Anaheim Central Library

Central branch is one of the few places you’ll find people from every age group, race/​nationality and walk of life in one place. There’s plenty of parking (both for bikes and cars) and it’s located next door to the police station making it a little safe. It’s a family friendly library with lots of books to choose from and if they don’t carry it at this branch they can always have it inter-​officed to them from another branch. It’s two stories, they have a dedicated children’s section with lots of book clubs and events for them after school and on Saturday’s. They also offer free wi-​fi! If you need to study and focus, the second floor is the place!

This is a awesome library I bring my 1 year old here they have story time and then let the kids play in the play ground for a little while. It’s clean the people here are very helpful and sweet. Had an awesome experience

My last visit to this branch was March 12, 2016 at 11:00 am. The front desk and children’s front desk personnel are very polite and very helpful. The library has a big selection of children’s books and resources. The library itself is huge, beautiful and clean. The parking lot is big and clean.

lacks services for STEM majors like white boards and study rooms. Staff decently kind, although it took one a few moments to notice that I was standing in front of her and her co-​worker for a few minutes. It’s ok but it can do with a lot of improvements.
I’ll have to give them another try later, but for the time being I don’t want to be disappointed any longer.

I love the Anaheim Central Library. They have a huge children’s library area completely separate from adults and juvenile area. There are lots of tables for studying, tutoring, and homework. A plethora of chapter books, series books, fiction, non-​fiction, beginning readers, picture books, baby board books, and toys for the small ones. Books books books galore and a staff that is kind and very very helpful.
They have numerous computers available for grades 6 and below which is helpful for my son to practice his JiJi math and typing. Very easy to use and quite. There are also about 8 toddler computers where my younger son can work on easy reader learning games.
Overall this library is clean, cool during the hot summer days, and an enjoyable place to spend time with your entire family

Much better this time around wifi is still hit or miss but moslty good. Good location as well and everyone is willing to help

i love the central branch library! honestly in my opinion, this is the best library in anaheim. it is very big and has many spaces. also many great selections on books for the children and adult. very big and spaceous computer room for adults and media room. yes free wifi. the staffs are all nice snd friendly. i love taking my niece to the library because she enjoys the ac and toddler toys. love all the activities that the library participanted in. the only thimg that sucks is that the restroom is all the in the basement. i get real scare to even go to the restroon :/

I love this library because it’s two stories and has a great view… Downfall are all the homeless people. The stench of the homeless linger in the carpet, air, and chairs. I rarely find a good seat because of the homeless and their belongings taking up the space around them. When I use the restroom which is surprisingly very clean I occasionally come across a person who is strung out on meth or whatever they are high on. It makes me feel I’m going to get mugged. This would be a great library if the homeless wasn’t an issue.
There are Hispanic volunteers that are so obnoxious, rude, loud, disrespectful god this list goes on and on. This male Hispanic volunteer dusts books and just talks so loud about how he parties on the weekend?! Like really? No one cares about your lame weekends. The Hispanic volunteers who dust the books in the corner of the top floor ruin this place just as much as the homeless do. They are so loud it’s hard to study. I had to move because they would not keep it down. Of course I would never ask them to keep it down but come on it’s a library, not social hour. At least for most of us using this building.

Very rude staff, unreasonable treatment for children and adults. Specifically the blond employee, which is the manager. This place is awfully full of homeless, strange people, and gang members. Couple days ago some woman came inside and started to scream the top of her lungs until sometime later a staff member took action. Bathrooms are filthy and needs to be restock with soap and toilet paper. Free Wi-​Fi, huge selection of books and magazines. This place needs to provide more supervision and a safe environment for children.

I love the Anaheim Library! Couldn’t be cleaner, nicer people who work there! I feel like we should all be thankful for something so welcoming, and it’s free. Amazing that our city is able to cater to the public. My kids run the library when we are there, and the staff is amazing! Helpful and nice. Thank you for making our days easier.

A GREAT Library with Great Selections and that even reminds you when things are over due by calling you. A couple of drawbacks are A) they charge a small fee for some of the Holywood movies and the Library is so popular that you actually WAIT in line at check out. but over all a serviceable library with incredible selection.

I came here on a random tuesday to study before getting some yogurt at oh my god yogurt which is like 3 blocks down the street. Overall, pretty quiet library where you can get some work done. There are a lot of high school/​middle school kids here seeming to be doing some studying.
+1 for me taking a nap here and no one bothering me
+1 for opening pretty late (8pm) and plenty of parking.
+1 for fast free open wifi.
–1 for having no plugs except 2 small table next to the walls.
The bathrooms are located downstairs.

I used to love coming here to study for the LSAT, mostly because it’s RIGHT down the street from my house. I am giving a two star review because of an incident with some of the employees/​volunteers that completely turned me off the place. In late November, I was fortunate enough to grab a small table by the window on a rainy day. I have MANY books and papers that I organize and spread out and I love the lack of distraction that studying quietly and alone provides. I had been studying for two hours when a group of about a half dozen volunteers took the table next to me. Not only were they very loud, but also very rude and kept giving me dirty looks, etc.
After at least a half hour of enduring this, one member of the group, a Hispanic gal, waltzed over to my small round table, pulled up a chair, and motioned for the other Hispanic volunteer to sit down. (I had already been avoiding this particular guy because he had been not-​so-​subtly stalking me down the aisles in the previous weeks I had spent here.) He sat there at my table next to me for a couple of minutes and then actually told me, «You can go move to that table over there,» and pointed to the table he and the crew were just sitting at. The way he said it made it seem as though I had no choice; he actually insisted that I move ALL of my stuff about 5 feet over to a large, shared table with other people. I was so disgusted and upset that I just wanted to be as far away from him as possible, so I moved, and within seconds, the other gal and a few of the other volunteers swooped in, dragging chairs from other tables to sit in, and were now making just as much noise as before while sitting at my formerly occupied table. After that, they were not secret about whispering things about me and giving me critical looks. They stayed for about a half hour and then they all left. They actually made me disrupt my study time and move my several armfuls of stuff just to sit there talking for thirty minutes?!
I couldn’t function properly after that and had to call it an early day. I wasn’t sure who to talk to about their behavior and I didn’t want to make a scene. I am now in search of a new study spot, most likely across town or in another city, because I never want to encounter these people again. I am still so disgusted.

Many years ago I used to bring my son here for the story time and after that spend an hour on the kids computer lab. At the old days my son call this Ba Ba library. What a memory.

This is a great library; They have an impressive collection. Good staff, plenty of parking. Plus the 1960s façade on the outside of the building is sweet!

My hubby and I love coming to the library! Great selection, friendly staff, and super clean bathrooms!

I have not been to this library in ages but now that I am a teacher, this library is a frequent stop for me. It is convenient as it is only 5 – 10 minutes from home it is on the way home from work! I use to come to this place as a kid and now that they have totally revamped this place, it looks spacious and amazing. The kids section is like a playground! (but of course you don’t see kids running in there like one… well sometimes). They have a great selection of books, although a lot of them are misplaced (i blame the kids ;)) Lots of things to check out and they even have a little room for videos to select from. I love the room where you can also buy books at a very great price. They range from 25 cents all the way to about $ 2. I love the self check out system as well! So if you are embarrassed about borrowing something, self checkout is the way to go! LOL!

I recently moved to Costa Mesa and I miss this library so much. This is the only library I had ever been to, and I thought that all libraries in Orange County were like this.
I can always find the book I am looking for and their staff is always helpful. It also has a great selection of Cd’s, movies and audio books. You never have to pay for a magazine subscription because they have everything imaginable. I don’t have any kids, but their kids area looks so inviting for the little ones.
The ONLY thing I don’t like is how high their lost book fees are :(. I lost one book during the move I had to pay like $ 35 for it. Make sure to renew your books, because late fees are high as well.

This library seems great. I just bought a house around the corner and quickly came here to get a card and ultimately a card for my two kids.
The library has a few issues wih their procedures or at least the enforcing or interpretation of the rules. My son was not allowed to access a computer the other day, because he did not have his card and when I asked about the temporary id number machine– she said that was only for non card holders… so kids who have a card, but cannot present it, are somehow less qualified users than non members…
when I questioned the sensibility of this, the lady gave me this look like I was crazy to question this rule, as if it’s not completely ridiculous.

Larger library with an upstairs quiet area and great kids section downstairs. Free wifi without and ID or password. Easy parking and AOK hours of operation.
The downside is that it still seems kind of dingy and there are limited power supply units at the tables.
AOK.