Reading II: Public Libraries

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How are libraries in your part of the world? When I was in school, there was no problem. My elementary and high school had a nice library. My university had a huge library. But outside of school? I think there may be a number of good public libraries in Metro Manila. But in my city? To be fair, I visited my city's public library to see it for myself. The picture in part 1 (yesterday) shows part (two walls or half) of the main room where most of the books are. (I have two more pictures of that room which I'll attach to later parts of this series - watch out for parts 4 & 5. ;) ) It's... maybe 3-4 by 5-6 meters? Outside the door is a landing area with a shelf of books. Across the landing is another room which is more like an office with a couch, and another shelf of books. Downstairs, in the entrance hall, is the picture attached here. And more books under the stairs, it seems. Perhaps the staff will know where the books you'll need are. Most of them weren't around when I came by, though, because apparently, they were in a meeting. But there was one staff there who was very nice and answered my questions while he was dusting and sorting more books on the landing. :) While there are a few books I saw that I would want to check out the next time I go there (it's a good thing they moved a little closer to where I live), a lot of the (text)books seem like old, probably obsolete editions. I'm not sure exactly when they moved (I was told it wasn't too recent), but as you can see in the picture, books tied in bundles don't really scream 'Read me!' to me. :P Also, books can't be borrowed from this library. I can only read them there, though I was told I can take pictures... Anyway, I think I can still find some use for this library. :P But it's certainly far from ideal. Part 3 tomorrow. :) Update? None. I haven't been able to go back to this library since then.