Road Trip! - Hall County PL

About a month ago, my friend Susan and I paid a visit to the newly-built Spout Springs branch of the Hall County (GA) Public Library.  In terms of design, it’s a very impressive building.  The library manages to incorporate a number of features, including study rooms, a fireplace, an expansive quiet reading room, and what is essentially a screened-in patio (very much a tribute to the porches you’d find in a number of Southern homes).  Observing that the patio even includes comfortable chairs and tables, Susan and I both agreed that even on the most humid evenings, the patio would be a great place to read a book and enjoy whatever breeze happened to be around.

Like most other public libraries, the Spout Spring branch includes areas dedicated to children (both preschool and school-age), teens, and adults, along with computers dedicated for use based on age. I did find myself wishing that the Young Adult area was a bit better developed, but it’s nice to see that they provide a healthy collection of YA fiction materials, as well as dedicated computers and graphic novels collection targeted to this demographic.  (I’m also guessing that the branch, since it had just opened, still has some growth to go through, so HCPL is off the hook for now.)

The preschoolers’ section includes a number of fun and beautiful features, including a downright massive mural drawn collaboratively by a handful of local artists, dedicated kids’ computers (managed with PC Reservation), a fun-house mirror (supposedly a “magic mirror,” ala Snow White), and a beautiful story time room.

For your viewing pleasure, the rest of the pictures are available here.