Fort Lee Public Library

I’ve seen reviews trashing the library cause of noise or lack of books. Here’s my take:
1.) If you’re in the children’s portion of the library — well, yeah. But I don’t think I’ve seen the library be noisy elsewhere, except maybe downstairs where they hold musical showings.
2.) The modern library is «connected». Unless it’s magazines or CDs, you don’t come to the library to browse. You can browse for books online, and make a request for it, and that book won’t be coming from the local library.
3.) The resources provided by the library — PCs, printers, copiers, and Wifi — I think it’s a wonderful resource for the community, and very usable here.
4.) The library has «partnered» with a bunch of online vendors where you can check out a magazine and read it on your phone or tablet. This awesome.
So I’m ok with this library. The three stars is ranking the facility — the resources it provides would certainly be higher. I do feel as though the facilities need a «refresh», but it’s not bad. Little things like a «carousel» of selected books in the kids (or even adults) section would be nice (i think they had it, and then… well…it’s not there anymore), or longer hours on a Friday or Sunday, or better «pipes» on their wifi/​internet connection. But the way to look at the library I think now is it’s a «community center» that can provide resources to the information you need /​want for research through the «connected libraries», but it may no longer be the traditional library where all the resources are there for the taking and the research you may want to do.
In the day of the Internet, the traditional library is changing, and why not.