Old Town Newhall Library

PLEASE EXTEND YOUR HOURS!!!
love this library. Clean, quiet (most occasions), free wifi.

Everything about this library is spectacular! The books, magazines, and other information resources are current and available. Be it for research, or simply cerebral enjoyment — it all here. Further, the people operating this facility are exceptionally nice and even more helpful. Speaking of facilities… the building & environmental offerings are as good as it gets. There are study rooms, meeting rooms, clean restrooms, a fireplace in the periodical section, and power plugs and ports almost everywhere. There’s so much more, but one last thing… if you can’t make it to the actual library, the online library is fantastic. Order the books you need, download a digital read, or explore a completely new career track online.
If I could click 6 stars, I would — and it still would understate the the resource we have available to us.

Beautiful place. I love to study and read on the second floor by the big windows. Such a great view. The downside is some people take up so much space with their suitcases, they move the chairs together to take a nap, and they want to chat… I just want a place to work and study. Aside from that it is clean, there is ample parking, and there is a great kids section with games, computers, and a play area. Oh, and a HUGE fireplace! So cozy

Great facility. Nice library. I needed my library card to access the bathroom. I think they need to create an easier way for a person to do what they gotta do. What happens if I forget my card?

I’m home for winter break but I still have a few final papers I need to write. I needed a quiet study place to write. Old town Newhall library was my 3^rd place I tried in an hour. Really loud and no wifi. I wish it was quieter and had wifi, I would love to have that beautiful space to study.

Most personnel are very approachable and helpful. One male staff isn’t and even gave me a scary look.

Really nice library with something for everyone. Expansive kids section on the first floor.
We really enjoy coming to Story Time here almost weekly. Miss Chris does a fine job conducting and keeping the kids engaged.

The staff at Newhall Library is friendly and professional. The services here are excellent and resources are plentiful. It is open 7 days a week which is very convenient for working parents. We meet up with other families here on the weekend. My children love Newhall library.

A huge, beautiful building which, unfortunately, contains almost no books, whatsoever. The entire non-​fiction section is exactly 5 shelves. Unfortunate.

Probably the best in Santa Clarita with its clean simple architecture and lights all over the building. It’s a mix of modern, history and a slice of the future. You can get a study room for brainstorming, borrow a laptop and return books with least hassle. You can also check out your books through self service. There are attendants, help desk clerks and volunteers who can assist you from getting a key to their neat restroom to finding that elusive book or dvd. The place is divided to kids, teens and adult library upstairs. Very organized.
If you want to keep costs down, borrow a book, dvd rather buy or rent, they have spanish books and dad’s too. Check this place out if you want to fill your mind with knowledge. Plus the smell is better than the old libraries too and pictures of old town Newhall will astound you.

I used to go to the library in Downtown LA almost weekly, this is not it. But it is cute and has a lot of nice little features. The staff is very friendly and willing to help you.
There is computer access if you are a student and need to study and there are DVDs as well as books on tape if you are not really into reading.

Who designed this place? What’s with all the «Foo-​foolery» and non-​functional features, spaces and items doing on a Public Building? Has anyone heard the saying: «Form follows function»???
And the parking lot is way oversized.
But what I was amazed at was A MAJOR DESIGN FLAW, and had to laugh at, is that they put the kiddie and the youth wing on the ground floor of the library, and the adult section of the library UP THE STAIRS! YES! WE’LL MAKE THE ELDERLY RETIREES CLIMB THE STAIRS!!! THE EXCERCISE WILL BE GOOD FOR THEM!
(but we have an elevator, the library sheepishly stated…)
On a Friday noon, the kiddie and youth sections were empty, and the adult section was quite busy.
I predict that the city of Newhall will have to pay for an interior remodeling soon; moving the adult section downstairs and LET THE KIDDIES CLIMB THE STAIRS!
HAH!

As I sit here, sunk into my nice comfy chair in front of a great big roaring fire in a beautiful fireplace, I feel a review is in order. Since my fairly recent stint with unemployment, I’ve actually been here a few times. With each visit I’m still amazed by the massive vault of information and modern amenities known as the Newhall Library.
The place is relatively new compared to the other libraries in the area. Just three years ago this place opened up, compared to the far older Canyon Country and Valencia Libraries this place is insanely modern. This place is also huge. Two stories of train-​station appearing building. Great locally taken historical murals are printed up on the walls. Right alongside all that history, this place has some pretty state of the art features. The lights over the bookshelves are motion sensored, so if there’s nobody there, they go off to save power. Electrical outlets are sprinkled about all over the place, to charge whatever portable devices are running low on power. They’re even flip up concealed in many of the study tables. Grey laptop needs food… badly!
Several of the secluded study rooms have flatscreens and couches in them. As I mentioned above, there’s even a fireplace that runs on the colder days. If your into the digital books instead of the paper ones, there is a table absolutely full of anchored down techno devices to read your digital books on. The computer areas have dozens of public computers for personal use. All the while, an easy to access wi-​fi bubble wafts about lazily in the air.
Up on the second floor there are massive windows, with a row of ever occupied chairs in front of them. The chairs have flip-​out tables for devices or notebooks to rest on. Should a brain fart occur, people can sit in comfort and stare out at the mountainous Newhall scenery until they feel the strike of inspiration for their school projects… or their facebook updates.
Gone are the painted construction paper signs, in favor of newer digital flatscreen displays that are hung all over the place. Constantly informing the public of the library’s upcoming happenings. The bathrooms even have library card scanners for access into them. I suppose I’ll have to get one of those should I feel the need to pee on future visits. The librarians are fairly regularly placed, and super helpful with any library related questions you might think of. This is an absolutely amazing library. Good job Newhall.
Although this is a particularly fantastic shining example of a library, I don’t want to this review to undermine my respect and reverence for all libraries. All libraries are wonderful places. Ever growing repositories of infinite knowledge and extremly helpful people to help you find what you’re looking for within them. After reading this review, go and visit your local library.

This place is a joke! I went here to try to attempt to complete a reference assignment for a class and pretend to ask a question. Whoever «tried» to help me never seemed interested in me or my question, which I learned a person on reference should be approachable and interested. Well, this person could care less what I asked and seemed like they did not have any knowledge in conducting a reference interview.
But I should not have been surprised since I knew beforehand there are no full time librarians who work here. What a great way to save money I guess. I came back once for another assignment and it was just to collect marketing information and that was it thank the Lord. I will continue to visit the new Stevenson Ranch library instead and boycott the city of Santa Clarita Libraries and LSSI.

Horrible. The staff is sub-​par and especially Eleanor. She was horrible to myself and my son. I had a complaint and she did nothing to help me. In fact, she asked myself and my son to leave the library! You call that being a good supervisor? I think not! Also, when I complained to her supervisor, Erin Christmas, she could have cared less! Castaic Library is MUCH better and the nicest people work there! I don’t need to associate with any more drek! Look that word up in the dictionary!

It’s true what they all are saying, this is the best library in Santa Clarita by a long shot!
The building itself is huge and beautiful, containing two stories of books galore. Downstairs is the children and teen sections and upstairs is Fiction. I was in a hurry so I didn’t explore much, but I did spy a comfy looking fireplace going surrounded by chairs up there!
Being my first time, I had some trouble finding the sections and had to ask at the help desk, so I think they could benefit from having a key showing that. The woman was perfectly friendly though and I found my book quickly!
There’s also numerous self checkout stations for your benefit. I saw that they’ve got a children’s storytime area as well as a homework area for the older kids. Definitely come here for your book borrowing needs, it’s worth the extra few minutes of driving!

I love the Newhall Library. It is the perfect place to study. Bonus feature it has amazing views and a fireplace. I have been coming here for almost a year and the staff is friendly and helpful. I enjoy all the programs they have for children, young adults etc. to encourage them to read. Plus the WIFI is strong. I mean real strong. Lol! Come check it out if your ever in Newhall.
Maholo my Unilocalers.

My new favorite place to write. This WIDE OPEN floor plan is awesome. And the chairs are ergonomically well placed. The modern architecture belies the town in general. Since it’s based on shit-​kicking cowboys, who… according to most westerns I’ve watched… illiterate.
Anyway, what is a little daunting is when lonely and crazy fucks (not me, someone else) come in here and discuss movies they watch with the counter ladies. They’re so kind not to tell the odd guy to go fucking jump in a lake. Dunno what century this mo-​mo went to school, but back in the 80’s we were trained to STFU when we’re in libraries. I’m pretty sure it was his generation that set up these rules. This dude’s volume seems to exponentially grow. That’s a threshold, to be sure.
Some lady was just telling her kids to go meet her at the fireplace. Not sure if common sense plays into it, but fire and paper don’t mix. Still pretty cool though.
Okay, I’m done bitching. This is a really cool library. And now may be my go-​to whenever working on my screenplay. Yes, you fuckers, I’m writing a screenplay. So what? It’s got… uh…dragons…and…princesses…and…well, that’s all you need to know.

I love this library. Great for studying or hanging out. There are so many computers — even my teenager likes to go. They are starting to have a lot of interesting classes. The children’s library looks great.
My only complaints are 1) a lot of the staff are volunteers and need to get help from a paid staff member to do things or answer questions and 2) many of the patrons don’t really know how to behave in a library. They take phone calls, talk loudly, bring in food. The library needs some signs or more staff to help educate the patrons.

Great new library, the crown jewel of the new and controversial city library system. The building is new and modern. There is a fair amount of displays and décor that give a nod to our valley’s history which is great.
There are a lot of computers in an adult section and a teen section. When I stopped by about 75% of the terminals were in use which is great.
The library does not have a lot of shelf space. I have been to libraries in other cities and was amazed at the rows and rows of books. Not here though. Even worse is that the shelves that are there have bare sections. In the adult section, all the bottom level shelves were empty. Some of the upper shelves were only half filled with some of the spaces filled in with books turned sideways to make them look fuller.
We found a book to check out and the computer catalog directed us to the section to find the book. But there was no section in the library that was labeled the same as it was in the computer. We attempted to get help, but there were lines of people waiting for help. We waited for a while but the line never moved. We opted to leave without the book.
While this is certainly an improvement over the old Newhall branch, it’s clear that there is demand for this library and I hope there are continued improvements in staffing and the quantity of books stocked.