Madison, WI Libraries & Archives

It's a nice, clean library. However, it is not very quiet. I haven't been in a library since college, are libraries really this noisy now? Went to sit in the reading room ... more

This library is amazing! The staff are welcoming and inclusive. Shout out to librarians Athnie and Rachel who are two of the kindest souls I have ever met. My daughters ... more

It was good because they were very helpful.

Not enough places to sit, and use a laptop

Librarian new but very helpful and knowledgeable

Beautiful library. Nice, clean, quiet and special section for kids only.

What an amazing selection of vinyl!

Very nice and clean with private meeting rooms. The staff was friendly.

Excellent curation at this branch -- I've found so many great books just browsing the shelves at the front. It's a community place for people to get computer access, find ... more

It's a nice library but the librarians are rude.

Worst "silent study" area I've ever been in. Full of extraordinarily disrespectful Med students, with no respect for others' space or learning environment.

Love this community library!

Love that this place is open 24 hours not as peaceful and quite as memorial imo but memorial isnt open 24 hours a day. Tried to sit somewhere private once and some secur ... more

Kind of a throw back to another era, like maybe the 50's. Private study rooms are a nice feature.

I haven't been able to utilize the facility yet. Although from what I've been told it's easy to navigate through and if you need help finding something, I hear that the s ... more

Helpful and friendly staff, especially a delivery manager named Tim. He went the extra mile!

Comfortable place for studying

only had art books, needs more variety