Craven Arms Library - your comments

A selection of comments made about Library appear below. All suggestions and complaints are carefully considered and action is taken to make improvements where these are possible within physical and budgetary constraints. Do you agree with these views? Is there anything you would like to add? If so, please do tell library staff or comment online.

The following comments were made as part of an children's survey (for up to 16 years) carried out in October 2007.

• More computers.
• Have toys.
• Less noise.
• 5 computers.
• No moving.
• Cups of coffee or drinks.
• More Horrid Henry books.
• More Simpson Garith.
• More Simpsons books and Horrid Henry books.
• To have staff children.
• More computers.
• Nothing. It’s good as it is.
• More books. More computers.
• More interesting books to make me read better.
• If it was still next to the school!
• If it stayed at school.
• Have better books.
• If it was next to the library (sic).
• (Drawing of a catapult).
• Nothing.

The following comments were made as part of an adult survey carried out in October 2006.

• Good facilities. First class staff.
• Good, helpful kind staff – Good relationships between library and LEA Nursery.
• This library provides excellent service and great credit is due to the caring, helpful and knowledgeable staff.
• Excellent to see the school children being able to use branch independently.
• Too small – needs a bigger building! Books not rotated frequently enough. Too many surveys!
• Staff very helpful and friendly.
• Brilliant staff!
• Very helpful staff both for computing facility and the procurement of odd books.
• I came with a student for a two hour learning programme for Skills for Life for Ludlow College.
• Excellent staff. Always a joy to come to Craven Arms Library.[/ item]
• All assistants – particularly the Senior – are cheerful, helpful, always friendly and welcoming. I enjoy visits – one of the high spots of my week. Could you add “voluntary work” to your list of occupations? I spend quite a lot of hours weekly working for the community – especially as a School Governor.
• Ordering books is really good and efficient.[/ item]
• It provides an excellent and necessary service to the Craven Arms community.
• The library is good for its size and is well run. General facilities such as newspapers and magazines are not available.
• t is a wonderful library, I have been coming here for years. The staff are very pleasant and helpful. The atmosphere is excellent.
• Location of library excellent for children and adults. Free and easy access very important.
• Excellent library. Friendly, helpful staff, we look forward to our visits.
• Despite its size it is very effective – the staff are exceptionally helpful and willing to trace and get whatever you are looking for.
• Excellent library. Very pleasant space to be in. Very helpful and friendly staff. A pleasure to visit.
• Open every day (except Sunday) please.
• Although the choice of books is limited, the staff is always most helpful in ordering from other branches.
• I love visiting this library because of the friendly warm atmosphere where you can always come away with a smile and a laugh.
• The staff are always very helpful and are welcoming.
• Atmosphere good, especially with children.