Upland Public Library

The place died a long time ago. Ontario City Library is 10,000 times better! I’ve lived in Upland many years.

They got rid of all the best employees to save money for the city. The new ones are just plain rude and do not know what they are doing. They just turn people with questions away. My suggestion: do not come here. There are better libraries in Ontario and Rancho.

Since the city in their infinate wisdom gave away the library to an outsoursing corporate raider company (lssi). The feeling at the library has changed the staff has changed and it is no longer a community library. Save yourself a trip go to a different library Rancho and Ontario are still run correctly. I live in the city of upland and am embarressed to say that this is the library my taxes support. Nothing more than a glorified book store.

Recently came here a couple weeks ago and was so excited when I went down to the book seller Nd found amazing books for only a quarter of a dollar! This library has a lot of quiet areas where it’s perfect to study. I absolutely love it here.

Used to love this place… The city fired all my favorite personnel and outsorced the jobs to some company. Saved the city a lot of money I am sure but it is just not the same. :(

By far one of the most awesome libraries around I’ve been going here since I was a kid… I love the old feel to the building and the history you can feel once u walk in through the doors… The staff is always friendly and helpful!

This is a very nice place to study! Spacious room for tables and your own cubicles for studying and reading.
The only con to this is the route to get here — there’s a lot of one way streets, so I recommend printing out a map beforehand or just using your GPS. The streets can be confusing.

I would love nothing more than to say that this is my favorite place to hang out, but I feel like the acquisitions of certain genres of books are disproportionate to the public’s interest. There is a decent amount of fiction for adults, but I feel like a lot of it is thriller and mystery. I mean multiple floor to ceiling sections, while scifi and fantasy gets a couple shelves. Teen fiction also gets an inordinate amount of space, and the library wishlist is full of new books coming out for kids. I’m not sure if they’re trying to push their e-​reader plan, where you can pay a fee to read the books they have, but I wouldn’t be that interested. For the size of the building, and their demographics, you’d think that they would have more relevant choices for adults.

As far as libraries go, I love my little Upland library. It’s not the biggest library but it has everything I need to make me happy when I’m in need of a library.
Hours: not great, but there’s been budgetary cutbacks so I totally understand.
Parking: Easy to find, generally lots available.
Fees: It seems like I always owe something when it’s time for me to check out a book, not sure why this is the case as I can’t quite remember always being late, but I’m going to forgive them for this one due to the budgetary cutbacks previously mentioned, this may be one way to raise money.
Environment: Its very charming yet very libraryish. I’ve never encountered lots of noise. They have a slow elevator if you don’t feel like walking up and down the stairs. They have lots of space if you have your own laptop/​ipad and want to hook up to an outlet. I love taking advantage of the free electricity and charging all my electrical devices when I come here so they are fully charged (again another reason why I don’t mind the fines I’m always charged). In addition, for those that don’t have their own laptop they seem to have lots of computers available for use. I’ve never seen a fight over one of them. They also have a nice printer set up. My printer at home tends to run out of ink, actually it dries up, so this offers a nice option to come to print out my items that need printing. The cost for them isn’t too bad either. I don’t generally come for checking out books as I use it more as a way to get out of my own house and get away from my kid so I can study so I’m not sure how great the book selection is but whenever I need a distraction I’m always able to find something to fill that need.

We love this library, especially the children’s department. Their Summer Reading program is not to be missed and the kids just love Amelia the paw pals doggy when she visits so they can read to her (cutest thing ever).

The Upland Public Library is a nice library just north of Downtown Upland on Euclid, and right across the plaza from City Hall.
It’s a good sized library, but I have to agree with Erica’s review. The library is a good library for kids or for getting some good fiction (although I have been disappointed in the past).
As far as local libraries go, this one is a keeper. Of course, I think in the area, we have a number of really good libraries in the area. If this one is close to you, I recommend it, especially for kids as their junior book section is really good.
As far as my own interests go, or for research, I would recommend going elsewhere, but this is a good first stop for some preliminaries, or as a less crowded alternative to some of the other libraries.

It’s not big, but nothing is in Upland. Great for picking up some busy fiction but if you want to do real research you have to go to the Honnold at the Claremont Colleges. They might still have a summer reading program where the kids get prizes for reading books. Nothing like bribery for literacy. Note to parents: it’s a great alternative to a babysitter. At least that’s what my parents thought when my brother and I were younger.

I love my town library. The selection isn’t huge, but I can always find something to read. Been coming here for years and years and I will continue as long as I live in Upland. I always check out the new releases first, they have been pretty good lately about picking out the hot new titles for me to read. The Book Cellar doesn’t have a huge selection, but they have some ok stuff too and the employees are always very nice.

This library definitely holds a place in my heart as well. It’s been around forever, so it has a bit of small town charm. The design of the building has a lot of windows, and the huge center atrium gives you a great sense of space, so it’s very welcoming.
**Gratuitous Plug Warning** The Upland Public Library has a great adult literacy program, so I strongly encourage people to volunteer their time for a few hours a week to help someone to learn to read and write. It will be the most rewarding thing you’ve ever done for someone else, trust me. (FYI, I was a volunteer tutor for a number of years, until my work hours took me out of commission.)
Contact Liz (the literacy coordinator) at (909) 931‑4212 for further information.