Public libraries in the USA

[@SiliconValleyGirl]

Would you like to have such library in your childhood?

[@badiskarboul2095]

Would have loved to! (generation-agnostic heaven)

[@SandraOtt2011]

Here in Germany we also have had in my childhood, and my son now also. We enjoy this very much 😊

[@thecraftycreeper3167]

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[@sarasandkvist391]

we have most of these in finland (and also free education and healthcare and no school shootings…)

[@KidPundit]

Public libraries are one of the best things about the US! At my local library, they even have special collections for things like tools, and even cake pans!

[@HannahCoziCorner]

Our library has a section like this as well 😊

[@windyhawthorn7387]

One of the local libraries has the biggest collection of DVDs I have ever seen at a library. And it's because the people who go to the library donate all the DVDs. This is the local version of Netflix except free.

[@HannahJablama]

Mine has one like that too, it’s called the library of things

[@kalkidanhailu8563]

Yall put porn in kids section💀

[@windyhawthorn7387]

@@kalkidanhailu8563 Never seen porn at the library in my life. If they had it never went looking for it.

[@melirosario3875]

Yes, I’ve been bringing my son to the library since he is literal infant he just turned 12 and that’s still his favorite place

[@randomchick901]

Public libraries are so incredibly important!!! If you notice the libraries in your town/city getting funding cut or anything, speak up! We need these vital community resources

[@ucbre]

I love libraries! I hope they stay well funded. They have great programs for kids and adults.

[@kianna270]

Yes this! I guess it’s not as common these days… but when I was a kid, I was always at the library after school bc it was sort of a free after school care 😅😅 I would do my homework there, and my mom would pick me up after work. My local library now is so cool, and I try to spend as much time there and encourage people to sign up for cards even if they don’t go often… it helps keep those places funded.

[@jojospice3353]

Yes, i love libraries. Greetings from Germany

[@SiliconValleyGirl]

Hello there!

[@jojospice3353]

@@SiliconValleyGirl. Hey 👋 sending love ❤️

[@edukacjadomowawedugeryka3172]

In Poland, public libraries are very popular. For example in my city, Wrocław where live around 700k people, we have around 50 of libraries, and everyone of them is big, with different books, some have also boardgames and many free activities

[@shynncat9647]

They are probably in all countries

[@japirdoldnoniewierzsco]

widocznie nie byls w duzo miastach, wiekszosc bibliotek sa tak male ze nawet krzesla nie ma xdd

[@VioletBoard]

Thats so cool, I live in a city (in the US) with 110k people qnd we have 1 public library, you guys must really love reading!

[@edukacjadomowawedugeryka3172]

@@VioletBoard Yes, that's true, it's very common for a big and medium-sized cities in Poland to have many public libraries, where you can borrow books when you'll get a library card. Most of them are free, you just pay really small amount of money per day/per book if you'd keep them longer than you can

[@Allthingsmuslimlife]

Love the libraries in the US

[@Kenya1984]

Yes, free in Finland too. You can borrow lap tops, iPads, bikes, helmets, board games, movies both dvd and free streaming (4 movies a month) so 8 free movies for my household, free magazines, games for gamers, conference rooms, game rooms, etc. east part is I get to walk or bike to the public library as it’s only a few minutes to bike.

[@sadaftasneem9167]

Can you give me some locations of free library. I want to go with my kids but have no idea about it.

[@JeffSchwenke]

Yes, I live in suburban Chicago and the library in my village is so nice, Two large floors - the bottom floor for kids and the top for adults. Now they have a library of things where you can borrow a camping tent, karaoke machine, camera, etc.

[@kristinaarsova5946]

We have them as well in the Netherlands, and they are really great :) You have free playgrounds everywhere, including every restaurant, farm, or café. We also have free parks with animals always 10 to 15 min by walking from you and kids can read books surrounded by the animals and nature :)

[@vh2205]

Wow this is really great! ❤ free access to education is always a good idea😊

[@thanhtrucnguyen7035]

I live in Toronto, Canada and yes there are many free public libraries like this. One in downtown is just huge that it has several floors as it it was a school.

[@roymaddocks3184]

Andrew Carnegie donated multi $$ to help build public libraries across Canada

[@thanhtrucnguyen7035]

@@roymaddocks3184 thanks for the info. And if you notice, Nas Daily made a video about the iconic library in downtown Toronto.

[@Nazyaali110]

Hey that’s our library! We love it dearly. The checkout and return system is so easy.

[@JkMangat]

I love it here. They also do book sales which is amazing. You can get 5 kids’ books for a dollar 😀. My daughter loves the story time.

[@JohnPMiller]

In France, we have public "ludothèques", which are toy libraries.

[@Bambimonroe8]

Thanks for your videos

[@tahl_tales]

Im a teen and I love my public library, they have lots of activities even for older kids and I volunteer to run the activities for the little kids. It’s a great thing to put on a resume and gives good experience to start real jobs or things like babysitting!

[@patriciajardim7481]

Our local kids library is amazing . And has all types of events going for adults or kids.

[@xanthippikipou2531]

Public libraries totally enhance our daily routine here in Greece too❤❤

[@flaggov6949]

And that's only the stuff you can see. Most of our libraries have access to ebooks, audiubooks, and movies through various apps like Libby. This year my 16 year old, who has difficulty reading due to vision issues, fell in love with audio books. She's listened to so many books this summer. At first her younger sister kept teasing her saying she wasn't really reading. I kept pointing out the advantages of audio books. Eventually, my youngest tried one and fell in love with listening to books too. 😂

[@eleanorgordon]

that's one of my local libraries!! it was so lovely as a kid and still incredible today

[@gc6497]

London has great library too

[@amyameliaberge4051]

Libraries in the US are great!

[@producermogul223]

Yes I’m so thankful I grew up here and had the libraries

[@ididitoutofspite986]

Actually, in Russia we do have free libraries all over Maybe in yout city/cown/village it was hard to find, but free libraries are everywhere

[@Art416]

Library looks awesome they have everything there

[@dcastaneda08]

Love going to the library with my mom and siblings as kids. We would walk there and just get to be around all these books.

[@Valencia_268]

У нас в библиотеках сейчас тоже постоянный движ, особенно в детских)

[@suec8304]

I live in corn country (Central Illinois) the libraries here have all of the things you mention & it is great!

[@gitvob]

Omg when I gre up in Brooklyn, NY the libraries were, um, not like that. Lots of terrific books but that's about it 😂 Maybe in Palo Alto or other upwardly mobile places but not in my ghetto 😂

[@Tamanna_Tabassum_Mim]

That's amazing!!!! 💗

[@tonyshine89]

I live in Bulgaria. Our library is absolutely amazing, but it is stricktly books. No other activities apart from the books. Every day at 11a.m. there is a librarian reading for 45 mins to the kids. Every weekend they invite a children book author or illustrator to talk to the kids, they do nice events when there is a new exiting book published also ❤

[@gemmagemma-wx2bs]

This is not trying to brag but I live in the US and was shocked that now the libraries here have telescopes, video games, and sport gear to borrow !! I just learned this !! I just used to use it for the computer when I was young 😂

[@tonyshine89]

@@gemmagemma-wx2bs this is very nice indeed. We do have certain STEM resources in my country as well, but definitely not as part of the library. Usually in departments attached to the same matter public school or univercity. For example, I recently found that in the university where photography and art generally is with good tradition, they have absolutely free dark room and lab for analogue photography for everybody under 25 and very small fee for adults.

[@gemmagemma-wx2bs]

@@tonyshine89 that is wonderful to hear! The more resources a community offers, the more people thrive. If I ever win the lottery, I like to think I would donate even more money to places like this as a thank you for having things to use when I did not have much :)

[@tonyshine89]

@@gemmagemma-wx2bs, of course. We try to give back. For example we regularly donate books, especially in the childrens section. I try to go and read to the kids as often as possible. Another way if helping with small amounts is to buy the supplies needed, etc. But most importantly being part of the active community that is the heart of such places

[@-Nxsaybah-]

I live in the UK, and we do have these. My library is a local library so it's not as big as the one you visited but they offer so many things for kids if you go in specific times on specific days. These are like making lille modes with paper and stuff. There are also free drinks and there are activities and board games to do. And my favourite thing to do when I went as a kid was colouring.

[@Motiahmed330]

We are privileged to have the same in Canada. Blew my mind when I first moved here

[@pubalilawacademy3544]

Can't even imagine such amazing activities in my country India

[@Anmolnegi-yw7hg]

We do have public library where I live I think , every city has one , though there is nothing as kids play section .😅

[@إيمَانْمَحَمَاْدِيْ-د5ش]

Yes in Qatar we have a very big library called QNL, where you can find hundreds of thousands of books and you have unlimited internet connection and not forgetting the computers, and it’s all for free ❤

[@kianna270]

My local library is great. Not just for kids, they have so much cool stuff. You can schedule time to use their 3D printers, free access to a bunch of stuff like adobe and such. A bunch of lessons and stuff on the weekends. I love it! There was even a robotics class for kids the other day!

[@eksterinazeiler287]

In my home town we had like 20 libraries, they were all free and yes, I grew up in Russia 🙃🙃 no idea what aches talking about 😢

[@esthertorres7494]

In Orange County, we have amazing libraries. We even have blood pressure monitoring kits that help you learn about blood pressure and health!

[@littlelana696]

Yes I love our library in Maryland

[@h629522]

Libraries! We also have these things called community centers in Canada that have all sorts of activities. Not all the activities are free but affordable.

[@winxred12]

This should be available in all our libraries

[@valeriepvi3667]

Yep, it is lovely ...just in my childhood there wasn't needed of them for that reason. Our mum were gathering together everyone will bring toys, books, food and we had an amaising time. There were fantastic fun, frenships , laugh, games, ...and everything absolutly for free.

[@haleywarden1208]

Crazy thing is, public libraries are totally taken for granted in the US! Many people never take advantage of them!

[@tannercollins9863]

I grew up at the library its generally a safe place for kids and teens to hangout if their parents are at work or running errands. My mom would drop my cousin and i off and we'd be there for hrs. Reading and surfing the web. Back in my day i was mostly on myspace and reading calvin and hobbes.

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, and lyrics or librettos. Historically, the term "album" was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format.

[@1bestfriend2u18]

Some of our libraries in Miami even served lunch to the kids during the summer.

[@leomangine]

I live in San Diego (pop. approx. 2M), and I’ve never even seen a library like this. I didn’t even know that they existed! I would love to have this!

[@monstertoy4620]

On Australia its awesome like this. They run many literacy programs like Rhyme Time. Im actually getting ready now to take my 14 year old to a library over in the next city. All free well our council rates pay for all the citizens

[@pavise31]

In England we're closing down public libraries and the ones still existing, are operated by volunteers.

[@gc2236]

This is absolutely amazing! We have public libraries here in PH, but not this amazing. Sadly, it is not well-funded.

[@ameliahhh222]

She lives in a wealthy area so it seems like they would only be nice there but that’s not the case I’m my experience. This is a very nice library and not all public libraries have this much stuff going on but even public libraries in low income or shady areas ,in my experience, have all been almost as nice. It’s it’s pretty universal even if you live in a crappy area. It’s so important that kids have a free place to go play and learn.

[@roymaddocks3184]

Public libraries are also safe, healthy spaces for poor folks and those who are un(der) housed.

[@petofiarkwright3236]

We also have free public libraries! There's a small fee for borrowing a book but the money comes back after you return the book

[@cameliadon4228]

In Moldova we Have this and i am proud and happy

[@sweettoothmomma2621]

I love our local library! I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they aren't Free! They cost homeowners quite a bit of money every year. They are well worth the cost in my opinion.

[@loladeborman9510]

We have that in Belgium too!

[@hemanyachadha5662]

Yass in Singapore we also have free libraries 😊

[@arghavanjaffari308]

I live in Iran and we have all of these things

[@aaarbel]

Yes! We love all these free activities. We have this in Mountain View too. This is where the taxes are going I guess 😂

[@DiannaCarney]

I love my library! Mine has so many things to check out for free- a telescope, gaming systems, a planetarium projector- just to name a few off the top of my head. All thanks to community members who donated them!

[@atharvkulkarni7558]

Even in India chennai we had such type of local library ...

[@anet5050]

I live on Czech Republic and in the liberary where in my town it is 50 crown for a year. That means 2$ for a year. I am sorry for my englisch.

[@changyi-fei5868]

Yeah we have this in Taiwan, except the huge land for fun in the sun & grass…

[@mahnoormajid6545]

I know! I can relate so much to this!The first thing I did when I had a spare minute as a international student in the US was get a free library card! It was the first one I ever got (other than my student one which let me use the university’s library, of course). There were libraries where I grew up, but they were either in languages I didn’t speak/understand (I’ve lived abroad a lot) or in case of my home country, they were purely reference libraries with textbooks for high school or, more often, university level students, without any of the cool events and things for younger ages. Libraries are my absolute favourite part about living the west too. As an avid reader, I collect library cards and memberships now wherever I can 🥹

[@noah_3012]

I've been there before- Well at the library-

[@shru1014]

I miss this in India. In uk there was rhyme time once or twice a week for babies and toddlers. Plus free books.

[@TT3TT3]

Very nice!

[@King_Kerffufle]

There are libraries EVERYWHERE in the US and they have more then books, movies, shows, anime, manga, comic books, children book reading, free internet access, social recources and a good amount have skill/craft classes. Our libraries are one of our best crowning achievements as a contry. I'm only patriotic for libraries. Haha

[@sahiinnn.02]

This is so good...

[@soapygirl83]

It just gives me so much joy that there are community libraries in United States and honestly it's kind of scary because I think if this was a brand new idea that there's no way that it would be politically viable to do it

[@GetYassUp]

here in italy we have libraries in old castles and old mansions hahahahaha

[@vh2205]

Really????

[@Quesadilla-de-queso]

Aww that is so cool i live in the us but in a poor rural area so we don’t have things like this

[@picklecat4819]

We have this in Northern Ireland

[@israkhattab1890]

I live in Saudi Arabia western area and we have a massive center called Ithra It has a big kids library

[@spadhnik]

Same in UK 👏🏼

[@aimlessf]

Man I wish I had some place like this so bad

[@sylusgf1804]

Public libraries are a thing in Germany as well

[@AliceDickinsonx]

I think free libraries are the case in most countries, no?

[@Jamjar-iu3ji]

I’m scrolling down the comments to see which country doesn’t have public libraries 😂😂

[@brahimithenina336]

We don't have them in Algeria. I wish we had such a thing, it would be so nice

[@M-AY]

​@@Jamjar-iu3jiAlso me but couldn’t find any other comment than Algeria and i am pretty shocked there must be library in University right?

[@Girl-rj3qe]

No

[@evremkan2758]

Loved the idea! How about the noise while others are trying to read?

[@batsy941]

free libraries museums in London ONLY not in entire UK. You pay outside london for museums except for some towns such as New castle

[@tamaracarter1836]

This is about libraries not museums; and yes, there are thousands of free libraries all over England, Scotland and Wales just like the US (I’m an American living in the English countryside).

[@supermanbobby007]

I moved to USA 🇺🇸 from India. Finally got my citizenship early this year. Such an amazing country except the gun violence.

[@stephaniesnyder3643]

I’m sorry your neighbors shoot it up. May I suggest moving to a quieter less populated area.

[@danielleporter1829]

Congratulations 🎉 on receiving your citizenship

[@SweetTinaB]

Libraries are free in the UK

[@surlespasdondine]

everywhere I've been in Europe so far

[@MS-we9gn]

My local public library near Washington DC is even better! They’ll let you rent DVDs and CDs for free. You can also use their Cricut machine, pottery kiln or 3-D printer for free

[@MS-we9gn]

Don’t even have to pay for the filament in the 3-D printer. I think they have a sewing machine, as well. Multiple free craft rooms

[@pawpaw4ify]

You have it in Sweden😌

[@mariaolker]

Yes in Illinois.

[@bananascansingh]

I'm from New Zealand by the way

[@josuegomez3352]

US libraries are the best thing in the world

[@stefankhoo1618]

It’s the same in Swedish public libraries

[@222maggs]

The idea of a library is that it's always always free.

[@gabrielaj2066]

Yeah it’s awesome!

[@bananascansingh]

It would definitely make me want to go to the library more often, i dont like it where I live 🇳🇿

[@juttadestiny6810]

Australian libraries are excellent 😺🇦🇺

[@קרןבר-ת6ט]

I live in Israel 🇮🇱. We have library for free but if you want to take books outside the library, you have to pay a small amount per year and take 2 books each time you come.

[@DogLover1718]

That’s cool

[@Janie.lillysophie]

No i dont have this we do have a library where you can borrow books tho

[@Jadee0510]

One the best free things in the US. Let’s hope that Republicans will not take away this from us as well.

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

I love kids

[@aetherstarry4966]

That's really the only thing I envy about the US as an Indonesian, a country where the people have low interest in reading even tho the literacy rate is 99%! 😂 I live in the capital city and while there are numerous huge libraries here it's not the case everywhere else outside of the major cities 😢

[@heiliger_otter]

we in germany just have to play like 17 bucks for the same. i think it should be free here too. but like we say in germany: man kann ja nich alles haben (ne)

[@Forflipsake]

Public libraries have always been a thing in the U.K. I thought most of Europe and beyond had some sort of system in place like this.