Pacific Grove Public Library

I’m a library lover. I have a degree in English Literature, and visit libraries wherever I travel. The P.G. Library is especially dear to me, since I lived in Pacific Grove for five years, and walked to this library regularly.
Now that I live in San Diego, and on a mini-​vacation, I was so delighted to spend time at this library. I especially looked forward to catching up on my E-​mail and other Internet sites. But…the P.G. Library only has six computers, one of which essentially inoperative. I realize that this is a product of stingy public funding, but still…
On the other hand, I found the resident librarian staff to be most helpful, even solicitous, when I expressed my need for Internet access. The only alternative was to wait in line, and hope somebody leaves a computer free. No amount of helpfulness can make up for the lack of working computers, though.
That fifth star will be deserved when the number of working computers is increased to match the demand. Other than that important shortcoming, this library is perfect.

I love libraries, and visit the local library everywhere I travel on business. Pacific Grove’s library is a jewel, in a fantastic setting. The neighborhood is so lovely, try to park a few blocks away just to walk around!
The library has Spanish architecture with arched doorways that connect a warren of unique, cozy rooms, resulting from additions over the year. You can find plenty of private nooks to read. Excellent lighting and a pleasant workspace, with a good wifi router. Very friendly, helpful staff, too.

Nice little library. I wish it had better (i.e. longer) hours. Strangely, the loudest people in the library are the librarians!

I love this library. I only wish their funds haven’t been cut so much that the hours are dramatically reduced. They’ve lost a lot of great staff. I’m always happy to find a good assortment of cookbooks. I order them online, swing in and self-​check them. They also have a good selection of DVD’s to take home– all this for free!

This is a cute little library in a cute little town. While on a recent visit, I read about it here on Unilocal and so Hubby and I stopped by just to check it out. We were impressed that it was bigger than we thought it’d be and it had a large selection of books, periodicals, and multi-​media (cd’s, dvds, etc.). Although we didn’t check anything out since we’re out of towners, we liked the layout of the library and the librarians seem helpful to the patrons they were assisting (they weren’t just sitting around like I’ve observed so many library staff in other places).
There is also a relatively large selection of books and a few cds/​dvds/​vhs for sale for $ 1-​$ 3 or so, so for those who like to browse around to see if they can find an unique item or just like to treasure hunt, you’ve got that little selection to choose from.
I also had to use the restroom and was glad that it was nice and clean and had all the essentials. Overall, this is a great library, it’s sad that it’s only opened Tues, Wed, Fri and Saturdays but at least it is still open, I sure hope locals will support this library and keep it going! =)

The library is a gem of Pacific Grove, and is a great place. I go often to check out videos, CD’s, and books. It’s a very standard looking library inside, but still we are lucky to have one that’s in our control. The folks there are quite friendly and helpful. I’m hoping the city retrains control of this library and does not farm it out to the county system. Otherwise that means our collection could be gutted to other parts of the county. Always a pleasure at the PG library.

This library broke my heart yesterday. It was closed and all I could do was look at its lovely Spanish-​style architecture and beautiful windows from the outside. But it made up for it today. Even though we didn’t *need* to go in, we stopped by this afternoon so we could see its interior and we were so glad we did. It has been added onto several times, thrice in the last century, in 1938, the 1950s and 1978. This location is its third home since 1907. The additions flow nicely from one to the other. The entrance is part of the most recent and largest addition. The ceilings soar and a glass wall w/​a door in it separates the children’s section from the main section. As I walked through that section and into the lower ceilinged area adjacent that housed the reference desk and the old card catalog, I thought, «this place looks as if it should have a fireplace.» Beyond this room was a lovely reading room w/​a semicircular exterior wall w/​a series of tall, narrow windows. As I walked to the left past that room toward the west (I think) I came upon a large photo of an earlier incarnation of the library and it had the fireplace I had imagined. I didn’t see it now. In the front area they had a very interesting display w/​timeline of the development of and additions to the library. I wished they’d had it in a pamphlet. I chatted a bit w/​the reference librarian and told her about our unsuccessful attempt to visit yesterday and she suggested that if that were to happen again, we could just sit on the bench outside and camp on their internet. Very sweet. We checked out their books for sales and found several we couldn’t resist. Totally lovely library!

Very helpful staff and an okay selection of books.
They were coming up on hard times until some generous book lover donated $ 100k to help with the budget shortfall.
The Seaside or Monterey libraries would be my first choice then PGs.