Carluke is not a town blessed with a plethora of things to do. I would have thought that this would make it the perfect location for a kick ass library. Unfortunately, South Lanarkshire council did not agree and despite this being a recently built and pretty snazzy facility it falls down quite spectacularly on the basis that the selection of books is rotten.
For the square footage of the premises the number of book shelves is depressing, there just aren't enough. However, if you need space to manoeuvre a small tank then you are in luck, this you could do easily. Finding something that you want to read might be slightly more difficult to execute. You could always use the book ordering service, if you don't mind waiting 8 weeks with nothing but the Corn Flakes packet to read.
Unfortunately, the children's section is even worse than the adults and unlikely to instil a love of literature into any small hearts. Fortunately, they run weekly Bookbug singing classes so little people do learn to love the library even if they grow up spectacularly confused regarding all the cliches about being quiet.
The saving grace of Carluke Library is the staff who really are lovely. They know both my girls by name and are always falling over themselves to help in anyway they can. I just wish they had the authority to buy some more bookcases and fill them up. read more