DPL Ross-Cherry Creek Branch Library

We came for the wonderful and free weekly books babies session. What a nice activity! There are books, song sheets, and even scarves (if the song requires it). You are downstairs in a separate big room that is very child friendly. The class leader was wonderful! We loved the singing and reading combo and will definitely be returning.
My only 2 minor issues were that the room was crazy hot. Even the baby was uncomfortable, and I was fully sweating. Also, parking at this branch is incredibly hard. Make sure to give yourself lots of time.
The library itself, by the way, is immaculate and the staff is so friendly! It’s a great library option if you can find parking.

Wow – what a great small library in the Cherry Creek area! Was totally impressed as soon as I walked in – very clean, organized and plenty of books, magazines and DVDs to choose from.
The staff was very friendly and we were immediately greeted as we walked in. The checkout process is very cool – just lay down all the books on the checkout scanner, enter your library # or DOB and voila – it scans all the books at the same time! Very impressive.
Plenty of free parking and book drop is located at the parking area and also at the front.

Very nice library. There is a lot of room and a lot of table to study. I am studying for CPA exam and can hear people talking on first floor. Bring some earplugs in case there is noise because voices travel. Quite a few computers. Parking is not good. Plenty of pay-​to-​park spots close but I parked for free just 2 blocks away.

After driving around for the past 20 minutes trying to find a parking spot — metered much less free parking — I am giving up and going to a library elsewhere in the city. Not having a free parking lot designated for library patrons was poor planning and design. I could have been in and out in the time it has now taken to attempt to park.

What can I say besides a library is a library and I love books so heck you’ll find me there. Apparently this is the closest Denver library to my home so finally opened an account before Tattered Cover Bookstore steals all my money…
Great location and its cozy inside with lots of computer and space to get work done or just waste time. The staff could be a bit more enthusiastic and not treat me like an idiot for not knowing how things are done in the Denver system. Besides the staff, everything else is great and considering the great online system guess I’ll be using that as it is more convenient and involves less interaction with the staff.

Convenient & quiet for the most part.

Okay, so I’m a little old-​fashioned and actually enjoy going to libraries… especially when they look like this one!
This doesn’t remind me of any of the dingy libraries I visited as a kid, and it doesn’t hurt that they have a pretty massive (20 – 30?) collection of computers upstairs.
It was really easy to find what I needed — I’ll be back!

Parking sucks. It’s a dollar per hour of parking and there’s only a maximum of I think three hours. So if you’re planning on coming here to study for a long day like me, it’s going to cost you.
There honestly isn’t a ton of seating inside and the library itself is much smaller than most public libraries that I’ve seen. The furniture is much more contemporary than most that I have seen. It’s a tri-​level library with most of the computers on the upper floor and the bathrooms on the basement floor.
I absolutely love the metal legged copper upholstered chair they have upstairs by their desks. It is incredibly comfortable and I would love to own one of those chairs myself. Those chairs promote me to study better because it makes sitting more comfortable and it keeps my posture upright.

While this branch of the Denver Public Library is physically beautiful, has all the newest DVDs and books on CD and books (what else would you expect in a rich, upscale neighborhood?), it has horrible parking, and some of the laziest, most slovenly staff I’ve ever seen at a library.
My lovely wifey and I visited this location just a few days ago to find two «librarians» sitting at the front desk. One was busily reading a book while the female was busily typing away on her Facebook page or Twitter entries, not even looking up. There was a man with a long, hard angry face sitting behind the «research» desk staring off into the middle distance appearing to be discreetly mining for nasal gold while we looked for new movies on the rack. Perhaps he was angry because there wasn’t enough material for him to work with at the time? Or maybe he was thinking about his tax returns or mind-​crippling boring job-​for-​life?
The nose-​picking «research» man couldn’t be bothered to speak or acknowledge us (the library was had maybe one or two other people on that floor visible), while the other staffers kept working away on their books or iPhone social media efforts.
We picked a few DVDs and went to check out. The hypnotized librarians-​for-​life never looked at us, never acknowledged our existence in any human way and refused to try to lift a finger to check out any of the items we were carrying in any way. Nice to get a library job and never have to work again for the rest of your life or just sit and digging away in your nasal caverns.
When we got home, we found DVDs missing from two DVD cases; apparently because the staff there can’t be bothered to check the cases. When I called the location, I was told that they would no longer check DVD cases or CD cases for the materials and that we had to do it for them, and that this is an official Denver Public Library policy of not checking cases due to the fact that the elite DPL employees could possibly get carpal tunnel syndrome as a result.
Nice, new facilities in an über-​rich, upscale neighborhood, with lousy parking, and lazy, entitled, Denver elite staff apparently being paid by our tax money for the rest of their lives to read books, engage in social media, play games, shop on eBay, or dig in their noses while angrily staring out of nearby windows.

This is a really nice library. I love that you can when the library is open return books and movies at the outside drop and it will automatically return them. They have a pretty good selection of DVD’s available. Parking can be a little challenging.

This was the first library which I actually started going to regularly. It really opened my eyes up to libraries again. I used to really like going to them when I was younger… and lost that feeling when time started getting so tight when I got «older» and «busy». Well, now that i am even older, I make time to go there, because it is so incredibly fun. So many books you can read, movies you can see, music you can check out, all for free! Okay, well, as long as you return them on time. I still return a magazine late… you only get a week with those. But as long as a book is not on hold by another patron, you can keep it checked out for quite awhile (especially if you use the online renewal option too).
Fortunately they just updated their hours so they are open all days but Sunday (just a bit ago they were closed on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, I think).

This is a nice branch of the Denver library. While it’s not a huge branch, they have a large selection and they have self checkout. There is a parking lot behind the branch, however it’s a paid lot I find that a bit annoying, but it is what it is. With that said, if you are running in and out there is a 15 minute spot.

This is usually my go-​to public library, as it’s near me and almost always has the book/​movie/​whatever I’m looking for.
It’s in a neat spot, right in Cherry Creek. The lot to the side/​behind it technically is paid parking, but if you know exactly what you need you can duck in and out and not have to worry about it. The building is a little funky but cool.
Two things that throw me a little about this place:
1. It’s a little confusing how things are organized (but not terrible)
2. The staff seems… cold. That sounds weird but they were all frowning and didn’t even really acknowledge me…
But here’s the really neato part-​they have self checkout! All you do is walk up to a machine, scan your library card, put your book or whatever you have down (almost like you would produce at the grocery store) and you’re done. That’s pretty nifty.
Cool (slightly confusing) building, oddly cold staff, and a really good selection of all sorts of media. I’m a fan.

I love this library branch!
The building has a nice feel to it — lots of natural light and high ceilings. It’s clean and easy to find your way around.
The hold shelf is self-​service, which makes me feel like I have a little skin in the game, like it’s «my» library. In fact that’s kinda the overall vibe in the place. It reminds me of a modern version of the library I went to as a kid, where I knew the librarians by face if not by name and they knew me as well.

You can get a library card and check out books that same day.
Not a huge library with a extensive selection but if you are looking for a place to study and grab a popular book or two then this is the place.

The management at this library is awful. The man that runs the library is rude and condescending and seems to have trained his assistant manager in the same manner. Seems like a public library is not the place where you would need to even speak to a manager anyway! — but the Cherry Creek branch proved me wrong. Just plain rude. Can’t even think of anything witty to write regarding this because I’m so irritated by them.
However — there is a super cool, hippy guy that works there who is helpful and sarcastic and friendly — he’s the only reason they get one star. He rocks — the managers suckith.
Customer service is still important even when you work for the government, people. I wonder if they’ve forgotten who pays their salary! Boo on them. I’ll only go there as a last resort even though it’s the closest to my house. I’ll head to central or the one on university instead (or until those two people leave).

Geez, and I was happy with my neighborhood library (with the best librarians everrr), but yeaaa, one more GREAT branch here in Denver.
When my branch is closed I don’t just wait for another day — I’m way too impatient for that, so when I saw the list of closest libraries «open» on the front door, directly underneath the «closed» sign — I realized how close I was to cherry creek and another branch I had not yet visited.
So, I drove right over. Possibly 3 miles from my own perfect library is yet the MOST perfect library. A gi-​normous kids section, and the dvd section is even better and more current than my favorite dvd section at my home library.
Very exciting, I know.
The selection was more extensive than my home library, but as I’ve mentioned before, the best thing youcan do is order whaat you need, either at the branch, or online, and just pick it up at your convenience.
Easy greasy.