Hurstville City Library — Library in Hurstville

Reviews of Hurstville City Library

• Cody

  Added 2016.10.09

  - Friendly staff most of the time. They are strict, etc, but most of the time not aggressive / unfriendly, and always happy to answer questions/ provide help when asked. If your experience was different, you were probably a tiny bit unlucky.
• Jordan

  Added 2016.09.24

  - Good collection of books, including few relatively recent books (2014-2016, review written in 2017), and some recent popular titles, in English, and in other languages (Chinese and Arabic to name a few)
• Madison

  Added 2016.08.08

  - A good borrowing system. It allows you to reserve books, and borrow unreserved books for 3 weeks which can be renewed twice for most titles. You get email notifications 2 days before due date and the day after due date. You can reserve / renew books online too.
• Cameron

  Added 2016.07.11

  Plug points available have a key lock to turn them off so you are forced to use a recharge station. I don't care about the books you have. All we look forward now is a study space with availability to power and internet and a decent desk space.
• Joshua

  Added 2016.05.20

  This library lacks the most important facilities such as convenient study spaces with power outlets to connect your laptops and etc. wifi is extremely slow and capped.
• Isabella

  Added 2015.11.12

  Helpful friendly staff, there are a lot of toys for children to borrow and guitars too. There are a large number of DVDs as well some quite recent, the negatives would be it can get noisy at the computer area as some students talking loudly & were swearing it felt uncomfortable I was with my 1 year old at the time I had to remove myself. I think the computers may need some upgrading, overall it's an ok library.
• Anthony

  Added 2015.11.12

  The net is ALWAYS slow, i mean come on even HURSTVILLE WESTFIELD has faster net then this library. You are not allowed to drink anything apart from water, not even juice or coffee, like really? Lastly the toilets are a disgrace, it ALWAYS smells putrid and there is NEVER any toilet paper.
• Jason

  Added 2015.04.04

  I feel like I already left a review about this library but whatever. There was a female library staff who was very rude and racist - why does it cost money to be in that one room for studying idk. Its messy old dark bleak stinky horrible. She said its like 50$ to be in that room per hr. I didnt even need to study I needed to prepare my documents as I was being abused so extremely and needed to sue some people lol whatever. What can u expect from Hurstville
• Noah

  Added 2015.03.27

  - A working search, although it's ancient and has many opportunities of improvement. It allows you to search Penshurst branch too, and reserve books from there to be picked up from Hurstville library
• Zachary

  Added 2015.01.05

  - A couple vending machines for snacks and drinks. There's also limited seating space right after the entrance for reading while eating / drinking. Since it's after the entrance security line, you don't need to borrow the book you want to read while snacking.
• Brandon

  Added 2014.12.16

  - Plenty of seats. It does get too crowded around kids area, and noisy around common students space, but usually the noise is bearable and there're other seats in other spaces. If you really need quiet, there's a study space at the end, although I wish the study space had more power plugs like others mentioned.
• Ethan

  Added 2014.07.12

  - Very good collection of kids books, both for toddlers and older junior readers, that's good both in quantity and quality (They also have scooters and kids toys for borrowing!)
• Jaden

  Added 2014.06.16

  Recharge station with 30min limit and you have to leave your laptop there and cannot work on it. Potential for theft and etc leaving valuables in an open charge station.
• Steven

  Added 2014.05.15

  This library is still living in the Stone Age. The generations have changed and technology is the key to our next chapter.
• Luke

  Added 2014.03.16

  Don't expect fast wifi, the very latest titles, etc, but expect:
• Bryan

  Added 2013.08.31

  Also most libraries allow drinks in a closed container and snacks. This place just need some innovation and some guidance to the right direction. Will never return to this place.
• Jake

  Added 2013.08.28

  Quite study area has table dividers smaller than the length of an open newspaper.
• William

  Added 2013.05.16

  As a traditional library, I think it's very good. I love the book collection there.