Reviews of Mid-Continent Public Library - Woodneath Library Center (Library)

Sue Lapinski

I love the drive-up window!! :)

Hannah Robertson

Great place to tutor and take my little one!

Sabrina Wright

Woodneath is a great library, there is much to say. We love kids' story time, participating in both infant and toddler sessions. Programs such as 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and Kindergarten Readiness Program give us ideas and motivation for teaching and reading to with our kids. The children's play area is wonderful with lots of hands-on and learning toys, and somehow the library is still quiet with all the kiddos running around! We go once or twice a week, and our 2 year old begs to go every other day. The technology is very up-to-date for check out and return processes. The website software is well-designed making it easy to renew books, place new ones on hold, or rent ebooks. The staff has been available to answer any question or help us find the solution. We have used the drive-up window a few times, which is convenient when kids need a nap and time is limited. My husband and I have also relaxed outside the coffee shop. There is a place for everyone at Woodneath.

Lisa Landis

Beautiful!..nicely organized. Friendly..fun are for children. Lovely building. Nice coffee shoppe.

Taylor Miller

Woodneath is a excellent library. It is clean, spacious, and the librarians are very helpful of you help with anything being books to copies to their computers. I like being able to sit and relax in the library if I have extra time because it is very cozy. Their book drop off is great and you can also drive thru and drop off which is very convenient. The after hours drop off is indoors though so don't try looking for it outside like other branches. The cafe is also a really nice touch and it's great for having club meetings or finishing school projects in. They also have conference rooms you can book if you need them.

Yasin Bekar

Nice place and activities.

Sereirath Sieng

Fantastic facility. Only gripe are their chairs, from the couches to regular chairs, they don't seem very comfortable.

Cody Croan

This is an amazing library! Friendly staff make it a gem of the community. This location has lots of great programs for kids, teens, and adults. It has a locally owned coffeeshop, lots of study rooms, lots of inviting space overall and of course provides a great collection of materials to check out. And it is the location for the library's special mission program called The Story Center which helps people share their stories as oral, written, or digital stories. Lots of programs are hosted here to do this. They also have an Espresso Book Machine that can print off a self-published book in 5 - 10 minutes. Also the library is attached to a 150 year old antebellum home. You really should check out this library! That pun was intended.

Sharyn Ballard

Nice to hear author Ridley Pearson speaking at such a beautiful library.

Ashley Fay

Love the children's area! Lots of activities and computers for them! So far everyone who works there has been absolutely wonderful and extremely helpful! We go back every week.

Jennifer Duncan

Adore the staff, coffee shop is great & nice facility.

tim petet

This by far my favorite library.

Nathan Hopper

One of the best libraries in the metro. Excellent layout with three distinct areas: 1. Area for kids about 10 and under, with a appropriately sized tables, books separated into reading levels, with kid appropriate computer terminals. 2. Area for youth and teens from about 10-15 in the back with age appropriate reading materials, and then 3. the adult fiction and non fiction area. The staff does an excellent job arranging curated reading selections based on a monthly theme, and has a good knack for picking compelling books or hidden gems and displaying them on the shelves in the stacks. As for the normal catalog, it's larger than the typical MCPL libraries, but still a little light compared to the huge libraries I remember from college. For that, there's the interlibrary loan. I've made generous use of that getting books from other MCPL branches and other public libraries across the country. They do a fantastic job.

Dorothy Glick

It is a wonderful library with a good collection, great programs, and ample work and study space.

Mallery Zion

The nicest Library in the area! Great staff and selection, and the seating is great for working and relaxing with a nice view of the woods out of the windows, which there are a lot of

connor risley

Great library with plenty of outlets. Decent wifi and wonderful librarians. Also, stay on the lookout for events that they host, they are very well ran!

Chanelle Johnson

The LOUDEST library I've ever been to.Very hard to concentrate at times due to noise of children. Or ppl listening to videos without headphones.Feel more like studying in a play area at a mall than an actual library. Sometimes noise comes into the study rooms

Connie Chambers

It is a beautiful facility and I was thrilled to find it. I also am happy that they have a lovely children's area, but today it was so incredibly noisy the whole time I was there, I couldn't even think straight and there is nowhere to go to get away from it. Very disappointing. Better planning for sound management of large classes of gradeschool kids would have been a plus.

Brett Hoshaw

First time in a library in roughly 20 years! You may think libraries are boring but this place has kept up with the times. There's relevant movies and music to check out as well as a nice cafe area. They feature all sorts of events and they staff are entertaining and helpful!

papaGhurka

Temperature inside the library is 68.5° F according to their own thermostat. Internet is lightning fast, the fastest I've seen. However, I've had one download failure in three. Those took their 5-star rating away. Plenty of tables & electrical connections. The building looks new. Two single-user gender-neutral restrooms, plus a mother's nursing room. I asked if food & drinks are allowed to be consumed. One person said yes, but later, another said "snack food" is allowed. I was eating a canned food straight out of the can. My simple unheated canned food is not a "snack food", I guess. On the door underneath "Library Hours", it says "No Food or Tobacco". The staff and/or management don't know what the library policy is.

Stephanie Luce

Probably the nicest library in the mcpl system. Rotating fun activities for the kids and great story times. Other programs as well, but I'm not as familiar with them.

Steve Roach

Easy checkout and returns. It's totally automated so there is never a line.

Ryan Spencer

An incredible facility with helpful and friendly staff. A great way to spend a rainy day.

Jeremy B

Very nice new library, check it out!

Thelma Louise

Nicely made library that is very quaint and clean. The internet services do not work so my drive was useless. The front desk didn’t know what to do and just figured it was my computer but no one was using a laptop today except me. Anyways, the male librarian there saw me waiting at the customer service desk for a few minutes and just kept walking around aimlessly. I wanted to give these guys 5 stars but sadly, they were useless for me on my visit today.