Birmingham City Library - August 2011

We visited Birmingham in August at the beginning of a holiday. We stayed at Malmaison for two nights which was great despite the riots which happened on our second night. However on the first day we looked round the city and as usual I took the opportunity to visit a library.

I was impressed with the library - it had a good atmosphere and was busy with lots going on. There was a wide and diverse range of resources and was welcoming and accessible. The only thing I didn't see the point of was having a sign to say no mobile phones as it would make no difference whatsoever as it was noisy with chatter and goings on. Apart from that it was great.