Sacramento Public Library – Central

Passport services were awesome. Tuesday’s they’re open until 730pm! Made an appointment on the phone, arrived and was in and out within 10 minutes!

Hoping is right one, SCOTT D of Sacramento (SACRA) gave address! If is, maybe less ten minute walk from Sacra hotel you knowing where, you knowing when, you knowing who! Anyway, any book store, any library I always like Children Section! This Children Section on bottom floor! I liking what I call State Books, they books of the different states! I like the facts, plus reading the state icons! Example, our State insect is Dog Face Butterfly! Hey bar tender Michael (DOG FACE BUTTERFLY) are you reading this? Our state flower is Golden Poppy! Then in another section, same Children Section, there books in different languages! One side, say Ferdinand The Bull story! One side the story is in Espanol (SPANISH), other side is English! The Chinese Cinderella, one side in Chinese, other side is English! To see what I mean of Children Section read my of a library in Liberal KANSAS (home to Dorothy And Toto) and home town Walden Pond Bookstore! As say, close walking of that Sacra hotel! Very convenient!

The library here, as most should be, is a great place to study or find books to read or resources for research. The staff is very friendly and helpful. I just wish that the security guards would kick out a lot of the homeless people that come in here to just loiter around and sleep.

Passport services are awesome. Avoid the post office. Make an appointment here (they stay late Tuesdays). Less than 15 minutes later your photo is done and paperwork is ready.

My favorite Sacramento Library. Beautiful architecture and spacious floors full of books and reading space. Lovely interior spaces, rooms, and halls make for pretty awesome exploration, peaceful study areas, and also one of the most breathtaking weddings I’ve ever been to. Versatile library spot, to be sure.
Every time I need a book, they seem to have it. The online system is user friendly and they are very responsive to requests. Even newly released items, within reason. If they don’t have something, I’m usually able to get it via transfer within a few days. Managed to get a copy of House of Leaves in 4 days after placing it on hold. And that book is ALWAYS unavailable.
Librarians are helpful and really care about giving back to the community. There are so many services here to help just about all walks of life. I love my local library!

Much better than SF and Berkeley in terms of sketchy people wandering about. Wifi is fast: about 16d/​9u. Quiet and clean enough, and lots of windows to sit by and get work done on the upper floors. Wifi can be flakey though; ended up tethering after a bit. One other annoyance is parking; you have to go at least 2 blocks out to find meters that do 2h max at least, and 3 blocks for unmetered residential (also 2h limit).
Shoutout to the security staff that do rounds frequently for calling out this dude who had his shoes off to put them back on! He was stinking up the whole place, ugh. –_–

Our family’s first visit to this library. Wow! It was nice! A five story building.
Very spacious with lots of materials to choose from.
Their children’s section though, is not as kids friend as other libraries I’ve been to.
The staff were very friendly and helpful.
The only down side is the location because it is in downtown Sacramento. It is very hard to find parking.
But overall, all this library is a great place!

Parking situation downtown sucks.
Not enough electricity plugs.
The librarians make too many announcements about events over the LOUD speaker.
Bathrooms have one toilet per floor, which is not enough for a large building. Very unusual. Most places usually have a regular stall and a handicapped stall.
Having ALL the city’s libraries being closed on Monday sucks.

It is amazing to see tax dollars at work. This place is packed full of information and the public that might just need it the most using it. The cost to this higher learning institution two dollars. Yes, «Where is my two dollars?». The staff is very, very kind. I spend a lifetime here learning!

Top 10 list of my favorite libraries. Beautiful old building with a new building attached. Multiple floors with lots of computers and internet/​Wi-​Fi to use. There is a children’s & teens area on the lower level. Street level is the circulation and check out desk. You can checkout your books yourself with an automated machine near the exit. Very friendly & helpful employees.

I remember coming to this library since I was a little kid. As of today, it still remains, the best visited library ever in the Sacramento area in the Downtown neighborhood.
The staffs in this library are friendly to request books and/​or media, and concerns. The Kids area down in the basement is a fun place to play and read with your children including the Teens section which it’s also have quite good selections too. The first 4 floors in this library are very spacious and wide. I highly recommend the second and the fourth floor (the quietest room to study) because it’s easier to do homework or simply read interesting articles and books. The third floor is OK although there are some people are roaming around this particular floor often, but there are some good newspapers and magazines to read if you’re looking for some interesting facts for your upcoming school or work projects.
There are some downwards for this library, the restrooms are sometimes dirty out here, so hopefully the janitors will clean their restrooms every hour in my opinion. Additionally, parking can also be a factor, but it’s not that bad if you decide to park their own parking lot which it’s the closest, the street lot near the Cesar Chavez plaza park although you need more quarters depending how long will you stay there, or the 10^th Street Capital parking lot.
Anyways, as I mentioned before, the Central Sacramento Public Library is one of most, remarkable library that I’ve ever visited. I’ll come back for more if I request books, or studying college’s work.

Well, just visited the Sactown library for the first time, and holyyyy shinto. A more accurate building name would be «Sacramento Rescue Mission with Added Library Wing.» Seriously, every single floor, aisle, and table had homeless people. Homeless people out front, homeless people in the bathroom, homeless people popping out of books when you opened them. The whole facility just reeked of stale sweat and cigarettes.
I just moved to Sacramento and am seeing the city for the very first time, so I’m taking everything in with a fresh perspective. And, while I’m impressed with and loving most of Sacramento, this library is a massive disappointment.
As I’ve mentioned in some of my other reviews, I’ve lived in a lot of places. Subsequently, I’ve also been to a lot of cities’ libraries. And whether we’re talking about Seattle’s famous library, or Downtown Phoenix’s library, or the podunk Rock Springs, Wyoming, library, or others I have visited, I have never seen anything like the Sactown homeless shelter one before. It blew my mind.
Whatever rules are used at other libraries to deal with the homeless (like Seattle’s polite request to leave and card telling where to get a free shower) need to be implemented here, and in a big way. Afterwards, it needs to be fumigated and deodorized. Then I think we’ll have something, here.

I have been coming here for as long as I have been in the states. The library has five floors: kids, then dvds and language and travel books, non fiction (post 1), fiction, and lastly the rest of non-​fiction and biography books.
More likely than not just about anyone could find something to read here. And like all other library systems, if they don’t have the book you want, of another one of sac libraries has it, you can request it and pick it up here.
They also have events like speakers, and free movies.
If it’s rainy outside, you might find the library less than pleasant due to the number of homeless people who basically take shelter in the library to avoid getting wet. I personally am not bothered by it as I know the sorry state California homeless shelters are in, but I have seen other patrons complain about it, so perhaps that’s something to be aware of.

This is a place ths t will give you a peace of mind and a lot of information. Read read is the way to go. The staff there are awesome. There there to point each and everyone one of us in the right direction. There doingv a great job.

This is without a doubt the most well rounded library I’ve ever visited. I decided to stop by today on my way to the Capitol and I was very pleased. It is gigantic, I encourage anyone looking for a quiet resource to check it out! I will say that the environment outside is something I would avoid in the evening as it is a lot of uncertain patrons surrounding. But as a resource, this place is fantastic!

Library is awesome sauce… love the kids’ floor. The parking SUCKS monkey butts!!!

This review is for the passport services.
Passport services is located on the second floor. I was in and out with pictures taken within 20 minutes. Make appointments prior to coming in. The person who processed my passport application, Hoang, was extremely friendly. He let me view my pictures and took a couple so I could choose.
Things to bring:
2 checks or money orders: One for the library and one to the government
ID (Drivers License): They will make photocopies
Birth Certificate or old passport: They will take the birth certificate which will be mailed back to you.
5 stars for customer service, organization, and simplicity of the process.

This library is an older library so it is a tad harder to find an outlet for your laptop. Also I had trouble connecting to the internet. Also at this library there are homeless people wandering around which makes sense since this is located in the heart of downtown Sacramento. Downside is that parking is a pain since it is usually metered parking and street parking. I hate paying for parking in general but on Sunday if you can find street parking it is free.
The good is that this library is actually open on Sundays starting at noon while most other libraries are closed in Sacramento. I figured out that the 4^th floor is a quiet study area which was great since I needed to study without any distractions or noise. Even though this library is an older library it is still very nice and has a clean look to it.

It’s a beautiful Library. I like the architecture outside and the interior design inside. It’s a typical building with floors of books. I remember coming here years before on a 4^th grade field trip. They were giving tours and showing the kids how to use the intranet book catalog.
There is also the Tsakapoulous Library Galleria next door for events like Weddings, Parties, Meetings and Conferences. Totally related to the Sac Library System. I recall Sacramento Fashion Week starting off there.
There is also a La Bou around the corner, so you can eat if you plan on staying all day in the library.
I like coming here because it has a large variety of books to borrow. Most of the time you can find the book you are looking for. Other than that, you can always get the library to special order the book to be sent over to the nearest library to you.
Parking can be a pain but you can always just use the meters outside which is a lot more affordable than the parking garage. I havent stuck around to study here yet. I think it’s because I am worried about the parking meters. Hee hee.

I come to this library often to check out movies and use the computer. Every once in a while, at the first floor of the library «The Friends of the Library» does offer a selection of books, magazines, and, yes, comic books for a donation of anywhere between $ 0.25 to $ 2.00 per item. While much of the books are outdated, I was able to find a pretty good book which relates to my job search a few months ago titled Who’s Hiring Who? by Richard Lathrop. I did an
search of this author and found out he also wrote another follow-​up book titled Don’t Use A Resume… Use a Qualifications Brief. Both have been invaluable when it comes to my job searches.
Patrons can borrow movies for three weeks, and it’s a good idea to return it on the due date because the Central Library is getting stiffer when it comes to fines. And recently, they charge a $ 1.00 «re-​shelving fee» if a patron does not pick up an item on reserve. Despite the stiffer fines and the furloughs (the next furlough will be on October 19^th) this is still a good library to go to borrow books, use the computer and check out movies.