Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library

Why should a library have iPads in the children’s section? Every single study coming out about technology warns against the amount of exposure that children are exposed to. The evidence on child development supports the importance of books, pretend play and peer interaction. A children’s section of a library should be a place for interaction, exploration and learning. As a community, can we please tell our library that we want appropriate activities for our children?

Excellent place to study and to read.

The POB Library has so much potential, and it’s tragic that they can do so much with their space but choose not to.
First, it’s huge! There’s a media center, a children’s room, and all the amenities you’d come to expect in a library. Yet, there are so many untapped resources, and I wonder what is going wrong behind the scenes that this has continuously been allowed to happen. Not many libraries have a movie-​sized theatre inside, but this one does! So you’d think there’d be performances or shows or something… but there’s not. They hold a book club in that space from time to time, and sometimes community meetings, but that’s that.
It’s a very average library in a very above-​average space. It’s time for them to step it up… because the benefits could not just be wonderful, they’re oh so necessary.

Great potential in this library. First off, they have a full sized theatre where they can show films or put on performances. There is so much they can do with this space! Sure, it’s mostly the geriatric, but don’t cut your nose off to spite your face. There are a lot of seats there, smell can’t waft that far…
The movie selection is vast, but they have an overwhelming amount of VHS tapes. Not as many un-​mainstreams there, but there are a ton as it is — a large room full — you will definitely find some Tom Arnold classic you’ve never heard of before. The movies are seperated by genre (!!!) so of course its impossible to find anything there.
Location is convenient. Across from the stop n shop and other stores and restaurants in the shopping center.
There is a drab feeling to the library. We need an infusion of youth here. I see the potential though… The potential for 2 more stars…