Brampton Library

The staff is helpful with real canadians but really the other canadians students are obnoxiously loud and talk about their life problems. fekk its not a good place to concentrate and get tasks done .
The stars are for the real canadian staff

Nice library located by the Bramalea City Centre.
What I enjoy most about this library is that it is located in a nice little area. Situated by a nice big park and the mall, this library finds itself in quite a popular area. The library itself is located in the city centre where you can find other things to do besides read and study.
Brampton library is fairly large. There are plenty of tables and seating all around the place. The area is well lit and there seems to be a fair amount of books as well (sounds dumb but some libraries have very few books). There is a quiet study room on the first floor for those who really don’t want to hear the hustle and bustle that occurs on the second floor.
The second floor has computer stations and couches where you can bring your study group or any small group of buddies to study or practice presentations (I was watching videos on my laptop as I’m not productive anymore). Despite the high number of tables, I didn’t find many outlets around, so be conscientious of your battery life folks.
I would be coming here more often if I lived in the area. There is free parking with a 3 hr limit by the library, and if you plan to stay much longer, you could always just park at the mall and walk over here. Hours kind of suck for a library but it’s a public service so I’m always appreciative of such things anyways.

The staff: Stellar. So helpful, so polite, will go out of their way to help you.
Website: Great, reserving books is a breeze.
The hours: omg, I want to pull my hair out. The hours here are AWFUL.
There is a book return after hours on the OUTSIDE of the building. The side facing Central Park Drive (I wish I knew my N, E, S, W, but I don’t so hopefully that will suffice).
I had to find out the hard way, circling the ENTIRRRRRRRE building (on foot because the old parking lot is now a bus terminal) before I found it.
It’s great for leisure reading. Not for finding academic resources in the least.
The hours just kill it for me.
Not a practical place to study on weekends.

The library is that big but its in the main area of Brampton. I usually go there for group study and its quite hard to talk loud as there are no proper areas for big groups to sit separate from other crowd and discuss. Otherwise its just another library, and is lucky to have a mall beside it where they let people park their cars for longer time.

This used to be the library I would go to back in Highschool and some times even after. It is quite a small library. There isn’t a section with quiet studying that can actually hold more than 25 people. The section they have is quite small and enclosed that you would actually feel claustrophobic. It has free Wifi which I guess is a good thing going and the only thing going for this library. The staff has changed over the years and now it is friendlier than what it used to be. The upstairs area with more study tables and computers is usually filled with teenagers and their highschool drama of fighting or making out. I think this library needs a face-​lift and it’s been in the waiting for some time now.

This is the only library I’ve been to outside the downtown core and it was actually delivers on all fronts a library should deliver on. It certainly helps that it’s part of a library system that has a capacious collection so that you have the option to peruse through multiple branches. Of course this is true of any regional library but it is a serious plus that they offer us.
For some of the hot titles right now such as the Steve Jobs bio, A Dance With Dragons and The Hunger Games series which I’m listening to at the moment almost every copy was out except for 1 or 2 copies of the latter 2 series in other branches. staff are helpful behind the various info desks, they have a good sized quiet study space, lots of study tables (especially on the second floor) and ample computer terminals and everything has always been in working order each time I’ve been there.
Their hours are not the greatest, especially on weekends so that’s a bit of a downer but overall they seem to be a great community center, across the parking lot for the ever expanding Bramalea City Centre.
This branch is only an average 3 star location because despite it’s great location it doesn’t have anything that makes itself stand out as a location that I can see myself spending a day studying/​reading at. Maybe a bit more accessible features for laptops (aka power outlets) can help?
I’m always a fan of the library systems and I still see it as a «too good to be true» kind of deal especially with them carrying DVDs, Audiobook CDs and e-​books. However while this is a reflection of the overall Brampton Library system rather than this specific branch I think they still do have room to play around with the potential the new mobile digital world has to offer to libraries.