Hoyt Library

I have been borrowing books from the Hoyt for several years but just recently started attending other programs they offer such as Crochet Time and Bingo and I absolutely love it. I also spend time doing the community puzzle. The staff is awesome. Thank you

The staff don't know how to handle books they have in their inventory. They check books out that are damaged and then blame the next person who checks them out for the damage and then proceeds to bill the person for the book that was damaged before their check out. Why is it the patrons responsibility to tell the librarians of damage to books initially being checked out when it is their responsibility to know the damage to books ahead of time. I will not check out or request books from the Hoyt library ever again. I will only check books out from other libraries. Then to sit and talk about the patron of the library as if they are not there and can't hear what is being said. I found 3 other books that had obvious damage to them on their shelves one with obvious writing on the outer part of

Good selection of books and movies. Good staff. Has snacks and drinks available for purchase. Internet access with Wi-Fi for personal laptops and they have computers for use. They also seem to have a lot of events/activities for adults and kids. I gave it three stars for adult vs. kids space and noise level. There's double the space for kids so I guess essentially, that's the target audience. In the adult area there's one table with four chairs, two desk type seats with dividers, a high top with two chairs and two regular chairs like you would have in your home. The last time I was there some guy kept tapping on the table and humming. I went today and there was a guy chewing his gum and smacking his lips constantly. I put ear buds in with music and could still hear him. So, the library is

Ridiculous hours. The hours don't even make sense. 9-1 or is it 1-8 or maybe 9-5. Come on. The selection of books is ok. I have never been in a library with so many empty shelves. Rows and rows and rows and rows of empty shelves. It is such a nice building so it surprises me that there really isn't much of a library inside. Someone needs to get this library some books.

Usually my experience is pretty decent that why I gave 2 but this time the y’all old white bald guy I guess was to bored so he wanted to start with someone. I was listen to videos on my phone with ear headphones as I always do and he complains the computer is to loud (which I wasn’t even using) I turned my headphones down and went back to minding my business and he sat staring in my face looking slow. I guess intimidation was his plan however he failed ‼️