Placentia Library District — Attraction in Placentia

Not a place to study, do homework, or read quietly. Parents sit with their kids in the adult section and treat it like a lobby because of the passport office in the building. Kids are blabbering about playing with chairs as parents indulge them. Strangers having full blown conversations from across their tables 2 tables away from someone clearly trying to study or read. I have seen readers get upset slam their book and leave. I have had to do the same many times.

I am dissapointed that the staff does not direct these families to sit in the childrens section on the other side or tell them to keep it down. The staff should remind people who are filling out passports that while they are waiting this is still a library not a lobby so please keep it down if they choose to wait in the adults section. Ill be studying at a different location from now on. So...

The library is clean and well-lit space with a decent number of tables, making it a comfortable place for people to work and study. However, one significant issue is the noise level. While I understand that parents bring their children, it would be beneficial if there were more emphasis on teaching them to respect their surroundings. The noise isn't just from children; many adults are also chatting and laughing at volumes that are disruptive, even with noise-canceling headphones on. It’s difficult to focus and enjoy the quiet atmosphere that one typically expects from a...

It's a very good place to play for little children. But sometimes they are TOO loud.

They scream and stomp their feet on the couches and run all over the places but some parents aren't holding back their kids at all (I'm also a mom of four kids and do understand how they behave). The parents seem to think it's a playground, not a library. That is the only reason I don't want to go there. The children's section should be for all ages, not only for toddlers or preschoolers.

But there's no doubt about nice staffs, lots of children's books, and clean library...