Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch
3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch
3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch
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Palo Alto City Library's Mitchell Park branch is part of a new 56,000 square foot library and community center joint facility. The library is approximately 41,000 square foot housed in two-stories close to Middlefield Road and Mayview Avenue. Is is just off the 101 freeway and is near route 82 as well. Bus route 35 stops across the street and can take you to the nearby San Antonio Caltrain station and to the Palo Alto and Mountain View transits center. Just down the street you'll find everything from healthy take-out wraps to fast food chains; relax in Mitchell park to unwind on your lunch break.
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Fairmeadow Room
FREE
Private Meeting Room for 10
Minimum of two people with a MAXIMUM 2 hour limit per group per day (we will adjust bookings for longer than 2 hours). Groups may not exceed the capacity of the room.
Working space is well equipped with computer with: USB
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Greenmeadow Room
FREE
Private Meeting Room for 12
Minimum of two people with a MAXIMUM 2 hour limit per group per day (we will adjust bookings for longer than 2 hours). Groups may not exceed the capacity of the room.
Working space is well equipped with computer with:
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Amenities & Services at 3700 Middlefield Road
- WiFi
- Accessibility
- Bike Rack
- Entry
- On-site Restaurant
- Parking
- TV/Monitor
- Whiteboard
Space Types at 3700 Middlefield Road
- Meeting Space
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Rating and Reviews
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Great space, projector worked fine, staff was friendly.We'll be back! Only issue was the network connection seemed a bit spotty and slow.
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I wanted a space where I could quietly practice my power point presentation I'm giving overseas. The library did not honor my request bc my partner ended up not being able to attend. I asked to simply stay until another party wanted to use the space but they again denied the request. I saw the space was empty the entire time I had booked it for. In this particular situation, using liquidspace was useless.
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The monitor was not working so well. There is no remote control to adjust the screen ratio.
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Quiet, small space for a group of up to 8. A bit tight behind the chairs but if sitting the whole time, it works. White board was a plus. Some chairs would not adjust. A highly sought after space so reserving early is necessary. No fee is a plus.
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A valuable asset to our community! The meeting rooms are bright & clean, and it's easy to make reservations.
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We used the TV monitor. I only wished it supported HDMI other than just VGA. Other than that everything was great.
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The conference rooms are a really, really great public library resource/ service. The Liquid Space booking system is AWESOME. I don't take this for granted. I've come to expect *terrible* systems for things like public resource reservations, this is just the opposite. I commend the team that selected the system and placed value on good design and functionality. Keep it up and let management know that this is important to patrons!
I would give input for the Mitchell Park conference rooms-- install an HDMI connection to the monitors pretty please. It's available at the Rinconada branch. HDMI is the industry standard now, typically expected. It gives higher image quality, includes audio & video in one cable and automatically sets the display to match the user's computer- **including high resolution.** It is "smart" to make technical setup more automatic with ***less need for IT support***. A big deal for efficient conf room management, saving time and requiring less technical expertise to provide high user satisfaction.
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Great space. Thanks to the PAL for providing it.
Looks like the two available rooms are quite popular. I was lucky to be able to book a room at the desired time. Wonder if the fact that there isn't a "no show" fee might encourage over-booking. How about a minimal no-show fee (even $1, like you have for not picking up a reserved book) if this proves to be a problem.
The LiquidSpace app works great for booking the rooms and sending the meeting info to participants.
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Great overall. Only input is to make the HDMI monitor connection available and keep the monitor set to a higher default resolution for VGA if possible.
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Nice facility. One issue is the video connector on my Dell laptop is not compatible with their video project. The librarian has only iPad or iPhone adapter. So I need to bring my own next time.
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Room was nice but whiteboard was missing an eraser and the one marker was dried out.
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Perefect space for meeting. Very quiet, clean and convenient.
Also booking is very easy.
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Great room. Equipment was really easy to use. Only downside is library doesn't open doors until 10am, so we didn't have time to prep for our meeting. We would use this space again.
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Availability of two small meeting rooms provides excellent location for short and small meetings. Late afternoon time slots are competitive sometimes.
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great set up, the rooms were everything that we needed them to be. One thing that could have helped was that we couldn't access the room until more than 2 people were there - meaning we couldn't set up even though the room was not being used. It would have been helpful to do so.
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The workspace is great, but the booking process is not very flexible. I need this room at this time every third Monday of the month, but the only way to get it is to re-book it every time.
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Great to have a quiet space, ample power, and all that.
Was not able to hook up the remote screen; better luck next time.
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It's a perfect place to have a meeting. The room is equipped with all the required facilities.
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Public announcement piped through meeting room speaker interrupted an important Skype meeting
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The staff were very helpful and the room is very nice with excellent noise insulation. They even loan you a MAC display adaptor to connect up your mac to the TV Screen and work with you to see if you have a productive and pleasant meeting.
HOWEVER - please note the following:
1. The Audio-Visual setup is a little funky - It takes a little figuring out to get your monitor to display correctly on the TV screen.
2. The TV Audio is *very* low quality - If you end up connecting your laptop to the audio system to have the sound play through the central speakers, be prepared for a very tinny rendition which moreover has constant background white noise even at mid-level. Eventually, I unplugged my mac and played the audio through my MBP's speakers which turned out to be awesome because the room holds the sound quite well. RECOMMENDATION - the audio setup is bad, but ultimately doesn't matter because you get much much better and louder audio straight from your MBP.
3. Getting your Mac's screen to project well on the TV is close to impossible - Your MBP's native resolution is 1440x900 and the TV doesn't provide a good enough mach to any of the modes - The font's are rendered blurry too, but with sufficient magnification seems ok.
4. Finally - This is a big issue: The lights in the ceiling: O Boy - We had to set them to the lowest possible setting so the TV screen could be seen comfortably - The reflection is simply too strong from practically any angle!
Hope this helps!
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trouble getting MacBook to display on screen (adapter mismatch, etc)
Fortunately I had a PC.
Would like evening hours to go until 9PM -- would use it for AYSO board meetings.
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There was no VGA cable to connect my laptop to the TV, so when I used the TV Library account, it worked but logged me off repeatedly, way too quickly.
Otherwise I loved the room and the setting. Thanks!
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Peaceful room overlooking the courtyard. Only feedback is the room needs a dongle for Apple computers.
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Great space. Easy to book. Delivered what was promised. Library staff was helpful, welcoming, and expected me. Highly recommend Liquid Space.
Excellent meeting space, however we were unable to get the monitor to work for our slide presentations, despite assistance from the library IT staff.
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The white board is an awesome feature. Unfortunately, there were no dry erase markers. Perhaps you can request some, or bring your own.
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Mitchell Park Library's study rooms are great- one of the best spots in the area for meetings and study. I meet tutoring students there, the rooms are always clean and functional. Thanks!
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It was great. Very convenient, modern and clean space.
The Library staff is extra friendly!
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They have WiFi, white board with the pens I can check out with my library card. A great experience.
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This space is an incredible free resource for Palo Alto residents. The space is lovely and large, though the projector hook up took two of the library's staff to get working. Also, for my purposes the screen is too visible from outside the windlow because I am showing confidential videos of clients.
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When I got there I realized I'd reserved for the wrong date, but since the person who had reserved hadn't shown up, I was allowed to use the room (only 15minutes remaining on the other reservation!).
The staff was helpful with making the Wi-Fi/internet connection. The only reason I didn't "love" the space is that the Wi-Fi connection wasn't very strong and the purpose of the room was to hold an in person and Google Hangout meeting. So having Wi-Fi was important. We were successful but it could have been better.
Having the rooms available is a great community resource.
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Only negative, the library needs to have better parking lot monitor when other events are happening at Little Leaque and the park. Our staff and attendees had to park far, far away.
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The study room was very nice, fresh and absolute convenient with power-plugs from the table + TV (to be used as a monitor for screen sharing purpose).
Absolute Thump-up!
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If the white board and the plasma can start working , it would be much more wonderful.
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The room was ready when we arrived. It has WiFi available and was quiet. Thank you!