This is a fantastic library with plenty of choice and helpful staff. It has a good layout with enough places to sit. As with all Sheffield libraries, books can be reserved online with your library card or with the help of a librarian and can be collected at a library of your choice. The self-service machines are super easy to use without any issues. It's super easy to get to via public transport as it's conveniently located right next to Arundel Gate where many busses stop and it's only a 5 minute walk from Castle Square tram stop and a 7 minute walk from Sheffield train station. At the time of writing this 01.06.23 there's some building work taking place but the library is still fully open and accessible.
The Central Library is a large and well-stocked library with a wide variety of books, magazines, and other materials. The staff are friendly and helpful, and the library offers a variety of resources, such as computers, study spaces...
The children's department has a great selection of books for babies and toys for multiple ages and abilities.
Well stocked library with helpful staff. Even has a boardgames loan section!
I like the fact thatthe library provides a quiet space for people who want to study. Plus, newspapers in other than English such as Arabic which reflects the diversity of Sheffield. In addition, the kids section is down stairs & it needs to reach the Arabic Japanese...etc weekend schools & invite their students & offer enough books in other than English too. Many thanks for the wonderful staff
A great place. A proper library where books remain the focus whilst activities, IT systems and all other media exist around them
Visited the library yesterday. It was large and spacious. However the reading table and chairs were so low and not ergonomic. Not good especially for tall persons. You have to bend a lot more forward in order to write. The reading chair backrest were too low and not supporting the back .If you try to sit upright, you realise the back rest is low beneath the level of the mid back. If I read there for one week, I will surely develop a back pain. A lot of things need changing as they are old. The toilet on the 3d floor is old as well. It needs more modernising and color . The should also be signpost like 'pls remain quiet , this is a library'. Some people just make loud conversations without considering others. Staff were helpful and nice.
Sheffield Central Library is a wonderful place, either to take out books, or to use the internet. There's plenty of places to sit quietly and read. The staff are friendly and helpful. The Graves Building, which houses the Library us a lovely Art Deco structure from the 20C.
The reference library is a great place to sit quietly and study, and the staff were very helpful in setting me up with a card for the lending library. Not only that, they went out of their way to ask if there were any specific books I wanted, and then when they didn't have them, ordered the entire rest of the series to be bought by the library for me to read!
Love this place. Good selection of books and a very comfortable reading room on the left as you enter the building. Regular groups for creative writing, poetry, etc along with talks and art exhibitions in the gallery upstairs. Claire who runs the writing and poetry groups is extremely welcoming to all. A library card also allows you to borrow from several branch libraries around the city.
