Health & Fitness
The West Orange Library is Awesome.
One of the things I really appreciate about South San Francisco is the library on West Orange. If you haven’t been there, or haven’t been there recently, it is awesome. I went today in search of tax forms and ended up having a really good time.
All of my time around books and magazines is spent about 85% online and about 15% of the time at Barnes and Noble at Tanforan. Reading online and on my ereader (Nook or Kindle) is great- and it is a solitary experience. If I like something at Barnes and Noble I have to buy it. If you want to read a book at the library- it is FREE!!! (Besides print books they have books you can read on your ereader as well: http://plsinfo.org/ebranch )
It is really nice to read a book or magazine with other people sitting around doing the same thing. I may not know these people and we may not be chatting with each other, but we form a community of readers nonetheless. It feels good.
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The librarians there are so nice. They helped me renew my library card, offered to answer any questions I had or to help me find anything I might be interested in. I didn’t have to go find them when I was wandering through the stacks of books- they found me and offered to help- twice! I wish I got that kind of customer service in book stores!
The library staff welcomed me back to the library, taught me how to use the self check-out machine and held some books for sale for me that I did not have the cash to buy at the moment (I live off my ATM card).
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It was great was just wandering around the library. Usually when I look for a book online my search is specifically directed, and I don’t wander around. In the library I wandered around and found I was interested in an illustrated story about a zombie millennium. (Not my usual reading material, believe me!)
I really like their comfortable chairs, their friendliness, the light coming through the windows, the community of readers. I haven’t checked out the library on Grand Avenue for years. I bet it is awesome too.
If you want to go have a great time for free:
Get information online: http://plsinfo.org/southsf
South San Francisco - Main
840 West Orange Avenue
South San Francisco, CA, 94080
United States
Phone:650.829.3860
Fax:650.829.3865
South San Francisco, Grand Avenue Branch
306 Walnut Avenue
South San Francisco, CA, 94080
United States
Phone:650-877-8530
Fax:650-829-6615
