Hamburg Public Library

It has been many years since I visited the Hamburg Public Library. Located in a stately old building the Hamburg Public library is part of the Berks County Library system. The library is located on North Third Street next to the borough hall and across from the post office. Hamburg needs a new building. This ancient structure is ready to be put out to pasture. The plumbers were there when I was there. There is a small computer room in the structure. Also there is a children’s reading room available. The library, when I was there, was very quiet. The residents of Hamburg seem to be more courteous because there was no loud talking. In Berks County, the library is THE place to yak. The Hamburg Public Library’s hours vary by the day. Here goes: Sundays are closed, Monday’s hour

I love this Library. It feels like I am going into someone's home to borrow books. I love and miss the old staff since we have had a turnaround but I celebrate and enjoy and love the new staff! Wish they could have thrown a party when the positions turned over! Love to you all and thank you so much for all your help in the past and for the knowledge that you will help me in the future!

Favorite library I’ve visited over the years. The summer reading program had my kids begging to go every week last summer, and here we are in the spring and they are still hooked!

Libraries, a Pillar of Democracy by Homespun (aka Gretchen Hardy) Our County Bookmobile looked like a beached grey whale in my childhood cindered driveway. Every Tuesday, it was a magnet for neighbors who lined up to get a book. Its rib shelves were full of Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, how-to manuals, cook books, mysteries, biographies, poetry, atlases. Something for the very young and old, the questers, the curious. It rolled on four oversized Goodyears and was driven by Stan who stamped our cards and offered tips on best-reads. Bookmobiles, like Stan, are long gone. Put out of business by computers, digitized Kindle kins, and amazing brick and mortar libraries. Now, offerings include much more than books. In addition to rows of computers, libraries have a cornucopia of

The librarians do not greet you, no hello, no eye contact. When you hand them your keys politely, they toss them back on the counter. When you do need assistance, they seem bothered to have to help you. I have been here a handful of times, and evwey time, tge "service " is the same. Very displeased with this library.