Corte Madera Library — Attraction in Corte Madera

One of the best libraries in the county. I was able to pick up books once I called in to confirm the day I will come by. Courteous staffs and easy to park. There’s outdoor benches to the East side of the building for folks could get free WiFi access and use their laptops. Always have an interesting item from the past displayed on the table outside to question your cultural knowledge.

Before Covid/SIP: I was able to get prompt help from staffs. They seem to have a multiple copies of popular books and some of those are only available to check out in person (instead of placing a hold).

A good size teen area where my teenagers could play card games after school. Now there are about 4 benches in the outdoor garden area with free WiFi connection, so I often see a few folks taken a seat in the courtyard for hours at a time.

If you have material placed a hold to pick up at this library, you must call to make an...

I was there when the power went out on March 24th. So I left a little early -must have been around 6:30 p.m.. I sat in my car for a little while because I noticed traffic was bad on the nearby freeway. And when I got up to go it was almost 8:00. And I noticed a guy, not sure who he was, he kind of seemed like he was acting like a library employee or something but I was parked in the street - none of his business. Not even sure if Library employees are supposed to be out there monitoring the parking lot. But I was in the street a public Street anyways. Next to the parking lot. And he kept coming closer & closer to my car as I was just letting it warm up & getting my maps ready for navigation as I was going out of town. And he just stood there and stared at me. It was very creepy . I took off . If This guy was a library employee he needs to be...

A Corte Madera gem, that's for sure. But the staff there seem to be preoccupied and occasionally you can get someone who is particularly nasty at the check out desk. I was missing my library card and they said they needed ID, (which has never happened before) and I didn't happen to carry any with me, since I'm under 16 and don't have a driver's license, so they declined my book checkout. Other than that, great...