New Canaan Library — Attraction in New Canaan

The New Canaan library staff are very lovely. I have been there several times by now. Never have I ever experienced what other people are saying in other reviews. No one was but friendly and caring to me there. New Canaan library is an amazing place to be at! However, the constant noise is what I'm concerned the most. I tried taking a practice SAT test at the library, but I couldn't complete it. Kids and adults would carelessly talk either on the phone or with other people. Although I was supposed to be in a quiet area, I could hear every single noise around. You must understand that the SAT is a timed exam, meaning that I really need to concentrate on what I'm reading, and on each question. If people are talking, or doing whatever that could be distracting, it's gonna be way much harder for me to perform well on this practice test -- let alone complete the questions in the time I'm supposed to. Yes, the library do offer a 90 minutes quiet room. However, I'm taking a 3 hours test. 90 minutes is not enough for me. Something should be done about this. I can't stand noises when it comes to studying, reading, or taking a 3 hours practice test. This is the only negative side about New Canaan Library; it is really disappointing because you expect the library to be a quiet place, not otherwise. People won't stop talking, kids would run around, phones would be ringing! What's the point of quiet areas if people around are gonna be talking anyway? Not that I could politely ask them to be quiet either. If I stood for every person that talks at the library, first I would have to re-read whatever I was reading in order to properly respond the question I was on, and second I would have to squad a lot. This place is amazing, but for the fact that...

Beautiful facility but lacking in one thing: serious books. Admittedly it's a community library catering to, first and foremost, schoolkids, but walking around one is struck by the preponderance of cliched titles on trite low-brow topics, somewhat shocking in a town with as many highly educated professional residents as New Canaan, but probably like turning on the TV or going to the movies, just another reflection of the sad state of modern American culture. The history section is little more than a joke, with the entire compendium of English history consisting of maybe 40 books of which probably only ten can be considered up to date and/or serious. May I suggest that one or more of the librarians make a point of dropping by the book sale section of St Mark's Mayfair each year where sometimes for as little as a dollar a title one can find an outstanding selection of serious books, meaning that for an outlay of say only $100 the library could toss the entire existing embarrassing English history section and replace it with one actually worth reading. That's a local resource worth tapping into,...

New Canaan Library is a special place for enjoyable learning in town. In a convenient location downtown on Main Steet offering free parking for special events, people of all ages can enjoy 😉 the library year round. Most events are free of charge and this summer is no exception when the not for profit New Canaan Theatre 🎭 begins production on professional performances that benefit children with special needs next door at Christine’s Garden, one of the library’s special places for everyone in town. Convenient location next to town with free parking and ease of access to New Canaan’s restaurants and shops. From award winning Broadway shows to the New York Times Critics Pick for family shows are in production for the summer season. Bring your family June though July for an exciting and educational summer benefiting children and adults. Note: Enjoy the Library’s free access to new technologies using math science and engineering providing ideas to acquire new skills in a...