Madison Public Library, Alabama, United States
4.5 (103 reviews) Spent Ranking #2 in Madison Libraries
a lot to offer for a library.
Madison library is set back off of Hughes road, so traffic is rarely an issue for kids. Their lending program is great; if there is a book you really must have, they can borrow it from Huntsville or Decatur. There are kids programs daily during the summer, and throughout the school year they have story time for the littles. There is a video and disc lending program, and a paperback exchange. The used book store in the corner allows you to purchase used books for 1-2.00 dollars, with the money going back into the library. If your little ones need to stretch their imagination, there is a play place outside, with gardens and imaginative props for fun, all safely contained within a painted picket fence. All in all, Madison Public Library is one of the gems in our little city.
Address
130 Plaza Blvd, Madison, AL 35758-1160
Mobile
Website
http://hmcpl.org/madison
Current local date and time now
Thursday, May 09, 2024, 6:49
User Ratings
4.5 based on (103 reviews)
Reviews
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5imre a 5:00 PM Jul 31, 2019
Love the pretty new library
New.library is cool. Seems to have a great layout easy in and out. Lots of parking. Food options near. They are building in the area but should not influence traffic.
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4GingerGin 5:00 PM Oct 20, 2020
Good library, but somewhat disappointed
This library is in a fairly newly built building and has many innovations. It’s a pretty good small community library, with its staff trying to serve our community. What disappoints me is that almost two years ago, I spoke with the main or assistant librarian at this branch about a film that had been on PBS that dealt with two Birmingham high schools producing the same Shakespearean play together. One high school was predominately African American and the other was predominately white. While these two schools worked on the play together, many of their apprehensions disappeared as did much of the preconceived prejudices from each group. I thought at that time this would be a good film to show for our community, and since we have both predominately white and African American universities in our area, that we could put together a panel and have a discussion with questions and answers that touched on the issues in the film. Two years later now, it’s obvious ever more than ever, that our community could have benefited from this event. But did the Madison staff follow up on my suggestion? No, and it bothers me that it didn’t. I’ve done other activities with our library system and overall feel more positive than negative about their cooperation with developing events with them, but they dropped the ball on this one. If I find in the future that they continue to not try developing events of merit, I might consider updating my appraisal with a lower rating.
