El Tapatio in NK

I used to live in a carriage house in Wickford village until last year! I spent a lot of time there, but I did not like the North Kingstown library because it was so LOUD. Wide open, high-celling, multi-floor open plans are terrible choices for library design. However, it almost always had the books I was looking for, the staff was excellent, and you can't beat the view of Academy Cove! I did like walking around the outside and sitting at the tables in the little sunken garden.

I check out a book (started as Nabokov, but I ran out of him after about the 12th library) and walk around to look at the amenities and then sit and read for a while. Some have coffee machines and I'll get a coffee. I like talking to the librarians. Several of them are excited to see my uniform and we chat about scheduling educational programs.

I work across the whole state (or at least the forested parts), so I usually schedule my lunch break around a library I'll be near and spend my break there. It's nice to use the bathroom indoors and have a read for a little while before heading back out!

do you want a spreadsheet?

I'm biased and love the East Greenwich Public Library for it's gothic revival architecture and the shady bench outside by the garden BUT

the little cute ones I've loved the most (aside from Willett) are Foster, Brownell, Union, Rochambeau, and Greene! I have a spreadsheet of every library in the OSL system, which has made it easy to track which ones I'll be near and which ones I've liked.

My hobby is visiting every library in the state and the cute tiny ones are always my favorites!