employs hillbillies doesn’t mean we all want to be one too! Just a hint! :-)

LIKE
…except for the loud morons who do not realize they are in a library & the lily livered staff who seemingly do NOTHING to restore order.

Beautiful, spacious library. Remodeling looks great. Faster internet speed than my home computer.

Most of the «older» Unilocalers remember what it was like to go to the local library, listen to story time, play records and just have a good time. Now that some of the bigger book stores have crowded our cities and taken our time and money, we have left our dear local libraries behind. Many have closed or have limited hours and that’s more than sad.
With the times being so difficult I ask everyone to support their local city library, it keeps the doors open and saves you money.
At the Napa county library the staff is extremely helpful, the place is brightly lit, clean and the computer search system is wonderful.
I met my mentee there today and just feel in love with it all over again. Our local high school even holds presentations here and it so much better than sitting in a stuffy classroom listening to their presentations. Love my students but oh it can be a long day in their classes.
The only reason I give it 4 out of 5 stars is because the most popular books are always gone and the selection in some areas can be small. The staff will make every effort to find and hold your selection.
Take advantage of your library and be glad you have one, soon they truly may be a thing of the past and that would be a tremendous shame.

I actually hang out here often, the free wireless internet is faster than at home and the seats in the teen section are really comfortable. There are quite a few homeless and mentally not-​all-​together folk who cruise the joint but you don’t really notice them unless you are looking or they do something really odd (which happens somewhat often). My moment of notice occured while sitting next to a guy in the magazine section who was wearing a full suit and tie (a little over dressed for the library perhaps) I happened to watch him get-​up to leave and noticed he was also wearing bowling shoes… I guess from Napa bowl. I have just moved from Baltimore where there are armed guards at the Enoch Pratt Library and you have to be buzzed into the bathroom, I guess to discourage full bathing. So I like any place of reading that doesn’t feel like prison.
The Librarians are super nice and help you find whatever you need. I special order lots of old punk, rock, bluegrass CD’s to be delivered different libraries and they call me when they arrive… for free… no music store would do that.
I did have to pay once to get a super hard to find book from across the country, it was two bucks and it turned out to be from the 1920’s first-​run printing… can’t beat that.
It blows my mind that more people don’t take advantage of their services but ignorance keeps the crowds down.
4 stars, 5 if they served alcohol.

Free wireless, open on Sundays, air conditioning. Who could ask for more. I was a little upset when I saw security rousting out the homeless people. When did it become a law that the homeless couldn’t hang at the library? Do we have to look like we have a home to read? –1 star for less compassion.

A great library with a very nice inter-​library system that allows you to order books from many other libraries. They also have a book sale that is quite nice. I went there for the sale just today which happened to be bag day (a bag of books for only $ 5) and got quite a few nice ones.

The local system is great as they can get you books from a large number of libraries in the North Bay. Everyone here is technophobic and as such the two checkout machines are always clear, good for me, sad for the community. I helped one older lady out one day and I think I might have turned her onto it instead of waiting in line, which was an awesome feeling I might add.
If you want something and it’s not here don’t hesitate to place it on hold, there are usually several copies squirreled away somewhere for just this sort of thing. All the librarians here are very helpful, I’d find it hard not to be to work in your own utopia.
There are always people here, never actually packed unless it’s near closing and then people are gathering near the front for checkout. The parking lot is very small and almost always packed and there is a small set of parking spaces in the back but they too tend to be full or just one space left.
Hours are plentiful and a bit odd on the weekends but hey at leas they’re open.