Brownell Library
2587 miles
"A great library contains the diary of the human race." ~George Mercer Dawson
Reviews
Clean Everything there,...security as well and a diverse set of books! Across from McDonald's and at LA Superior court!
It's a pretty good library the only issue for me is that I wish they had a little bit more control on the homeless people that act ignorant and go in the bathroom to do illegal substances sometimes but other than that it's a good library
I was at this library all day Saturday and I want to compliment how wonderful and resilient the staff is. From the time they opened there was a man who seemed to be confused and the lady at the desk went to the ask desk to translate. Eventually he thanked them and left. There was an older lady who was yelling at staff about tools. Staff went to get seemingly the manager and she explained to the lady that she would return them, but it would take longer because she was missing something. The older lady kept yelling and asked for her manager and she gave her a card. Then the older lady asked her for more help after she said she was going to complain about her and she still kindly helped her. After she left it was a quiet day minus all the kids in the kids area for songs and stories from the librarian who dresses fun until the evening when a homeless man came in and started taking his clothes off. They do have security and he went to get that man out. Someone was complaining to the fun dressing librarian and then someone else walked by that librarian and spat at her! He literally spat at her! These librarians go through so much and stay so nice to people. Yes there’s homeless outside and the city needs to do something about that. But the library and the librarians are so nice and helpful. They saw me trying to study and asked if I wanted a room when the kid songs and stories started.
wonderful staff! always a clean environment, everyone is always helpful. great collection of books and I love how they are always having events and seminars for children and adults !!
Closing before it's time, 12 noon is 12 noon not 1150 Thanks for the taking our taxes but not staying open to help
My mom was harassed by the staff here when returning tools. She was not late, just lost the barcodes on accident, and they reprimanded her like she was a child. She’s a senior citizen and has severe health issues including an ongoing ulcer, which has since worsened due to the negligence and rudeness of this library’s staff. I will be taking this issue further up to the city for willful harm to a senior citizen and elder abuse. I hope the library can do better in the future. Sincerely disappointed that this kind of behavior is considered acceptable.
I love the Compton Library, ample parking has great staff, is very spacious, tons of computers, books, and awesome activities. I enjoyed the mini holiday sweater decorating event.
I went to the library in early February. Unfortunately the link to the law library wasn’t working. Not the fault of the Compton staff. Yesterday they called me to let me know the law library is back online. That really impressed me! Thank you Compton librarians!!
I’m standing in line trying to renew my library card. The librarian older black lady with salt and pepper hair insisted on having a personal conversation with the person in front of me. I was completely fine with it until it went on past a few minutes. I value peoples time, and that honestly was not the time nor place. You’re at work. Keep it professional.
Time machine 80s not sure again if this was the same library we hung out in back in the 80s. We used to chill here after school. It was quiet & nice. I hope to see you all in future Godspeed
