Juneau Public Library

Nice library. Not super big but a good selection of books. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Lots of comfortable sitting areas and the view is incredible.

Internet SUCKS!
Had only a few hours to upload some video footage for my work, and their WiFi kept crapping out and was painfully horribly wretchedly slow. I’m leaving in frustration and would GLADLY pay for a decent internet connection in this town, but don’t know where to find one. Thanks for completely wasting and ruining my time in Juneau!
ps Took the tram up Mount Roberts, and the WiFi up there is wicked fast, so kill two birds with one stone and go up there instead. $ 30, but worth it.

The public library in any place is a reflection of the community tax dollars that support them. This is a nice facility located on the 2^nd floor, on top of a public parking garage. Coming here, able to use their free wi-​fi in a fairly comfortable setting with an AC outlet close by is nice. Unfortunately, alot of people wants to do the same thing, and while it’s free, it’s frustratingly slow with 5 Mb/​sec speed shared with everyone else with a single router in the middle of the room. Increasing the transmission power signal to maximum and decreasing the refresh rate to minimum will boost the router’s performance, but with data capped at 5 Mb/​sec, the bottleneck is the bandwidth. It’s sometimes fast, frequently slow and also comes up with connection errors, depending on the number of users at the moment. I spoke with one of the librarians, and hopefully they’ll be able to resolve the speed bottleneck issue by the end of the year 2012.
Nice clean facility, but not an extensive DVD collection.

Normally I don’t write reviews long after I’ve visited someplace but I have such warm memories of this library I will make an exception. We were here in September of 2006, spending a couple of days before boarding a cruise. Juneau is often rainy and these days were no exception. Libraries are among our favorite places of refuge and I think we spent time here twice. The photos posted don’t give an idea of the spaciousness and openness we enjoyed. The library is on the second or third floor, reached by an elevator, so you’re high above the ground. There are walls of windows. One wall looks out onto the docks. Often a cruise ship will be docked right next door. The librarian told us sometimes people will be in their staterooms, unaware that those in the library can see in if the drapes are open, making their private behavior much more public than they intend. My favorite wall of windows looks out on a mountainside alive w/​waterfalls. I didn’t take out any books, but I did use the Internet and just spent some pleasant time hanging out and staying dry.