Reviews of Orillia Public Library (Library)

Leila T

Beautiful modern library with free 2ifi

Makaya Dafoe

The staff are very kind and helping

Roxie Spice

I love this library!!!! It's so beautiful and full of nice people. I bring my 4 kids as much as I can to play and read. Best Library ever!!

Sherry Johnson

Friendly staff... easy to access materials ????

Mary Reid

I have been a member of libraries in Toronto and Los Angeles. When I moved to Orillia, the first place I went was the library. It is bright, lots of windows. The children's area is located lower level. It is very bright and welcoming. New titles of books and media are prominently displayed. The reservations are placed on shelves right next to the self-checkout (great when you are illegally parked for quick in and out!!) Local art displays decorate the walls. Multiple rows three or four shelves deep of magazines are available, from Canadian Geographic to People Magazine. Up a few more steps is a lounge area with a fireplace and plenty of seating all overlooking downtown. Free WiFi is available with borrowers' own personal password. Public computers are available on a reserve basis. Upstairs you will find paperbacks for lunchtime reading at work (carrying hard cover novels is a bit of a chore, right?) Adult fiction, non-fiction titles are endless, not to mention music cds and gaming cds. This library has study areas and, as an opposing distraction to study, is a very impressive DVD and blue ray selection of movies and audio books on CD. The literary and music worlds are at your fingertips with the elibrary apps. This library allows residents of neighbouring communities to join this wonderful library for free!! The staff are friendly and helpful. There is a lot more...group activities for all ages. Online, Orillia Library monthly newsletter lists all programs. Their hours are generous, too. The Orillia Library is the best library I've ever used and experienced. Thank you, City of Orillia for this resource. ????????????????️????️????

Suzy Ferdinand

Always a wonderful place to visit. Staff is always friendly and so helpful. Thank you for such a great service for our community.

Aaron - Howell VA3FNI

Love the newly renovated library lots of great titles and open atmosphere.

Kim Tilley

Wonderful and helpful staff. Such a treat for seniors during Covid to still be able to find things to borrow to do at home. Happy to hear of reopening July 6th!!

Ben

Good library with a great section for kids. They have 3D printers as well!

dave houston

Sunday hours could be a few more than 1-4pm. Also probably the noisiest library I have been to. The sound from the open area below echos full force upstairs. They have quiet rooms for study that they put two teenagers at a time in and they go in and talk for hours. Walls between the study rooms are paper thin so you hear everything from adjoining room. Horrible design for a library if you want somewhere quiet to study.

Larry Farr

Fantastic library with excellent staff and resources!

Hannah Clark

Staff always extremely helpful and kind.

Bonnie Firmin

To bad they dont get with the times and make. the building scent free . I tried to go to one of the free seminars today and had to leave within 5 mins of it starting, as there was so many people there with perfume on , I had no choice but to leave. As I have SEVERE allergies.

Elaine Phillips

Best place for anything that you need and the staff are fantastic.

Section 8 Comercial Free Music

They keep it very clean and have a space for everyone. The glass exterior walls give you an excellent view of the city?

Mentoring by Prophet Jeff Beamish

Nice place

Duncan Mullen

Always find what I want, fast and friendly service.

Bob Barrie

Absolutely lovely new library building which was aesthetically designed with focus on community and function. The court yard outside has a lovely reading area. Inside, the children's section is located on the main floor, along with community / meeting rooms. Upstairs provides space for the rest of the library's collection and computer use.

Martin Reeves

Excellent place to sit and relax, great central location for meeting up with people who do not know the city well

Cathy O'Connor

Lovely place for a read but the inside ramp could have been designed better or eliminated completely by making the place all one floor on the main floor.

Corin Payie

Staff are always helpful and go the extra mile or two or three! Kids area is especially engaging helpful patient and kind. Excellent community space. Always an engaging activity to entertain and teach and explore new learning. Quite a few homeschool students and groups during the week who are equally engaged friendly and helpful, of all ages. Definitely a gem for those seeking community engagement interaction and socializing. Great space for small children toddlers and babies. Very grateful to have OPL & staff as a community hub and resource!!

Joseph Cornelisse

A wonderful gathering place for the residents of Orillia. My son has had such a enriching time learning in the children's dept and as a family we have enjoyed the different activities they offer. They also host the weekly Orillia Farmers' Market.

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Millie Mish

Dvds for free for a week atleast and new releases!

laura norton

The staff are really helpful

bradwin huff

Great library great building great staff and very well maintained... good job peeps

Melissa McKee

We love the library and visit often. Staff are very helpful. The children's department is filled with great activities and programs.

ravi aggarwal

Beautiful. Great layout A wonderful investment for promise and hope. Practically a tourist attraction it's so well designed.

Sandee Britton

The staff there was very friendly and professional. They were very helpful.

Heather Dix

Full of light and art to enjoy. The library offers programming for all ages.

C. Pepin

Wonderful and knowledgeable staff! Great inter library loan! Freegal music is awesome! Every staff member is friendly.

Ashleigh Hantrey

They've become disturbing with their level of discrimination and draconian policies. Disabled people are not welcome there.

Nina White

It's a nicely set up library. There is an area where you can buy used books and videos by the check out counter. Vagrants loiter here frequently so it's a bit of a turn off. There is no sitting on the floor allowed because people kept sleeping. There has been problems with bed bugs in the past - it happens at all libraries (but they keep it quiet) however, they do their best to keep up with pest control. There are clean public restrooms. Staff is friendly.

Gerry Stones

excellent service

denise williams

Very friendly staff and very knowledgeable. Never had any problems with their movies and they are FREE!

Jenell Hoare

Beautiful new library with a lot of new additions

Muse

Where to start? Wonderfully organization, amazing staff, big teen area, plenty of computers and tables, and video games and a seed library to boot! This library has everything, even a microfilm reader!

Kayla Young

Great quiet place to read but very few video games ans most movies skip

Dey Travels

Staff was helpful. Clean inside. Covid spacing inside.

Greg Finucan

Great selection of books and fabulous stsff

Nayiri. Garabedian

Really alot nicer after the change