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    Library Center of the Ozarks - Books, DVDs, audiobooks and more!

    Library Center of the Ozarks

    4.0(2 reviews)
    42.9 mi

    Downstairs in the Taneyhills Library is the Friends of the Library Bookstore. This review is about…read morethe bookstore, not the library. For decades, I have only been buying my books at the Friends of the Library bookstores around the country. The money goes to support the library. The community donates their books, most of them brand new and hardbound. This is the BEST Friends Bookstore I have ever seen. I come to Branson several times a year, and I load up on books. I buy bags and bags of them here. It is an enormous room full of bookshelves. They are well organized and categorized for easy perusal. Nowhere on earth can you beat these prices!

    Ugh, I just got done running home to get a utility bill to show to renew my library card. I've had…read morea library card here for 5 years. First when it was a private library and I donated money for an annual card and now the second year since it has become a public library. I voted YES to it becoming public because I grew up appreciating having access to a library. Now, seeing how elderly the population is here, I hope more and more benefits will be developed for them through this community library. Short version to my mediocre star rating is based on the inefficiency of the one website that the staff can utilize to confirm residency, its ineffectual. As a resident of 5 years and a tax payer for 5 years, I could not be found. I sympathize with people further out of town, the elderly, new commers, and previous or on-going library patrons having to prove who they are past showing their drivers license. The information my paper file they hold has the exact same information that appears on my drivers license! I'm an election judge in Taney county, and the legal residence in the United States are allowed to vote legally easier than trying to obtain a library card here. I receive surveys to better this library and diligently fill them out. I hope this note goes towards addressing this issue. The library staff deserves better tools to assist guests to this library. Thank you,

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    Eagle Store

    3.0(2 reviews)
    28.5 mi
    $$$

    I went in today to buy my books. I'm doing distance learning from Kansas City because I have a few…read morecredits there. I walked in with my list of books, and must have had a confused look on my face, as a gentleman came over and asked if I needed any help. I said yes, and he immediately took my list and led me around. I was expecting one of my books to be only available as a new book and was pleasantly surprised to see that they carried it used. It saved me roughly half of what I was expecting to pay. He even took the time to find me a copy of the book that was not so "used" looking. The other book I needed was found just as quickly. When we had found all the materials needed, the gentleman wished me a good day. Looking over all the "spirit items" in the store, I was impressed with how much stuff you could buy to show your pride. I admit, I had to get a t-shirt. With me living in Kansas City, I'm always proud to wear things from my hometown. Check-out was a breeze. I'm expecting financial aid for this year, and with this being the first time I've ever had to use it, I was elated to find out that I could defer the payment for my books until my aid was put into my account. Start to finish, the process took less than 10 minutes, and I was in and out. Everyone I encountered was so pleasant to deal with, and I left in a better mood that when I went in.

    Will absolutely never ever buy a book from the OTC bookstore again. This is the second semester in…read morea row that they have given me the wrong book. This last semester they would not accept returns even though I tried to go on two different occasions before and they were closed for inventory and then for holidays. I purchased the access code (which is way more expensive than the book) and they would not do anything about their own mistake. I will take my purchases else where.

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