Quiet, clean, great staff, free wifi. Couches, carrels, tables and awesome study "pods" available…read moreto all. Perfect for studying.

Favorite place to come and study. Although I graduated from here years ago I still come all the…read moretime because I go to grad school online and prefer not to sit at home and work. Plenty of room to study with desks, chairs, couches, tables, and outlets spread throughout. Stays pretty quiet. Lots of lighting. Vending available. Coffee shop by front entrance serves drowsy poet coffee among other snacks. Bathrooms are located upstairs and downstairs and are ALWAYS clean. Staff is friendly. Lots of areas for group studying too and they have private rooms available if you need them

Great Library took.my grand daughter she loved the Children's Section is was so nice and the staff…read more Very polite & respectful.towards everyone

The library is fabulous!! So many choices in reading and the computer access is great. Plus sales…read morecoming up for books and movies in the future. Activities for little ones and quiet areas also.

The library is open until 2am most days and is 24/7 during exam week. My undergraduate time at the…read moreUniversity of Florida libraries weren't even as accommodating. And judging from when I used to research for my middle school and high school projects, their book collection is comprehensive and impressive. There are also charging ports for your phones (iphones/motorola/android), how thoughtful. And the Starbucks downstairs is a nice touch.

Welcoming and warm, lots of seats with games and movies available. Friendly and knowledgeable…read morestaff. Check with front desk for WiFi password.

The library used to employ intelligent people. The staff at this library, after 2 phone calls, 2…read morevisits, setting up an appointment and with 3 employees to assist, including the library director, could not help me get a certified type test. You'll find higher intellect behind the tiki bar. God bless.

Convenient location in Navarre and easily accessible. Extremely well stocked. Friendly…read morelibrarians. And what's not to love about their book sales! The greatest tribute to this library is that my young grandsons love it and insist on going there whenever they're in town visiting me.

This is a convenient, nicely laid out library. We are thankful to have it, as we are new residents…read moreto Santa Rosa County area. I was pleased to find the library to be very nice. My granddaughter loves it, too.. as it has a darling children's reading space. A great small town library! Enjoy ~

This is the worst library in town. It's the largest and the most resources, but the staff here is…read morecompletely uninvolved with its patrons. I called and requested that a book be sent over from another Okaloosa library. The staff member said that she would place the request, but never did. I needed the book for a class and ended up having to order it to get in it time. They closed the childrens' section down during the summer to remodel (a poor management decision). I made a special trip to the library with my children and was turned away. They do not offer many summer programs for children at this location. Space is being wasted here. Bring in new talent or reallocated the money going to the FWB location to the Mary Esther, Destin, and Niceville library.

The Fort Walton Beach Library is a fantastic library with an excellent staff. We've been going to…read morethis library more and more over the last decade and a half because they have everything we need for research and for personal reads. If it isn't in this library the staff finds it at another library and has if for you, if available, in a few days. The wonderful new children's area of the library is just lovely for parents and children. The construction was efficient and well managed and took very little time. I can't wait to take my grandchildren to see the improvements this November! Hope 'Elmo' is available then too!! The Children Section librarian staff goes to great lengths to encourage children to read. The head of this section, Nancy, even dresses up as Elmo for special reading days and the children and parents love it! We love this library!

I had my mind made up about University of West Florida, or UWF, before writing this review though I…read moredid read the other reviews. I would say UWF earns about a 3.6, but that rounds up to 4 stars. Universities and colleges are interesting. They are a compendium of interesting buildings, campus planning, both broad and niche educational programs, a bureaucracy, a culture, a political system, a (more or less) collective personality, strengths and weaknesses, noncomformity, groupthink, and so many other things. I knew that UWF sat in a nice area among stands of pine on the northern outskirts of Pensacola. So, instead of using the public library in town, I came to visit the one at UWF. Then, I made a second trip because I found a heck of a lunch deal at the Nautilus Market and Grill! So, then, reviews will be forthcoming under separate cover for both their library and the Nautilus Market and Grill! Florida has its flagship university, the University of Florida, and the "other" school that hates it, Florida State University at Tallahassee. Then, there is an implicit "next tier" string of campuses the likes of the University of Central Florida, the University of North Florida, the University of South Florida, and this one, the University of West Florida. The big and well-known University of Florida may still have its share of partying, but getting in there these days requires more than a pulse ... far more. But, in reality, the sometimes smaller campuses of UCF, UNF, USF, and UWF serve their purpose quite well for those who are focused. They are more regional or local universities populated by a more local student population, students who want to go to those specific schools for a specific reason, and a smattering of international students who are interested in those institutions. Granted, GPAs and test scores to get into UWF aren't as high as they are at UF. However, that moniker UWF, or "U Will Fail," is sort of ridiculous. That probably refers to students who haphazardly toss their applications into the ring, get in, don't apply themselves, and generally don't give a shit. We all know that a dysfunctional dipshit can get into and through an Ivy League university and a perfectly competent and practical student who hails from the area may choose to go to a UWF because he or she wants to stick around their stomping grounds and get a decent education for a respectable price. Here's what I was able to deduce more specifically about UWF. It has about 8,000 undergraduate students. I think the ideal university has about 10,000 to 15,000 enrolled students. But, at about 2,000 per class, that beats having about 1,000 per class and everybody knowing that, for example, you once picked your nose and left a booger under the desk. Bigger and/or popular departments are business, as can be expected, nursing, teacher education, some of the engineering disciplines, and marine biology, which makes perfect sense. The arts and the sciences are also represented. The campus is definitely attractive and is spread out so, with more accelerated metabolisms, traditional college age enrollees can eat their hearts out at the cafeteria and lose those calories as they walk between the buildings in which their classes are held. Pace Library seems substantial enough and has a good feel. What appears to be the student union type building is in an 80s modern low-rise edifice and has a nice lounge, a bookstore, and the huge Nautilus Market and Grill. The atmosphere appears to be relaxed and all sorts of students seem to go to school here, and it is evidently devoid of a "one size fits all" personality. Right along with that, everyone met at the information center, the student union, the library, the Nautilus Market and Grill, and in a few departments where I asked questions was informal and friendly. I've said it elsewhere. The high pressure schools can and do bring out the best in most students. The schools with less competitive admissions profiles almost always require that the student has more self-discipline to work against that critical mass. For that reason, I'm deducting one star. I'm then deducting .4 star for a few departments in which some of the subset disciplines aren't as fleshed out, but that's just my opinion. In short, I liked what I saw of this school. It's a good place for a kid to cut his or her teeth. They can stay around their hometown or move to this wonderful area, they can avail themselves of good enough and practical curricula, and, if they do well here, they can indeed see an admissions packet from UF or some other flagship or private school for continuing their educations. As for me, my only tie to this school is that Argonaut t-shirt I bought. Hey, one can always use t-shirts.

If I had known it would be this difficult to get in contact with someone or receive responses…read moreregarding inquiries and submitted documents, I would have applied to Pensacola State College instead. I have attended two other universities, both online and in person, and this has honestly been the worst experience I've had, and it's only week one of classes. It took an entire month for my documents, which were already in the system, to be reviewed so I could be admitted even though I called every week to check up on it and they had everything. I was then finally admitted the same day class registration opened, while the systems were down. Since then, I have been unable to reach my academic advisor despite emailing and calling for the past two weeks regarding a course transfer issue. A class that should have been transferred from my transcript was not applied, which is now preventing me from registering for my next course due to a 'prerequisite not met' error. Phones and emails are rarely answered, and the lack of communication has made this process extremely frustrating. If I had more time and had not already submitted everything to the VA, I would seriously consider applying to PSC instead. It's crazy because I applied to an administrative position here in the Undergrad department when I first moved to the area and they didn't take me. They clearly need more people or better people for that matter because whoever they chose can't handle the workload.

As I walked into the store and to my amazement how huge the interior was. The rows of books seemed…read moreto expand as I walked through. I'm grateful to see a thriving bookstore still open in this day of the internet. I need to have something in my hands and not read on the computer screen. The bargain and sales merchandise were spread throughout. Spending hours perusing and the time flew by. The employees were friendly, knowledgeable and kind to my needs.

Is a book store a dying breed over online and digital books?…read more I like this store and come in to cruise through to see if f there really is any books that I would buy or see if they have them at my library. I have been on the kick do of audiobooks this year ... so looking inside a bookstore is fabulous. Bathroom was clean but there was the unmistakable smell of urine. Joe Muggs was pretty busy but I didn't get anything from there. Lots of clearance going on. The only thing I didn't like was how dark it was on the outer walls.