I was quite surprised at the small size of the library considering how the city of Peterborough is so large. Inside the atmosphere is peaceful, the children's section is upstairs and there is a small cafe on the main floor. New books come fairly regularly and they have a very impressive magazine section of a variety of subjects. There are not many computers however, and you only have an hour limit, so bringing your own laptop to extend your browsing time. Events are held periodically at the library, seen on their website and on the large community posting board just inside the doors.
One thing I wish they would change however, the fiction section is all clumped together as one genre, organized alphabetically, making it a long and frustrating experience to browse through when one wants to discover a new book and has a genre in mind but not an author.
And, pardon me, it's two things actually. There is a definite lack of comfortable seating. Lots of hard wooden chairs but only a handful of comfortable club chairs. read more