Greenbelt Branch Library

Agreeing with a few others the staff is not friendly (with the exception of the few that lead story time). In my interactions with them (reserving a study room, exiting at closing time, getting in the right line behind the counter have been unpleasant. I find them extremely patronizing.
I hate to give a bad review to a library, but I really think the staff could use some good people skills training. I think that this library would improve significantly.

Nice library.
Not so friendly staff on the day that I dropped in.
I was looking for a meeting room. I guess I interrupted a staff member training a new employee. The «trainer» seemed annoyed that a guest/​I needed help.

Not so great customer service. They take forever to check people out and the ladies at the info desk were having a personal conversation but didn’t want to help me so they sent me to the circulation desk were there was a line. Then the lady at the circulation line asked me rudely to get behind some yellow sign like I was at an ATM or a pharmacy, I will be going to a different library moving forward or I’ll just read books on my tablet.

Not my usual branch, but both of ones closest to me are closed for renovations. A pleasant surprise, lots of space, and well organized. Quiet areas, and meeting rooms downstairs. The designated «library parking» is in back on the lower level but you can use the lot for the adjacent community center and go in the front door. Very quick free (but unencrypted) WiFi. I was amazed to see copies of Atlas Shrugged on the movie shelf in this notoriously liberal town.

I love this library. They almost have everything you need. They have graphic novels and some obscure titles too. If they don’t have the book that you want, you can always request them to buy it for you.
Librarians here are also very helpful. The hours are great especially on Mondays and Tuesdays when they close a bit later to accommodate people who have a 9 – 5 job.

Greenbelt Branch Library is part of the enchanting Greenbelt Historic District, along with the Greenbelt Community Center and the Roosevelt Center. Tho it was built in 1970 and lacks some of the charm of the other modernist, Deco structures built in the 30s in the Historic District, the library nonetheless exudes an appeal of its own. It definitely has a warm, community feel.
Renovated in 2010, Greenbelt Branch Library is a bright, welcoming space with an open layout. Sections are clearly labeled, and shelves are pleasingly organized and tidy. There’s a sizable collection of fiction, non-​fiction, and biography books, along with a separate «study room» containing a wide variety of periodicals. There’s a «Teen Zone» with literature and furniture that will appeal to the hippest adolescents. Foreign language publications include German and Chinese. DVDs, CDs, and audio books — including in MP3 format! — march along multiple shelves. There are plenty of computer terminals for surfing the ‘net or word processing. A colorful, zoo-​themed children’s section (complete with computers at knee-​high level) is separated from the rest of the library by the circulation desk. Downstairs are study and conference rooms, board rooms for meetings or seminars, a small gallery space, and a special reference collection on urban planning, cooperatives, «greenbelt» towns and the history of the City of Greenbelt. Helpful staff abound, prepared to help you find whatever it is you need.
But my *favorite* part of this library has to be the «Novel Endings» bookstore, located just off the children’s collection. There are a *ton* of used books, CDs, DVDs, and audio books for sale at incredibly reasonable prices: hardbacks and quality paperbacks for $ 1, cheaper paperbacks for 50 cents, audio books for $ 2. I spent ages browsing the inventory and ended up with Christmas presents for five different people for the bargain basement price of $ 4.77. Not bad. Not bad at all.