Schimelpfenig Library

A great library! Still exploring the selection, but so far, lots to check out! (pun intended)

I love this library and it's very organize I really feel the people who work here don't get enough credit for being awesome.

This is an amazing library with a great staff and amazing customer service. I recently moved to Plano a few weeks ago and never went to the library until now. It is spacious with different book genres on two floors fully loaded with your next favorite book. Customer service is excellent, they make sure that you are well taken care off.

Absolutely lovely library, stuffed with incredible resources. They have sensory backpacks for kids with special needs. and grab and go book bundles for various ages from baby to young adult. The staff is without question filled with professionals who have a love for their job and the people they serve.

The Plano Library system is AWESOME!nnThey have lots of books, ebooks, emagazines, movies, lots of STEM & Art boxes for different ages, kid friendly tablets for loan, etc.nnThey have a wonderfully easy on-line hold request system where they put your things out on shelves near the entrance. They auto-renew, and they’ve done away with any fines: you just can’t checkout more until you e got no late books.nnThe Schimelpfineg branch has a fun upstairs (entrance & kids/youth areas) and downstairs (adults, magazines, etc). Both have lots of computers and plentiful selections. There are lots of friendly & helpful staff on both floors. There’s a modest sized community meeting place with various library or community events almost everyday (pre-COVID). Also pre-COVID, they used to have a great preschool play area my kids and I would come visit every Saturday morning, and they had bean bags and video game console areas for teenagers—plus teenager shelves with things like illustrated novels, manga, youth fiction & nonfiction, etc.nnThe strength of the Plano library system is their dedication to making their libraries centers of interest and activity as well as consumption of all kinds of media. They just make it easy and interesting to learn and enjoy books, movies, online content, STEAM kits & in-person demonstrations (eg 3-D printing class)—and overall cater to all types of experiences of the mind.nnThey are always innovating and trying out new programs, technology, services, etc. And, they maintain a big enough budget to keep a friendly and active staff to help out in person and keep things well in tune with customers needs.nnJust: wow!nnPS It took me awhile to find and get into ebooks—thanks eventually to help from a librarian in person help appointment. If you’re into ebooks, checkout getting a library card at the Garland/Nicholson library AND the Houston Public Library, too, to be able to search their ebook offerings, too. My kids & I love the ability to checkout, read, & not have to worry about returning/picking up ebooks at any time. (Again, though, the hold system allows you to place a request at anytime 24/7, and they ship it to your local library, put a label of you initials on it, and leave it for days on the hold shelf. It’s awesome!)