Bedford Public Library — Attraction in Bedford

My favorite library in the Mid-Cities! I am not even a resident of Bedford and I have to drive past at least 2 other public libraries to get here, but this is always my preferred choice. (TX residents are able to have a card here with no fee, even if not Bedford residents - many other libraries charge a fee if you don't live in their city)

Children's area in this library is wonderful, my kids love coming to see what books are featured and they enjoy the little playspaces that are set up here, also. They look forward to the chicks being on display each spring and love doing the scavenger hunts when we make our trips for new books.

I love the drive-up book return and hold pickup window - I regularly make a bunch of hold requests at once and they are often filled same day. I've made several purchase suggestions and quite a few have been filled. Lots of digital resources available, as well.

If you are a resident of Bedford the Library of Things is available to you, which is awesome - useful items like household appliances, tools, electronics, and games are on offer and I love that this is a way for people to access items that may not be practical or affordable to own outright.

This library has outdoor spaces with wi-fi available and they host wonderful events. All around a...

The building is beautiful and seems to carry a nice variety of books and movies. Too bad the staff is so rude and condescending. Maybe this library doesn't have the budget to hire quality people. Today, March 7, 2015 at about 2:30 the women at the front desk were especially rude and I noticed it was not just to my daughter and me, but also to two other visitors at the time we were at or near the desk. An older woman needed assistance and the clerk was so rude to her that my daughter stepped in to assist the lady. My daughter especially dislikes disrespect to senior citizens and these woman were very obviously disrespectful and rude to this woman. We have recently started going to the Hurst Library most of the time even though it is much further away. They are much friendlier and respectful and so very helpful. If we ALL knew as much about libraries and technology we would NOT need these people at all.....just ONE person at the door to keep an eye on the library and one to reshelf the items that come back in....guess they haven't realized that their jobs are there because of the patrons!!! I wish these "librarians" would have to take classes a couple of times a year to learn and re-learn RESPECT and KINDNESS and to NOT be rude to the people who make their...

This is a nice small-town library. The amenities are fine and they have some really cool stuff going on in the summer. If you want a library for activities then this is your place! The only complaint I have is that the organization and categorization of books doesn't make a lot of sense so it is hard to find books (although the children's section is AWESOME and they have cool STEM kits you can check out with robots and magnets and stuff).

My old library had awesome genre stickers on most of the fiction books. Some of the books here do, but not many. Also, the teen section is kind of small (YA fiction) and trying to search for genres on their catalog is tricky. They don't have a "historical fiction" category. Their genres are all hyper focused like "Texas History-fiction" and random stuff like that which makes it hard to find books.

But that is really a small complaint for an otherwise...