I recently left the book The Help behind in Fortuna,CA…read more The book is an engaging book in which I could not put down ( yes I am aware of the controversies in the books I read such as trying a new restaurant in order to review it) :-) I was determined to read an online version of the book and thankfully I ran into their virtual county library website. Here it is: https://northnet.overdrive.com As a teacher I need to share the knowledge with any folks from Humboldt or anyone who has obtained a public library card in Northern California counties. Overall, I have not gone in person post COVID to check out any books or media so this review is based on post COVID times especially in our digital age.

We've return to this library thanks to Shoshanna in the Children's library. We hear so many good…read morethings about her in our community. She is a light of sunshine, kind, creative, supportive, and very helpful. Her optimism and positivity is priceless. Our County of Humboldt is lucky to have her. The children's area has opened ended play and nature inspired stations friendly for young children. We love the new playground however I wish there was a way to close the gate because it is open to the street and people drive fast through that curved corner. In addition, there are sometimes men sitting at the table but they don't have any children with them. Sometimes this makes me feel uncomfortable as a mom with young kiddos.

I love this place! Not only has the Ferndale library provided me with countless hours of reading,…read moreit's relieving me of having to build more bookshelves for an otherwise ever growing collection. I can order anything in the county system and I'll get a call when it arrives in Ferndale, so that little library offers access to the huge collection behind it. What a community asset!

When I was a kid this place was where I got to listen to books on tape...yea...like that exists for…read morekids now. But here is where my love of reading started. Clifford, Cam Jansen and all the other books that were the most awesome thing ever. So thanks Ferndale Library for starting my very expensive, time consuming, space taking up ...addiction.

The McKinleyville community library is a part of the Humboldt county library system. A very small…read morefacility that serves as a great local resource. Located on Pickett Road across the packing lot from the Azalea senior center and adjacent to Pierson park. This satellite facility is supported by the local community, and has a great volunteer staff. As well the "friends of the mckv library" have a monthly book sale fundraiser to help support this facility and help to keep it open. The monthly book sale attracts hundreds of book enthusiasts every month. A small but very well stocked reference section at this library. As well you can order books to checkout anywhere within the county system and have the book delivered to this branch making it easy to pick up for the reader. A nice local library, small but efficient and definitely serves a purpose in the community. 4 stars - worth a visit. 00341

Beautiful building situated in Saunder's park in Trinidad. This library is staffed by one…read moreespecially loyal head librarian. She's been with the library through thick and thin, as the library moved from storage closets to small empty classrooms around this small community. Now Trinidad has a state of the art building with many books donated by local benefactors. The library has a great children's section; a wonderful place to sit and read with your little one. Community activities include children's reading groups, teddy bear sleep-overs, lots of fun stuff.

Pretty cool place, one of the nicest colleges I've seen. The staff are also very nice and…read morewelcoming! Taking pictures to show some people around! will be uploading more soon

The chicken strip meal was awful the chicken strips tasted burnt, as well as the tater tots. The…read morecafe mead are over priced I think, even as a student struggling right now. I'd rather go to McDonald's.

We are visiting Humboldt County with our friends in our RV's for a month. The wives have been…read moretaking a drawing class and we're struggling to find someplace with rows where they could practice point perspective drawing. We had just had brunch at the Cafe Brio and decided they would try doing their drawing in the Arcata Library. The librarians there were the most rude individuals we have encountered in our travels. I feel sorry for the city of Arcata to have these individuals representing their city. Needless to say we won't be returning, and it definitely left us feeling unwelcome in this city.

The Arcata branch library might not have the cache and views of the Eureka branch, but it is a…read moregreat place to be in its own right! So relaxing to just sit down, after having grabbed something off-the-shelf. Seems to be exceedingly popular with children as well.

Awesome library! Not the biggest for a university library, but huge considering the campus' small…read moresize. I would check out book after book with no problems at all--lots of books at a time even. I learned more from reading these academic library books than from my classes. Great selection of poetry, too. I mean GREAT. And to top it off, there's coffee! I miss having access to so many wonderful books.

What I Love about this library is that you can reap the benefits of various resources especially if…read moreyou're at HSU student or alumni. For instance you can rent out books, articles or scientific periodicals from other California state universities and I was told also order from international Universities. The benefit of being a grad school is that you can have books up to one year until return date is due and rent out their cam corders and camera for an extended period of time . I started off at this school in 2017 and I definitely have seen many renovations through the years including the café, study rooms, tall shelving and interactive group desks, where group members can meet an use a TV to connect to class projects or the Internet. Till this day the library still has a glass case where they display a wide assortment of clubs, issues and events on campus, with nice added touches of regalia/memorabilia! I highly appreciate the fact that this library recycles electronics this can be found at the exit of the library in the main entrance.

If you care about your mental health, please don't go here. This is a school where a large number…read moreof the students come from other counties. The students specifically pick Humboldt because they had abusive childhoods or trauma they wanted to get super far away from while still having in-state tuition. This leads to highly traumatized young adults flocking to one area and being on their own for the first time. The bullying, harassment, several mental instability, etc. of some of these students is shocking and almost everyone I know has an extreme story of harassment due to this. PLEASE pick anywhere else. Yes, you may have a wonderful time and get lucky - but this school is far more likely that others to leave you with severe trauma, especially when paired with how highly isolated it is from outside support and resources.

Beautiful campus, great class sizes, interesting people, but a strange educational experience…read more One department claims antiracism as a core value, yet two professors either allowed racism to occur or participated in racism in class. Some professors that you think would be anti-sexist participated in sexism against men. And one professor was a bit too touchy-feely. A few professors in one department did not hold class during the Pro-Palestinian/Anti-Genocide occupation, and others would sometimes suddenly not hold class due to "personal reasons" or unpreparedness, or let people out early (like one professor letting students out 30 minutes early every class). Like any life-changing experience, I have good memories and bad ones. However, the bad ones were of the hypocritical type and should not have occurred. Plus, students are paying for their education--giving them "free time" is not a freebie...students are paying and going into debt for those "freebies." But other than that, the school is a pretty chill environment for learning.