Who knew that there was a library that was previously located in the very downtown center of…read moreDanielson known as Bugbee Memorial Library that last occupied in 1994 as a library when the newer building like this was built and renamed it Killingly Public Library that same year? There is an impressive ongoing book sale collection in between stacks with lots of hardcovers plus some other book nooks too including one in the lobby for free books as well. In the children's room, check out that artificial dinosaur which is pretty neat. Library staff are all nice people here. There are wonderful events going on here throughout the year. As an added bonus, there is a garden or two outside the front of the library building. Come in during the spring for blooming flowers and more. It is such a beautiful library in the heart of the community that is just nearby downtown center of Killingly-Danielson.

If you have a garden…read moreand a library you have everything. Killingly is a small town of only about 16,000 people but has a surprising large and modern library. A very pleasant environment to read or attend lectures or programs even if the library doesn't have any real historical charm to it. The building is much larger than it looks on the outside and has several different rooms including cool little places for kids and teens and a great local history and genealogy section. Lots of places to sit and just relax in a very comfy setting. Everyone in the library is friendly and Killingly is one of those libraries that always seems to have programs , lectures and displays. A nice community room is available to everyone and a book sale is going on continuously to help raise money to maintain the library. Lots to do even if you don't want a specific book. Killingly is a pleasant town with lots of gardens that also has a very nice library. I don't think that Marcus Cicero was thinking of Killingly when two thousand years ago he said "When you have a garden and a library you have everything", but if he ever saw Killingly he just might have thought it.

Dee K has done 20 reviews on yelp and 15 of them are One star reviews so you can ignore her…read more This library is nice enough. Good toddler and pre-schooler programs. Friendly staff. Free wi-if. Basically everything you expect at your average library. Both the kids area and the teens area have double doors so if there's a function in those rooms it's really not that loud.

Elsa Anna and…read morePearle The original library building in Dudley was opened in 1901 and served well for decades. But it was becoming increasing obvious that as the town grew so did the need for a larger library. So a lovely new library was opened in the year 2010. It's named after Pearl Crawford, a brilliant woman in the town that could apparently do just about everything. Pearl passed away in 1971 but now her memory lives on in a library that she would have loved. The library is very modern and spacious and gives the appearance of one long room. But in reality there are separate rooms off to the side of the main area. The library has a really cool internet café room with pithy quotes on the walls and a booth that looks more at home in a real café. It also has a wonderful children's room with all kinds of cool things to read, play and look at. There was even a visit from Queen Elsa and Princess Anna while we were there. A modern, friendly and very, very useful and convenient library. It's easy to see this library serving the town for at least the next century or two.

A good book is the…read more best of friends The Brooklyn Town Library is a strange place, but then most of the libraries around here are pretty strange. That's probably because most of the buildings that the libraries now occupy were originally built for something else. The building that the Brooklyn Library is now in was built as a bank way back in 1821 and it still looks kind of banky. Huge walls, small rooms and not really much open space. The building received an addition a few years after it was built but still looks a lot bigger on the outside than it appears once inside. The building was bought and donated to the Library Association in 1913 and has served as the town library ever since. The library does have a unique charm to it due to the banking ancestry but it does make getting around the library difficult. Small hallways, very crowded areas and strangely shaped and very cluttered rooms makes navigating around a bit of a challenge. Of course this is pretty cool if you are just looking around but makes doing any real work a bit of a bother. It seems this library has a lot more stuff than room to put the stuff. Everyone I met here was extremely nice, very friendly, talkative and accommodating in the typical small town way and the library offers some very cool programs and events. The library itself has a decent collection of books, magazines and the usual library items but finding a comfy spot to sit and read might be hard. Definitely not your ordinary type of library, this place has be serving the town for decades and will probably continue to do so for a long time. It still has that massive banky and secure feel to it. It's a cool place to look around, get information, find a book, or do some local research. It's not the place to spread out and occupy space, you might end up in a swarthy corner or tenebrous hallway with a ghost sitting next to you.

This is the tour of this small, beautiful library in the small town of Union, CT…read more This library was built in 1910. It is located in the center of town, with population of less than 1,000. This is a grand ol' prestige institution which shows a lot of historic detail in and out. There's the Children's library downstairs as well. I really enjoyed visiting this library. The staff are nice, the atmosphere is a golden oldie and the shelves of books are impressive. I visited this library on March 8, 2023.

There's a book sale downstairs throughout the month of September. I like this library. It is…read moremodernized and it is very pretty.

Great library! I enjoy visiting a few times a year when going to UCONN. The book sale fundraiser…read moreis always nice. I only wish that during business hours a live person would answer the phone (the few times I've called, I've always had to leave a message in the voice mailbox).

Books graveyards…read more and mysteries The Chaplin Town Library is a small library but that's all right because Chaplin is a small town. Only about 12,000 volumes in the library and only about 2,200 people in the town. So the ratio of books to book lovers is actually very high. The library was built in 1948 and then renovated in the year 2000 so it's actually one of the newer libraries in the state. It still has that cool small town feel with lots of colorful flowers, old benches and an ancient graveyard right next door. Even though it has all the modern amenities of a newer library, it never lets you forget that you are in a small new England town. The people I met there were as friendly and congenial as I would expect in a small town and the librarian went out of her way to make us feel welcome. Told us to sit down and relax and everyone that came in the library seemed to want to talk to us and socialize. These small town libraries are a lot more than just places for books, at one time they were the way people stayed in touch and they still serve that purpose. E-mail is great but there is nothing like talking to a person face to face. The new library is very pleasant and replaced the old William Ross library that was built way back in 1911. The previous library is still standing a ways down the street and nobody would tell me what it was used for now. Just shook their heads or laughed like it was a private joke. Hmmm. Most small New England towns have mysteries. That's one of the things that makes visiting these out of the way places so cool. You never know what you are going to find. The new Chaplin Library is pretty cool but I suspect the much older Chapin Library just might be much, much, cooler still.

This is the cutest library I've ever seen - it seems to be one room for the adult section (possibly…read morea basement room for the children's), and there's a fireplace with reading chairs! It's like something out of a movie set, with bits of holiday charm tucked everywhere. I'd love to see what they do in the winter. Outside has a little patio with donor's blocks (a lot seem to be for dogs), and in back by the parking area is a beautiful mural showing stages/highlights of Andover.

Lots of stuff in a…read more small space The first idea for a library in Andover started in the 1860's or so. However it wasn't until 1896 that some books were donated and received a real home in a room at the town's conference house. Not the best solution but certainly better than nothing. Finally in 1927 a generous patron named Elliot Skinner gave five thousand dollars for the construction of a permanent library and building dedicated to higher learning. The small brick building is still standing and doing what it was designed to do. Certainly not a stunning structure at first glance, the building does have a pleasant and useful appeal. It is quite amazing how much stuff they manage to cram into the rather small library and still manage to have space to move around. They make use of every available spot. Some cool old antiques and interesting thing to look at, the library has a very homey and comfy feel. Lots of local history and even some genealogy as well as the usual eclectic variety of materials than small town libraries tend to have. You are guaranteed to find some interesting books and meet some fascinating people in a library like this.