Hall Green Library

I have used this Library since childhood. I don’t have a bad word to say about this cosy little place where you can lose yourself for a few hours in books or on the Internet. The nostalgia hits me everytime I walk in.
Located on the main Stratford road alongside South Birmingham College. Books, CD roms, music CD’s, Newspapers, talking books, large print books, Homework resources available. Collection of books on health, poetry, biographies, novels, ESOL books, basic skills available. Also resources to help learn English or improve reading skills. There is free Internet access — charges for printouts only — 10p a printout. Photocopies 10p per copy or 50p per colour copy. If you wish you can renew books online.
There is a Children’s section, a teenagers corner and adult taster collection. Adult section with Music CD selection. You can hire music CD’s for 2 weeks at the cost of £1. You can see your Liberal Democrat Councilor every Thursday 6pm in the library meeting room. There is a Love2Read group where books are read from a variety of genres — Children and babies welcome.
There is an Adult Dyslexic Support Group giving confidence with spelling and writing every Monday 1.30 — 3.30pm.
Pre School Storytime group for ages 2 — 5.
Birmingham Reptile Enthusiast Night 1^st Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm.
Chinnwag Group every last friday of the month 10am in Library meeting room — where you can have a cup of coffee and talk about the good old days and reminisce.
There is Yoga every Saturday 9am. There is an Asian womens group (Sakia Saheleea) every Monday 10am to 1pm.
There is a room for hire for Organisations/​Societies.
To wrap up this review I would recommend anyone to use this Birmingham Library — If you haven’t already. Get yourself a Birmingham library card.
Staff are friendly — the only con about this library getting 5 stars is I would like to see a tea/​coffee facility and perhaps a few more desks. Other than that a pleasant and useful library.

I love their selection of CDs! They have a wide variety of music and classics from metal such as the band Black Sabbath to movie soundtracks. I was a bit gutted to find there was a small price of a pound to pay and you can only hire them for about two weeks, but that’s a bargin.
They don’t have a large study area and it was as if they put desks in between the book shelves as a substitute, but they had enough room for the children’s section. In fact about a third of the library was taken up by the children’s section, which I think is unfair.
On the other hand I can’t complain about their selection of books as they cover all the basic academic subjects and have a good selection of fictional books. They also provide old computers; you know the ones that look like they belong in the seventies? I guess these are useful though otherwise they wouldn’t be there. So you could say Hall Green Library has everything you’d expect in a library.

Hall Green Library is a functional little library located, surprisingly, in the Birmingham area of Hall Green. Various aspects take it beyond being a run of the mill library and into being an unusually good one. It has an exceptional children’s department, with bright, colourful displays, and summer ‘Book Trails’, all of which serve the crucial purpose of encouraging children to read. It plays host to various readings and storytelling events, another sign of this being an extraordinary local service. There is a good teen fiction section with a wide range of books available, and with free computers available (if booked beforehand), the library is not only doing its part to attract new readers, but to encourage older youths to continue reading, an equally important service. The library also creates a pleasant atmosphere in which to read — a beautifully carved wooden bench outside gives you a brief idea of what you’re in for, and the recently modernised interior means there’s no excuse not to be an avid reader if you’re in Hall Green.

Often you search the Library catalogue to find that the book your after is neither held by your local library or even in the central library and you are faced with the challenge of travelling further a field to find that source of reference or rare novel.
With Acocks Green Library I was happy to find that although the Library building was from the grey era of Birminghams Architectural history there had been great efforts made to add some colour and decoration with some commissioned art and the work chosen was bright and enhanced both the exterior and interior of the building.
Approaching the front desk the Library is split into two, with the childrens section on the left and the adult sectoion on the right, computers were located towords the front and there was a quiet hum of activity which was pleasant without being distracting.
Acocks Green Library doesn’t have the scope of the Central Library or the charm of some of Birminghams more antiquated public buildings but does take pride in it’s appearance both inside and out and is a plea sure to partake in.

A lovely family library with a great childrens area brilliant for letting the children sit in comfort reading whilst you look for your own books!
Staff are helpful and friendly and there is a lot of brilliant books that are easy to find and well organised!

Good well equiped library. Lots of good books, friendly staff and somewhere compfortable to sit while you while away the hours.