A V Sorenson Branch Library

My wife and I have been here multiple times with our one-​year old daughter. Our most recent visit was this past weekend for a birthday party.
The gym is large and really cool. They have little cars, bouncy balls, basketball hoops, and toys all gear towards kids. My one-​year old loved crawling around in the gym and I guess anywhere for that matter. The whole facility is clean and modern. There is even a weight-​lifting area.
The ‘reading’ room was decked out for the little girls’ birthday with tables, snacks, and activities for everyone. It was set up very nicely.
When my wife see that we are attending an activity at the Sorenson Branch Library, we are excited to go and see whats going on.

Absolutely fabulous library, my favorite in Omaha. If you haven’t been there you can be caught off guard as it is in a community center on the bottom floor and lacks many signs. The parking lot is small, but just perfect for this neighborhood.
Great location, I stop by about once a week over lunch to pick up the books I’ve reserved online ahead of time. The staff is always very nice.

A.V. Sorenson is a smallish neighborhood library/​community center that I’ve been coming to since I was a kid. What’s not to love about your neighborhood library? It’s clean and has a decent selection of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and more.
There’s also free wifi plus a room of computers that are free for the public to use — plus a «teens only» room where they set up a Wii or something and let the kids go at it in a controlled environment. They even have self check-​out so you don’t have to interact with any other humans if you don’t want to.
We all know that modern libraries struggle to remain relevant when most of us have computers and the internet at home. Still, A.V. Sorenson is a vital part of the Dundee community, offering a quiet and relaxing place to relax and contemplate some literature, surf the web and get away from the humdrum life of sitting around the house all day. All that plus the public gym and many community outreach programs they offer downstairs.
I’d put together of team of outcasts just to win a break dancing competition in hopes to raise funds to save this place (if it ever needs saving) — that’s how much I love this place.

It seems a little strange to review a library, but A.V. Sorenson wasn’t even on Unilocal yet, so here we go.
First off, I’d be willing to wager that non-​library goers might not even know this place exists in Dundee, though it’s been open as a branch library and recreation center since 1976.
The community center includes a large meeting room, gym, game room, classroom, and weight room with activities for all age ranges, from preschool to seniors.
While the library (upstairs) includes computers with internet access, all the books you could hope for, and was recently remodeled to boot. There is a also a pretty cool ‘lost wax’ bronze sculpture commissioned in memory of Pam Scott, a former OPL manager — appropriately titled «Children Reading on a Log» — located inside the library.