Aberdeen Timberland Library

I agree with the two previous reviews, this library has always had some of the friendliest staff of any library I’ve been to in many, many years! And amazingly enough it’s also one of the quietest! I was shocked to find a guy shooting dope in the restroom stall one day recently but hey, drug addicts need to feel secure too I suppose. I don’t condone drug use, but it certainly beats having them do this crap out in the alley.
The staff here will always greet you with a huge smile and be willing to go out of their way to help you find something or do anything else you might need help with.
Heck, even the security guard lady is really friendly and sweet!

This small library has a very friendly staff, a lot of programs and a dedicated group of volunteer Friends of the Library.
Aberdeen does not have a bookstore to speak of (I suppose there’s the Christian bookstore in the mall, but if you want fiction, it’s either Wally World or the grocery store) and that is a real gap that the library helps to fill.
While the catalog for the Aberdeen library isn’t large, the Timberland Regional Library system is huge, spanning five or six (maybe seven, I’m losing track) counties, and it’s based in Olympia. So there is a lot more in terms of resources than the city of Aberdeen itself could ever hope to pull together. And with computerized library holds for virtually all its media, you can get obscure titles relatively quickly.
The library system only recently instated overdue fines. This has made them able to purchase an even wider selection of media because they don’t have to buy large numbers of popular books, CDs and DVDs anymore (people wouldn’t turn them in by the due date, which meant the library system would overpurchase popular items to compensate). I don’t think a single person was bummed out by this, in fact, I (an occasional abuser of the system, but not out of control) thought it was a great idea.
The library now has a security guy inside all the time, which may make you feel safer (there are lots of people who, oh, use a lot of services and don’t really have another place to go during the day that hang out there). The bathrooms are clean and there’s always plenty of parking.
The Aberdeen TImberland library is a pretty solid cornerstone of our downtown, and so important for all it does for our town.