North Logan City Library — Attraction in North Logan

The library is fine but I want to write to our experience with the toddler time they offer at the library. It feels like the readers are out of touch. I cringe at their book selections, long, boring books where they expect the toddlers to sit and be quiet. All of the readers are older women who seem to be from the generation that wants to see and not hear children. When we attend a story time specifically for toddlers, I anticipate noises, interaction, and age appropriate expectations and activities. It seems like they need to take a note from Logan and Smithfield story time that have been much more welcoming, interactive, and parent/child friendly. Additionally, I don’t know if they ever vacuum the carpet they put out for story time and I think that is a bare minimum expectation to prevent our kids from crawling all over ice salt that gets tracked in.

Update 1 year later: no improvements have been made to story time. Weird religious books specific to the major religion in Utah have been read. I would be ok with religious text if they included a variety of religions. This isn’t nursery, this isn’t church, this is a public library with people of various faiths...

This is the loudest library ever. There is quite literally a children's play area in the middle of the library. It's hard to imagine that during the design stage of building this library, a group of individuals sat around and discussed the merits of having a children's play area in the middle of the library. I would have payed good money to have heard that conversation and the resulting "Yea, that sounds like it would be a great idea!" I'm not against bringing kids to the library, but did no one think to put the play area in a room where there would be even the slightest bit of soundproofing? Again, I'd love to meet the design team and pick their brains about this subject. So here we are. A library that resonates with the squealing and crying of toddlers and babies. It's like the antithesis of all things a library holds sacred.....that being, silence. For those looking for a challenge, this is truly a hard place to get work...

I love libraries and North Logan Library is no exception! I think others need to realize the shift that has happened with libraries...they are no longer meant to be the quiet tombs of olden days. They are meant for people to discover, read, enjoy, gather, use computers, play games, etc. This library is small so you will most definitely hear noise and children squealing and playing. It is unfortunate they did not plan any sounds proof study rooms into the design...but I am sure that will come with the new library in the future. If you want a good quiet room, I suggest Hyrum library which is also wonderful. Update they now have a study pod! I used it today. Blocks out sound and I could talk on my phone without feeling like I was bothering anyone else.

I am excited to see they have started clearing the ground and construction for the new addition and...