Morris County Library

I have only been here several time and I love it so far. It is a little hard to get your card if the staffs do not know your street. They will have to call the police to make sure your are residence. I like the $ 1 book, sometimes show up at the entrance for sale.

My go-​to library. I had been admiring how pretty the flowers planted in front and on the west side of the library had been since spring, I thought they had hired a professional landscaper but when I stopped by today, I saw one of the librarians gardening and planting flowers (someone told me her name was Ellen). This is dedication! The garden on the west side of the building is really quite beautiful. Just another reason to visit this library where they always have interesting art collections and displays (love the giant chess board) and friendly people at the check-​out desks.

This library is always my first choice over my hometown library because:
1) It is easy to get to and parking is always available.
2) It has helpful and relatively easy-​going librarians.
3) It is well-​lit.
4) It is well-​stocked.
I have been going to this library for years and appreciate their great and free Music/​Media collection. Before I rent or buy anything, I check Morris County Library first.

Morris County Library Website:
Morris County Library
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This is a huge library with many free events such as a hefty children’s reading program (all ages), free movies on Fridays (at 2:00 p.m.), free career seminars, computers (internet), free concerts, crafts for kids (needs reservations), online databases, etc. It helps to navigate to the website, sign up (RSS feed) for their blog that lists events, etc.
The MAIN library system allows you to reserve books via the internet for delivery to the library (all Morris County Libraries, so pick the one in your town). This has literally saved me thousands of dollars in book purchases. I used to spend $ 60.00 a month at Barnes and Noble. I NEVER buy books anymore. I’ve signed on to the MAIN e-​mail newsletters with book recommendations, click on the books I like, reserve them on-​line and pick them up at my library when they become available (they call me and leave a message on my cell).
If I need to renew a book I can do it online so I never have late fees. Then when I’m done, I can return the book — no storage issues no space issues.
MCL has a number of Book Clubs and constantly has exhibits that are interesting. They rent PAINTINGS (prints, really) that you can actually hang on your walls (worth checking out for hilliarity) and you can borrow DVDs for FREE. Before I bought my mother a ROKU player (I have Netflix), she would rent all sorts of classic DVDs from MCL. It’s cheaper than Blockbuster but with less of a selection. MCL carries all sorts of computer and children’s books which can be reserved/​taken out.
They must have some VERY SERIOUS MLS (Masters of Library Science) graduates out there because they are constantly putting forth «
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(Guides to Morris County and New Jersey) and guides to New Jersey services, etc.
As far as the librarians themselves, the women are usually quite pleasant with sunny dispositions. There is one gentleman who works at the reference desk (he must be working on his novel because he is always completely uninterested in anything I have to say — I always ask for directions — anyway) whom you need to watch out for — first he ignores you for 15 minutes as he is far too important to pay attention to your needs, then he is superbly CRANKY as he is researching your question! Anyway, great library for hanging out in, great computer system (albeit quirky) for reserving books if you like to be in and out.

I lived here in high school, especially senior year (kind of ironic, I guess), and everyone knew about it. No shame, no shame. I practically camped out at the MoCo Library for two days as I wrote that dreaded AP LA4 paper. My fellow HP grads know what I’m talking about.
Anyway I’ve come here to do my homework, to study with friends, to write a paper, and to do some intense research. I became friends with one of the librarians. Does this make me a loser? Possibly, but the loser in me thanks those librarians to many an A. I kid you not.
I love coming here. Super easy to get to, exit 1A off of 24, takes me 6 minutes door to door. Sometimes I have books held for me at the Morris County Library just to take the trip, though there are closer libraries.
I love this place.

Does your library have some sweet ass vinyl cuts? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Morris County Library is pretty awesome. I mean, they don’t have robots or unicorns retrieving material for you, but you know if they had the money they’d seriously look into it. PS — Unicorns are real.
It wasn’t until college that I started to take advantage of their extensive music collection. I remember going home during my junior year and heading to the library to work on some jazz homework. I found THE best library collection here. You want it, they got it.
The librarians are really great. Very patient and super helpful. Since my local library was closed (and you need a local card to check stuff out), they were really awesome and issued me a temporary card so I walk out with all the material I had researched.
As for the book selection, of course it’s outstanding. It’s everything a county library should be. I know I should be more specific on something, but there’s really not much else to say!

This is your basic county library. Bigger than the branch libraries. Smells like a library. Clean and not old, but not too new either. Just very library-​ish.
To me, the best thing about this library, besides the bigger selection, is the chairs for reading. The chairs seem newer than the rest of the place, and they are upholstered. But I love them because my feet touch the floor. Flat. My legs are short, and I often can only touch the floor with my toes. Here I can put my feet on the floor in the chair like a normal adult. And I’m not talking about the kiddy section, this is the adult section. Of course, if you are a tall person, you might not like this feature.
The other nice thing is that this library has its very own traffic light. I think that’s swell. It is a traffic light to turn off of busy Hanover into the parking lot of the library. It has a sign, like a street sign. But it’s not a street, it’s just the library. I think that’s so cool that the library gets its own traffic light. I’m sure beforehand lots of bookworms waited hours to try to turn left on this busy street into the library, but how often do the powers that be listen to bookworms? I think it is wonderful. It also makes it very hard not to go to the library if you’re driving by; you can see the library coming up, you know it’s there, then the light turns yellow as you approach so you can’t speed by… of course you turn into the library! Maybe this is better than the chairs.