Lackawanna Public Library in Buffalo

Review №1

2022-03-22

I absolutely love going there to borrow Arabic books!! I just wish they have more Arabic books (especially newer books) in the future and open on weekends ! It would be really nice for people that work during the week!

Review №2

2022-04-05

Very old library but very well organized and nice staffs. I love there museums down in there basement yall should have a look before leaving I loved it

Review №3

2021-05-06

Love the library! Its a nice place to get away inside or outside. Next to the baseball field. They have so many activities for children on certain days every week is something different. Can get out the house and use the computers. Have a printer if u need something copied. Rent movies and cd. Bring your children they will have a BLAST! activities for them they go above and beyond for the children! Beautiful work the workers do!!💖😇

Review №4

2021-12-09

Best library around. All employees are awesome and polite and very helpful.

Review №5

2018-06-04

Deplorable! I have lived and worked in this city all my life. I have a simple studio based business teaching guitar lessons. Over the years I have helped hundreds of child and adult students discover the secrets and subtle nuances of this endlessly fascinating instrument. Young and old from all walks of life and musical backgrounds enjoy my engaging teaching style, easygoing attitude, and personalized lesson material. Today I went to the Lackawanna Public Library with a simple flyer that I made advertising my services. It has my name, business card, and a couple photographs of me performing at various events. It does not contain the business names, locations, or pricing for any of the studios I teach at, only my personal information. After introducing myself and politely asking permission I was very rudely told by the director, Jennifer Johnston, that I was not allowed to hang my flier on their bulletin board. She said We have a policy that we can not advertise anything that has a cost associated with it. She brayed this over and over at me, like a mantra, shaking her head back and forth furiously. She held up her own policy as a shield, stifling any of my further questions. I thought it was most odd. Everything in life has a cost associated with it. On the way in I had passed a flyer for an upcoming event: Fret Festival 2018 at Buffalo Riverworks. This is an upcoming event/guitar clinic at a local business that charges admission. The flyer was featured prominently in the side lobby, evenly spaced with adjacent advertisements and meticulously taped to the wall. This was not just tacked up without permission. Thanks Jennifer Johnston for singling me out and excluding me from our public library. I do not engage in public arguments so instead I left, disgusted. All I sought to do was share my service with an area that otherwise does not have access to it. There are no other legally operating, open to the public, private music lesson studios closer to our city limits than the one I teach at, unfortunately. The insights and tips I offer my students are absolutely invaluable in helping them conquer roadblocks and hurdles in their education, I am told this time and time again. I am deeply shamed and saddened that I must leave such a low ranking for my hometown library, a place where I have spent countless hours enjoying amazing literary adventures. I am deeply shamed! I must speak up, however,based on my principles. I believe that a public library should be a place to openly and freely exchange information and ideas and, sadly, that was certainly not my experience here.The funniest part was another patron had overheard our conversation and, as I was leaving, excitedly asked me for a business card. Please support local music!!!

Review №6

2018-06-06

I have great memories of Lackawanna library...my brothers, I and my little sister Evelyn would walk all the way from Baker homes to visit. Often we would trail behind our Papa Pancho (grandfather) to go to the near by park and end up at this library.Last time I visited again as an adult to see the Bethlehem Steel exhibit, my father Primo Sr. worked there for more than thirty years. The Exhibit was housed in the basement and the librarian named Lupe was very helpful!Great memories.

Review №7

2018-06-12

A charming neoclassical building in the heart of Lackawanna, astonishingly intact and unchanged since last visited over half a century ago. The architecture, and indeed the whole concept of the building, ought to be lesson in getting a public library exactly right. Staff welcoming and friendly. Brought back wonderful memories.

Review №8

2021-08-13

Useless hours for people who work during the week. Need a Saturday/Sunday time. I took time off work to go during the week on Wednesday and they decided to leave early that day. Wasted PTO time from work.

Review №9

2019-05-30

Wonderful old building, gives off a feeling of stepping back in time. Lots of local interest books to be found here. Everything a library should be!

Review №10

2021-09-15

I just lovethe Lackawanna Public Library. They are very friendly and out helpful