Reviews of Crowfoot Library (Library)

Joey Tuazon

Lots of available seating that was well spaced out! Not too busy and friendly staff.

Easton Reed

Friendly staff and great selection

R D

My family loves this place. Clean, quiet and friendly.

Pasan Nagahawatta

I put a dvd on hold, and it said the dvd was ready, but when I went there, the staff said they did not find anything.

Bala Gayathri Sekar

Not very packed during the weekends and nice place to study. Its not very crowded especially if you are sitting in the corner, you can study distraction free. Recently had a very bad customer service.. Don't think will be going to this particular location. Library is a place were knowledge is valued not the skin color.. very sad what happened here..

Glenn Ramsay

Good library under current covid restriction there are not enough work stations. It is what it is

Barbara Shain

I like the reliable wifi, the quiet room for working, and the abundance of tables.

AJ B

Helpful librarians. A good quiet place to study

Rohit Shankar

Great place.... Love the silent closed room for study

Lis Marie

I really enjoyed being at this library! The parking lot can actually get quite crowded and cramped but inside the library it’s really nice and spacious!

Krystle Raymond

It's so busy that it is terribly noisy. The renovation to the classroom and computer lab makes the library look modern but it offers no insulation from sound and no solid wall to keep the distractions away. The continuous interruptions of children running and screaming is the single reason why I won't be back.

Bob Iyke

The library opened to the public today after more than 3months lockdown due to the COVID19 pandemic. A quiet environment to study and reflect. It wasn't busy today.

Trevor Textor

Calgary Public library is a busy place. It's one of the top systems in North America. Crowfoot library if I recall correctly is the busiest branch. Given its popularity its downside is parking. But now days you can access a lot of content online. I've been a donor to the library for well over a decade and am happy to see it thrive. No other place can you walk in with nothing and find so much support.

Kyle Louden

Nice library, only downside is limited seating/study desks.

Jacques Botha

I LOVE this library. It has a huge section for kids. Loads of tables and nooks to sit and read and a big fortress that the kids can climb and play on. There is a hand puppet stage and a big black board for them to draw on. The staff are friendly and very helpful. Take the kids there!!

Lori Barclay

I usually read online books but the curbside delivery during covid has worked very well, too.

Sonia Pires

(Translated) Simply perfect. It's worth visiting, admiring the landscape, the organization and especially the care with the material and people. Impressive to see a library working at full speed in e-book times. (Original) Simplesmente perfeita. Vale a pena visitar, admirar a paisagem, a organização e principalmente o cuidado com o material e as pessoas. Impressionante ver uma biblioteca funcionando a todo vapor em tempos de e-book.

唵嘛呢叭咪吽

Well-equiped library with nice employees!

King H

Library is spacious and decent amount of seating but it’s too noisy because there is no noise isolation from the kids section.

Haleigh Mills

Extremely loud. Don't go here if you need to study.

April Corbett Inc

I will say first that the staff here is great, nice helpful and outgoing. Lots of tables and plug ins for power as well. Except in the "quiet room" However; this is not a library that is set up to get any quiet time in. It is very loud with toddlers and pre teens running around. Today, it is full of 8th? graders running around like it is recess! I am totally down with having kids in the library and not at 7 - 11 but there needs to be some boundaries. At this moment it sounds like a school gymnasium before last day of school announcements. Yes they have a quiet room but the walls are only partial so not much help there either, and like I said only only long table has power so not much help in that respect either. So normally I would go out to my car to take a call but it seems that is not needed here, people just gab on their phones, run around, yelling... two boys are at this moment wrestling in a "quiet" room So disappointing.

Faraz Kajani

Great curbside pickup service.

Jaden Tapscott (JGamerI)

I definitely *love* its closeness to my current place and the free Wi-Fi that it serves.

simren t

A lovely library with an excellent edutainment area for early years children.

Keri Adams

Just moved to the area and REALLY disappointed with this library. I think it's great to offer family programs but I've never been in a library with so much noise. The worst part of this location though is the parking lot - it is always full and impossible to find a spot.

Vivian Huang

The library is big and I love the renovations they put in to allow more kids to come to the library.

Melody Zhang

Robyn made my day! She helped me setting up my little one’s library card, and explained everything for me. She also introduced all the fun summer programs and encouraged me to check out more information. I’m so grateful for her patience and kindness. Thank you Robyn.

Dr.Saleh El-Ghazali

It’s very nice and well organized

Fatima Almaqtari

Spacious and homey, has a large selection of books. Study rooms and individual desks. Even comfy chairs if you just wanna relax and read. Staff are nice too ????. I love going to this library I’m never short of anything to read.

Pilar BB

Awesome for babies. Good space for them. Amazing view to the Rockies. Very friendly staff

Haider Ali

Beautiful library

Noha Salem

Very nice and big library. The kids section is very well organized and has very interesting books. All the new book series for age 5-12 are there. We enjoy wing there as a family. Follow me for more insights ☺️

Nancy MacDonald

Interesting games, not only books❤

Nancy MacDonald

Interesting games, not only books❤

George Daly

Nice place to dally and browse the books and media available for borrowing. Great foothills and mountain views to the West. There's room for a coffee shop but so far none. Needs a complete rethink of parking and vehicle access. Perfectly designed at present to be as impractical as possible.

Ali Z

It is really nice to have such a place nearby. The only problem is the lack of a coffeshop or at least a corner for providing coffee. If it had more desks for studying and more parking spots as it gets busy some times it would have been even better.

Ivan Sierralta

The library has now a quiet study area and all bookshelves have been spaces to allow for physical distancing. This library has looots of light and open space.

Jenna Thipso

Huge selection and friendly staff

The Guy

Great selection of books of all genres and there is something for everyone. This is also a great place to do some quiet studying.

Leeky Sweek

The good old library. Free card, lots of books and movies. Friendly staff and great perks. What's not to like?

Michael Boddy

The library itself is fantastic. Parking is often impossible in the main lot. FYI there is an overflow lot to the north, but it is a long walk. Pedestrians beware, especially people with children, there is almost always a bad driver parked in the no parking zone / fire lane in front of the main doors. IMHO this greatly increases the risk to Pedestrians. Would deserve 5 stars except for the parking issues.

Dahyun Park

Its a fantastic place to get your work done and have a nice view of the mountains, if you can get a spot near the windows. It is fairly quiet and close to fast food or restaurants for a nice break. Finding a parking spot may be alittle challenging.

Tenzin

Not many books but nice ambience

Teji Sandhu

Good place for quiet reading.....Great staff!!

Omar Abdrabou

A really good library!

mustapha belyamani

Nice and quite place

S Pun

My family and I are always thankful for the great service (in-person or online) Calgary Library has. Thank you Calgary!

Anusua Dutta

great place. helpful staff.5/5 recomended

Opeyemi Snr

Great place for study. Has a separate children’s section with books and toys. Ample parking space, also a very good consideration for disabled and old people in Terms of car parking

Jessica Mary

Great library terrible parking always so busy

Richard Bennett

Great place to visit

Christopher Lewis

Selection & Layout are great. My kids love to come here and hang out. The librarians are friendly and helpful. BUT The parking lot is HORRIBLE, it is so bad that I'll often choose to go farther than deal with it. It is too small, people park where they shouldn't (including on the curbs, and in front of the door) yet its not enforced. After talking with management I was informed that the nearby school parking is open to patrons of library when the school is closed, however there is no signage saying that in fact what signage there is implies the opposite.

Rob Fleming

Love this library great place for kids to grow and learn

Jim Faust

Brutally unfriendly and condescending. Bizarre as they don't have anyone inside (except) themselves to make each other so miserable.

Payal Sethi

This place used to be my favourite to grab a spot and get some good studying in. With renovations, the new playground in the kids section it is not a library but a community scream fest. Spots to study have been decreased and they reserve all the quiet spots for “come read with me”. All the thirsk kids decide it’s a place to hang out and be loud and the librarians do nothing about it. This is no longer a library and more a Macdonalds hangout with an indoor playground. Glad to see public libraries no longer cater for individuals pursuing literacy and education. ???? As a university student I can say library = study and tutor and community centre = playground and noise

Caunie St Pierre

Clean, airy, friendly staff

Lisa Mueller

I go all the time. I like the atmosphere. I like the selection. I like the convenience. Sometimes the parking is a bit rough but I usually find a space.

Carina Kwok

As a family library, this place is amazing. The kids area--on the west side--has a sensory walled room, play tables filled with different toys, a puppet theatre, hidden seating among the bookshelves, a play "house", blackboard and whiteboard walls, and the bookshelves arranged in a maze. The bathrooms are immediately adjacent (smart!). On the east side, the glass enclosed, quiet study rooms are filled with sunlight and warmth. Many computer stations and plug-ins make it easy to work on a computer or device. Being on the opposite side of the building from the kids also keeps the noise level low. This place is huge with tons of books, dvds, cds, and more. Best of all: free membership for Calgarians!

Carlibritt

So organized and Nice

Jon Lim

Great architecture with wide open spaces and all nice view of the Rockies. Good librarians that are helpful. Great programs for kids. Free wifi, spaces for studying. People of all ages here. Only downside, if you're driving, parking lot fills up quick in the day.

Celine Amundrud

Beautiful space and friendly staff. Lots of sanitizing stations and easy social distancing.

im_a_bored_james

Love the libraries in the city. Crowfoot is not an exception to that. It a very open place with a pretty decent selection of book and other items to get. If you’re after something particular it’s best to go one the website and put a hold on it. It also helps cause the book will be sent to the library of your choosing to pick up. Only issue are the wait time, which occur when you put holds on books.

Dr Prince Dan-Jumbo

Awesome and truly an abode to study .

Reyhan Habib

Pretty good library. Staff are friendly, and the selection of books is decent. A great place to get involved in the community.

Jose Vazquez Diaz

Great library with plenty of space. There's lots of seating areas. The kids zone is very nice with toys, books and play zone. The parking lot can get quite busy though and it's not that big for such a popular library. Also, it only has 3 printers, so it can get really frustrating trying to use them.

Tragically Canadian

Just a great place and a great service

Hunter Chen

Great place to study. Nicely organized and very easy to find stuff. Every time I've asked for help from the staff they've been very glad to help and very helpful. Only thing is that it's kind of hard to find a seat sometimes as it fills up pretty quick.

Patty McRoberts

Staff are friendly and patient due to my living with a hearing loss

madisyn haines

It was good didn't have any books on the solar system though

Andrea Brightwell

Really appreciate all their hard work (as of July 2020) with pick ups, returns and transporting books on hold. It's been a summer lifesaver to have our library back! Thanks.

Greg Moffatt

The place is consistently packed, this is a community hub of activity with a great selection and a staff you cannot beat, I truly love making my weekly visit to the Crowfoot Public Library.

Jenae Dow

I have had such good experiences at this library. Before the closures with COVID it was a great place to bring the kids. I have always been very impressed with the staff, they have always been friendly and helpful. Now with the Curbside pickup they continue to be helpful and friendly, for with which I am so grateful. Thank you!

Ricardo Rojas

Very beautiful place to enjoy a windy weekend

Lucky 8s

Lots of people have said this already, but I think we need to keep emphasizing it until things change. This isn't a library. It's an indoor playground for toddlers and screaming children. There's a "study room" on the left when you enter, but there's no ceiling, so sound just pours in. Let me put it this way, you'd be better off studying in a Tim's

Brent Miller

The library was renovated November 2018 so it's quite nice inside. It has a good variety of books and movies/music/audio books are available as well. To note...parking is limited so if you want to spend the day I recommend going early, the study room is not enclosed with a ceiling and has glass walls/doors so I recommend bringing earphones, there is one washroom available in the far corner of the library opposite to the study room. All these things are minor. I would recommend this library to anyone.

Drew Miller

Great library!

I Review

I love this library! They're friendly an have a huge variety of books. I love how big the location is. I have no complaints!

Amy Davidson

Great place to study and a huge selection of books, staff are very helpful and friendly.

Sarah Kilkeny

Helpful staff

Benn Goddard

Great library with awesome staff!

Sundeep Bir

It’s a great place to stop in to get some work done. Yes it is noisy. Lots of kids running around, lots of teenagers from the nearby high school BUT it’s a public library so this is normal and to be expected. A diverse range of people using a public library should not be a complaint. Staff is great. Lots of natural light. Free parking. Pro Tip: If you need a quiet place to study go to one of the University Of Calgary or Mount Royal libraries. They are open to the public and provide free wifi.

Pouya Padiav

This review has two parts. First I should say that this library is a great place and I love to be there. Great place, great people, and great service. But now I write about a bad experience I had on 23-Mar-2018. I was sitting in the library hall and reading my book. I noticed one of library workers who showed inappropriate behavior. There was another family sitting near me on another sofa. A mother with a kid of age about 9. At some point the kid moved to another sofa but still in direct view of mother withing 3 meters distance. This was the time which that library worker (she) showed up and started accusing the mother that she is not watching her kid and threatened her that she may call social service and she may lose the kid to social service. She told the mother the kid MUST BE WITHIN ARM REACH. I heard this myself and this happened in front of me. If I was in a swimming pool hearing "kid must be within your arm reach" from life guard could make a sense but not in a library from a library worker to a mother. To describe more that family, I can say that the kid was a well behaved one and the mother looked a completely normal, aware, and caring. Mother was not distracted with anything (book, phone, or anything else). She was in full observation of her kid. Before this event same library worker had similar conversation with another family (A Chinese father and his +- 10 years old kid). Instead of talking properly to the father she kept threatening father with a loud voice about consequences if she calls social services and tell them that he is careless father. I understand the importance of caring about minors in public places. But her bossy approach was not constructive and was not in a respectful way.

Trevor Armstrong

Mid-pandemic edit: I am very impressed with the book selections the staff here have made for "book bags" while closed for the third wave. I asked for "social justice themes" in preschooler picture books, and they delivered a dozen+ amazing titles. I know they're crazy busy, so to go above and beyond like that is really appreciated. Original review: Great staff, great bright space, and great selection of children's material (although they only have a very small non-English section.)

Aaron

Probably the loudest library I’ve ever been in.

Emily Jackson

Very friendly staff

Maxwell Elijah

Awesome

Allison Padoani

Haven't been to the Library in years. The service was excellent...super helpful. Will definitely be making it a regular thing!

Ken Graham

Open till 9 pm

Peter McLaughlin

Premises was mostly cleaned. Ton of wall painting needing fixing. Wi-Fi is spotty, a free telus or Shaw would be beneficial. Getting pings of 1000-5000+ with pings to google. Where at Starbucks and Timmie's Wi-Fi, I get 100ms or less. Seriously?

Vikaslodi Verma

I love hanging out here, huge selection of books and nice quite study area

Doug Powell

Extremely helpful staff. Very limited selection in large print books

Dr. Musubi

Great place to study. Go early and grab a table by the windows and you get a good sunlight for studying and feel like you're outside! If you are bothered by noise and want a quiet study area, there is also a separate quiet room where you can go. Parking is easy. They have lots of free activities for children and families. Washroom was recently renovated and very well-maintained. Printing is free up to $5 per year so sign up for a free library membership!

baskuduk

Charming location with a mountains view and very helpful staff. The only drawback is a noisy playground for kids which is not isolated from the rest of the library.

Mar N

I am happy with how the renovations have been made to include everyone in the community however, I think they should really consider fully enclosing the study area. While I appreciate that there is an area designated for some quiet time, you can't really call a room a "quiet space" when it has partial walls and does absolutely nothing to block out the sounds from the rest of the library.

Nelson Nwajie

Great and easy to locate

Cucoo Kenneo

My family just loves this place. Sad because of covid situation its closed.

Ayrianna Rozak

Nice place since the renovations, but if you are coming here to get work done just come prepared with headphones as this library doesn't seem to have a quiet area.

James Skoglund

Very clean, quite, very nice staff. I love it here ????

Hayder Ibrahim

I deleted my previous 1star rating for this location but I just have to put it back up - the staff here are incredibly helpful, polite and do their best to make the library experience great for everyone - but there were only 5 or 6 functioning wall-plugs for laptops/phones/whatever up until a few days ago - now the remaining ones seem to have been disconnected from any sources of power making this place a nightmare for anyone who needs to work/study on a laptop, tablet, phone or anything that runs off of electricity. This is unacceptable, regardless of the excruciatingly slow pace of renovations

jayden z

Like other library: Friendly staff. Many programs.

Abhimanyu Malhotra

It’s a nice place . But I noticed why all the lights are turned during night ? This is sheer wastage of resources / electricity . Please consider turning off the lights . Your small contribution and initiative can save big for our Canada ????????

Gen B

This library used to be one of my favorite places to relax, read a book and enjoy the view or the fireplace. The renovations have ruined what used to be a really lovely library. I was told that there used to be too many noise complaints from having the study room next to the kids' play room, but I fail to see how an open playground helps reduce noise... Also, the best view in the place can no longer be enjoyed by people without children. I was terribly disappointed when I walked in after the renos, I thought I would get used to it but that has not happened. Now, I grab my books and leave right away.

Zaid Makki

Best place to study in

Kin Chan

It's a nice place for kids to explore and be inspired with other kids and parents. Love it.

Ted Wong

Uncrowded, lots of reading choices, clean, quiet rooms available.

Patsy Stadnyk

Great selection! I like the atmosphere and the staff are always helpful. There are always a variety of different thing offered and great that they offer printing privileges.

wait what

Grumpy staff/volunteers and very icy driveway, but warm fireplace and indoor kids playground near the kids books. Amazing views of the mountains, just avoid the staff and enjoy a visit

Dominic Licorish

Polite and helpful staff. Comfortable, clean, and bright main area to work in. No complaints here other than the pandemic makes it harder to get a seat at a table

Grazyna Wilkosz

Great place and very great people who are always helpful.

D SEO

FYI, park OLNY at available spots. I got parking ticket from city of Calgary even though I parked in the parking lot. The parking lot was full so I parked not at a spot. Was my fault but want to let you know FYI

A Myth

What's with kids running all over the place? Its supposed to be a library for goodness sake!

Grace Neilson

Super friendly staff and helped a lot, recommended books for the kids. We had great experience there.

Veronique Delmaire

Beautiful space! The staff are really helpful and friendly. Had the best experience a few days ago when I called to pick up my son's books at the curb. The employee noticed that I had a few books by the same author and offered to gather what she had available by that same author for us. Kiddo got 8 extra books from his favorite book series! Can't wait for them to fully reopen but for now their curbside pickup service is awesome.

Jameel Khan

Best library ever.

Sarah Connemor

Huge selection of books and friendly staff

Chris Kwai

Very nice layout and well kept library. The LED lighting in the shelving is a nice touch. Very nice.

Liang Rong

June 16th. Men's washroom is out of order. They didn't open staff's washroom. One staff said no option and suggested me to go to YMCA.

Sara Lorenzoni

Great place for kids. Tons of stuff to do. During this cold snap, it was a life saver for me!

Chrystal Eng

Excellent

Jenna

Came to print documents through Everyone print. Ran into some trouble and documents did not print properly. The lady that was filling up papers tonight (12/28) was extremely unhelpful with a horrible attitude! Absolutely the worst employee I have came across the library. It also doesn't help that there were no directions on what can be printed through Everyone print and what can't. And screaming children running across the entire library.........

Muhammad SAQIB JALIL

At sharp 5 pm one of the staff member asked me to stop copying. I said I just need 30 SECONDS and I am done. She replied we are not paid for this extra time, so stop here and come tomorrow. Best thing I could do was just to immediately stop and leave, which I did. Having said that I have good experience with other staff as well, so I hope they show some flexibility at this end as well. Even if they want us to leave, there can be a better reply than linking salary with extra 30 seconds.

Millian Sabast

Huge selection

Mike Breakenridge

Happy environment and helpful staff. If you want a spot at a desk though plan on timing your arrival for early morning or when school is in