Mercer Island Library

William Gerdes

The indoor spray park is an amazing feature.

Joseph Misener

NO stars... Because of the mask mandates the librarians have become mask Nazis... NO other patrons were in the library... I was wearing a mask the whole time... There are study carols way in the back... I was in extreme pain because of a foot injury... FIVE separate librarians came up to me while I was eating a snack and drinking a soda...

Adam

A perfect place to study, write, or have a meetings with great hours and staff. (Can be somewhat noisy even in the quiet area, so some noise cancelling headphones may be required.) But, overall, a real dope place.

Grant S

This is the worst public library's I've ever been in. I come here to study several times a week and never ONCE has it been sufficiently quiet enough. There is a complete disregard for being quiet and staff workers seem to not give two clucks about the elementary school children who flood through the front doors every afternoon only to play tag and talk wildly about their fascinations with puberty. In fact, as I write this, there are two females who are talking rather loudly about autistic kids and other various learning disabilities that their child(s) seem to be suffering from. Fine. But I feel like I'm now fully submerged in their conversation. Ladies, there are about 19 Starbucks on this Island; please pick one of those. In addition to that, there's some dude with a larger-than-life hammer going to pound town right outside the wall where I am nearest. I understand construction and everything, but why couldn't this wait until all the kids are done with school i.e. next week? At least try and coordinate different hours when maybe the Library is closed or at its lowest amount of visitors? Something needs to be done. Hopefully the new construction will address some of these problems. Recommendation: Enclose the childrens and/or "young adults" section with 3-inch thick glass and acoustics to drown out their constant wailing. Honestly, I think the problem begins with the staff. Although they are all friendly and seem to be very helpful; they don't show any inclination to interfere with the noise origins. I'm now leaving this sanctuary of stress on account of my bleeding ears. I really hope someone who holds authority reads this and makes changes.....or at least pretends to care. Cheers.