Jefferson Parish Library

Love this library! They are very helpful. It’s mostly quiet. It has been closed due to renovations & I am excited to see what they have done. Looking from the outside, they have made major updates like painting & have gotten new furniture. I am looking forward to seeing it today!

Terrible. I came in to get some studying done. The people don’t even try to be quiet. The librarians can be heard across the library talking and the people on computers don’t wear ear buds or even turn their speakers down. If you’re expecting a quite library to study, I guess this one isn’t the place:(the study rooms are only for 2 – 3 people so if you come solo you’re screwed. Next time I’ll find a Starbucks.

I recently got my library card and so far I am satisfied with the Jefferson Parish library system. I’ve been able to find everything I want (via interlibrary loan) except some things from Charles Bukowski.
It isn’t a big branch and doesn’t have a great selection but the Jeff Parish system seems to have a good range, so you can get pretty much whatever you want via the transfer to the Kenner library.
I don’t think it is a great policy that you have to actually live in Jefferson Parish in order to get a library card. My opinion is to make the system available to whoever wants it!
They recently upgraded to the self-​checkout system which is great if you are a bookish introvert who doesn’t want to make small talk with people you don’t know whilst sober (like me).
Not the Boulder, CO public library (the most fabulous library on earth) but it is still qualifies as a sacred place for an old school bookworm who still reads paper books.

This small library located in North Kenner is in need of some updating. The building design was modern when it opened decades ago but now it is quite unappealing. This is the same library I grew up going to since I was in elementary school with NO aesthetic improvements over the years.
Computers and lots of chairs and space for people to read books are of the utmost importance to library patrons these days. North Kenner has enough computers with about 3 dozen but they have few places to sit down and read.
This library should be asking themselves how should they change and develop? What is their role in today’s techno world? What can we offer to our community that will draw them into the library?
Libraries are changing quickly as they transition with new technology, ebooks, and digital media. Gone are the days where new libraries just have shelves after shelves of books. A larger portion of library budgets are being allocated to these computers, ebooks, and technology. This branch is still stuck in the old ways with very few ebooks or technological advances such as apps to access the library’s materials.
I hope the best for the North Kenner Library. It has been a staple of Kenner since it opened in 1985 but sadly it is not a library that I enjoy going to today due to its outdated resources.