Cutest little local library. Great kids sections either weekly readings! Staff are helpful and nice…read moreas well.

Great little library. The staff is helpful. The only…read moreproblem, their hours are very limited.

Giving them two stars because of parking…read more They charge for parking which is ridiculous. There's a small free section that fills up quick and the rest of the parking is paid. You have to download an app and everything. At least make it a coin machine. Sad that you have to pay to go to the library. I ended up just turning around and going to another library. It just screams greedy for money. Make the parking for a public library free! Hopefully they change this soon.

Holy Moly! What a beautiful, nice, clean, roomy, modern and State of the Art library, that was…read morecompleted and opened in June-2021! Everything about this library is perfection! Friendly and super helpful staff all around.

The setup on Saturdays, until about noon (so they say), is a canopy that looks like the ones people…read moreuse, when they give away the free phones. I'm saying that to say....there's no access inside the building on a Saturday, for a few hours. I went there, because I had to print something out. I'm not sure how much of a help they could be, being outside and didn't ask, since what I went for, couldn't be accomplished. I know this is only a temporary location, but they moved from the hood, to the trenches.

I see low star ratings but I've enjoyed bringing my 6 and 4-year olds to this library for a few…read moreyears now. There is plenty of free parking (the Main Library in Downtown Riverside is much bigger but has a limited number of free spaces and you would need tokens from the Kids Center librarian on kids activity days to pay if you're in a Pay-to-Park spots). Although this location has some homeless people outside sometimes, the inside is nice. Service: Staff have been very friendly these past few years from Mrs. Gloria, who's frequently seen at the main checkout counter or running the Baby Playtime and Preschool Playtime Hours, to the young ladies who assist with the crafts. Activities: In the summer (going on now) they have free lunch for kids under 18 on Mondays through Fridays. So you can take your young child to Baby Storytime on Tuesdays or Preschool Storytime on Wednesdays then stay for the lunch (Riverside City Program) between 12:00-1:30. Don't forget to sign up for their Summer Reading Program where your child can get a prize for every 5 books read or read to them if they're very young. Prizes (in order) include a free swim, free kid's meal at Old Spaghetti Factory, a free mini churro, free ice cream with purchase at First Class Pizza, Free Kid's Meal at Chipotle, Free kid's meal at Raising Cane's, Free personal pizza at Roundtable, Free 3 oz. yogurt at Yogurtland, Shop Riverside Discount Card, and a free book (select titles) at Barnes & Noble. They also have toys that can be checked out for two weeks. There's a catalog of toys including Legos and Magnatiles or dolls that can go home with the use of a library card.

My wife used to go here to study for her college classes. She was not studying law, but she found…read morethat this library was quiet and she could concentrate on her studies without any interruptions. Back then, little did I know that I would actually need this library's resources. A company that we were dealing with decided to call us to small claims court. In my whole lifetime, I have never been sued. So this was a first for me. I didn't know what to do. When I came to this library for help and the staff guided me in the right direction. They put me in touch with a small claims adviser where I received help on what to do with my case. They also told me about an event they were holding that month where lawyers would come to the library to help people with their law questions. We came to this event, and we were able to talk to a lawyer about how to handle our case. All of this was a tremendous help. I am not involved with the law profession, however, I have always found the law and what lawyers do to be really interesting. I took it upon myself to go to this library to study on all the aspects of the law involving our case. The staff at this library cannot give law advise. However, if you ask them a question about a law, they will do their best to show you how to find information about that law. I came in so often that at one point in time, the staff members almost knew me on a first name basis. This library is filled with the most professional law books that anyone can find. It would cost a fortune to acquire the books that this library has. You can look up a law on the internet and get a limited amount of information on a law. However, if you look up the same law in the books at this library, you will find cross reference information to other cases that involve that law. It is like you are looking at a treasure trove of cross references to many other cases. You cannot find these kinds of links on the internet. It takes some learning to get to the information you need. This is where the staff will help you. I have found that this law library and other law libraries in other cities are great assets to have. I give the staff here a thumbs up for their great service to our community. By the way. The good news is we won our small claims case.

Being a Law Student and having a full time job it's hard enough but being able to come to the law…read morelibrary and do my case law and studies in a quiet and clean library is awesome not to mention the Law Librarian is very helpful Mr. Alex has gone far and beyond to help me everytime that im in the area.

Love visiting this bookstore inside the Corona Public Library. The staff is always very friendly…read moreand helpful. The selection of books they have is incredible. Love browsing through their newer fiction by the entrance of the bookstore.

Always a spectacular time at these events! Great food, great interviews, great books! Good job…read moreCorona!

Worked from this library and it was really nice! It's a little bit older but they have so much…read morestuff and it's well organized. I wanted to visit a friend in town and decided to work from here for a few hours as to avoid traffic. It's a great space to work from, there's plenty of seating and outlets for your electronics. I sat by the window and there were outlets at the base and they looked a little older, but they work. I decided to get a library card and Sophia helped me out and she was so spunky and nice and she called me friend, it was a really pleasant experience! She also explained to me the different benefits of the card like checking stuff out from the library of things and logging onto the cloud app to access E-books and/or audio books. They also have crochet & knitting meet-up here. Parking was easy and located behind the library.

I was about to start writing a fresh Yelp review for the Ovitt Family Community Library when I…read morediscovered, to my great surprise, that I'd written one before, just over a decade ago. I guess I've been to this library twice now, and am also getting old. I visited this time around because my book was the One Book, One Ontario pick for 2025. It was a huge honor to have my book selected, and I was very happy to participate in the author event last month and meet so many lovely, thoughtful readers. Librarian Starla Villalba did a wonderful job both organizing and moderating the event. She also decked out the main entryway of the library with displays themed around my book, all designed to engage community members. I love libraries and love to see them thriving due to the hard work of passionate librarians. The Ovitt Family Commmunity Library is a valuable resource for the people of Ontario. I live a little far away, but life is long, I'm sure I'll be back again someday.

5 stars for the children's program! We attend the younger kids program ages 0-5 and the staff do an…read moreamazing job at keeping the kids engaged with song, dance, books, and crafts! They also have events throughout the year with more crafts, games, balloons and airbrush tattoos. Special shoutout to Ms. Dani, who brings such incredible energy to every class!! She's super animated and enthusiastic when engaging with the kids which really makes the program that much more special.

This library is very convenient and offers a great place to meet and research individually or as a…read moregroup.

Small, outdated library, but gets the job done. Recently moved to the area and at first was…read moreunimpressed, however, if you plan ahead and request books online to be sent over from other libraries, then you're in great shape. Note, a lot of the books may be old / dingy, I've had some with food stains in it which is gross. However, I've also gotten lucky with books in good shape. Most people that work there are friendly and willing to help, I've only had one so so experience with a young girl who acted rude / know it all, even to other staff, so it may just be personality.

it's a bit sketchy and in a bit sketchy area. the building itself is super cute. when we came…read moreinside it was kinda underwhelming but it's been a long time since i've been to a small library like this. it had plenty of children books, didn't get a chance to see the adult section. we had a fussy baby with us. after about ten minutes he was too fussy to be in there so we went back to the car while my nieces read their books. after a while my sister gave me a phone call while she was inside the library and the security guard was extremely rude to her to tell her to get off the phone. my sister wasn't being loud or anything she was just making sure we were okay. i may visit again as it's the closest library to me but if i have another bad experience i may just go out of my way to find a better library.