Excellent large library with brilliant service and good stock. Staff are trained in all sorts from…read moregeneology to local history and are always more than happy to help. Usually rent out DVD's here as are fairly reasonable (though have recently gone up in price to £3) and have the latest in stock - if not they can be ordered/reserved. If you go in and ask for a PIN number, you can also renew books and order books online which I find very useful when I am unable to get there, or if I have suddenly realised they are late! This online service also gives access to a number of other library services that are well worth checking out. There is an underground theatre that often has local theatre/exhibitions etc.

I use the library mainly with my 18month old, they have a good range of books and they have rhyme…read moretime and story time for little ones free of charge, which my little one loves. I have always has good service and they have a good range of facilities.

Queenwood Library is part of the University of Brighton. There ia a large stock of books here…read morecovering such subject areas as Health, tourism, sport and leisure. During term time it is open 7 days a week. You have to be a student at the university to be able to borrow books but you can join as an external member for a fee. Anyone is able to use the library for reference purposes.

Small but nice library with good atmosphere and fairly good range of DVDsread more

A fairly small library in a modern, warm and comfortable building. The stock of books,music and…read morefilms is very up to date and rapidly changing. The staff are very pleasant and helpful. There is a well equipped computer section which is popular but it is always possible to book a time. Highly recommended

It's not surprising that Jubilee Library has won awards for design and architecture. It's a truly…read morestunning building that towers above all the others in the North Laines. Inside it's just as impressive - with huge glass windows, high ceilings and wide open spaces. There's a great study area for students, a lounge area where people can relax and read magazines and newspapers and a big I.T. suite where you can tap and print away. The problem is... the lack of books! You'd think being a library you wouldn't be able to move for books, right? If only. There's probably more books on one floor of Waterstones than there is in this whole building. Maybe they ran out of money and couldn't afford many? Maybe they think everybody would be so floored by the building they wouldn't think of borrowing a book? Who knows.

The Jubilee Library is a library like none I've joined before! When I was a kid, my local library…read morewas a one room ex-Scout hut! Though I've used lots of libraries since, and many much larger than the Jubilee (university libraries etc.), none have been as visually stunning. I am not always a fan of modern architecture, but the clean lines and sheer size of this glass building make it a pretty impressive structure. Easy on the eye? Yes. Heavy on the books? No. Like Sarah-Jane B., I am baffled by the Jubilee library's paltry selection of literature. It seems such a shame to build a library of such epic proportions and then leave it virtually empty! It's almost as if they let the architect order the books and s/he carried the minimalist theme right into the library! On a number of occasions I have looked for a book only to find they don't have it- they have even had to request inter-library loans for me. Is it just me, or does it seem ridiculous that the smaller Sussex libraries are lending their books to Brighton's central library??? Aside from the book deficit (which is a pretty major problem), this is a nice, quiet place to read and is in a great location.

So, I was sat in the library resting my back after a long day in A&E after some man made me go on…read morethe ride Turbo (the rollorcoster) on Brighton Palace Pier. Anyway, I had just purchased a Brand New back rest from the shop for £25, Well. I stole my Grandsons £50 note so it wasn't really my money. That's how I ended up on the pier as I used half the £50 there before. Back on subject, I was sat in the library when a Young Lassy Came in shouting: "A B C D E F G gummy bears are chasing me, One is red. One is blue. One is chewing up my shoe. Now i'm running for my life coz the red one of t a knife" I got so scared my False teeth dropped out!!! I got up rapidly, Screaming as I thought someone was coming in armed with a knife. As I stood up my back brace got stuck on the chair causing the chair to come with me, The next thing I knew I was being kicked out and I was screaming as they locked the doors saying "THE GUMMY BEAR WILL KILL ME, THE GUMMY BEAR WILL KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" And they came out. I hoped they were coming to help, they took the chair back and even worse. MY BACK BRACE WENT WITH IT!!! Well, My grand daughters purse is next anyway...

There aren't that many inner city libraries that lay claim to being such stylish, well-stocked…read moresanctuaries of calm. A few years back when I first arrived in Brighton, the area where the library now stands was a waste ground I used to park my car when I went for a swim at Prince Regents. Now I look at its modernistic spangled lines and get a real hit from appreciating at the regeneration. Those funky ergonomic benches outside with the Blade Runner-blue lights seem to have stopped working but inside it's still very much a fresh proposition. Loads of desks to study, a decent world cinema DVD library, a quiet room to work in, plus a great kids play area and children's books section too at the back. The one problem is the acoustics - it would be a perfect space for theatre of music as it's so vast and high - as such if there's someone really noisy you all hear him.