4 reviews of White Oaks Branch – Oakville Public Library
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Jennifer K.
Place rating: 2 Markham, Canada
This is the first ever Oakville Public Library I been to and I am totally disappointed! I can understand libraries can be full of kids and teens especially after school. It is kind of better for them to hang and chill in libraries than at malls. I really cannot understand why the furniture are so dated, no electrical outlets on the tables or anywhere that are too accessible! Though with Free WIFI, the chairs are so uncomfortable… cafeteria type plastic chairs… maybe I should have just go to Starbucks!
Artur J.
Place rating: 3 Oakville, Canada
I agree with the two reviews above, avoid at all cost coming here around school time. Because it’s packed with teenagers and it feels more like you are in a Starbucks or McDonald’s then a Library. But during the summer or any other school vacation this is a pretty nice library. They just recently had renovations done, added an elevator and updated the kids sections in the lower level. It’s a very small library so selection is limited so I usually just come here when I am looking for something specific and I know they have it.
Randy G.
Place rating: 2 Toronto, Canada
I, too, love libraries. That said, the only reason I ever come to this one is because the bus trip to Central was too long. There’s very little in terms of selection at this branch, and always lots of noisy teens — a problem exacerbated by the fact that hard walls and low shelves make noise carry quite well. It has the definite feel of a high school library, and for good reason: it pretty much is one, but somehow with fewer tables to work at. In favour of this branch, I can say that it works as a place to pick up holds, and the staff is almost always cheerful and helpful. The Wifi also often works, so there’s that. Aside from picking up holds and a cheap place to work when I can’t get anything done at home, this branch is mostly useless to me.
Cailen s.
Place rating: 4 Oakville, Canada
This is specifically refering to the White Oaks branch. It is attached to White Oaks high school so if you want to go to the library and NOT be annoyed by rambunchous teenagers then this isn’t the branch for you. It is also a little on the small side. That said, it is likely to have the books you’re looking for, so long as they’re not too obscure. I give it 4 stars because in general I love libraries.