Greenmeadow Room at Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch
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This space is hosted by Palo Alto Library.
Full refund if you cancel 24 hours before the reservation start time.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy
Private Meeting Room for 12 at Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch
3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Palo Alto
Greenmeadow Room
Minimum of two people with a MAXIMUM 2 hour limit per group per day (we will adjust bookings for longer then 2 hours).
Working space is well equipped with computer with: USB port, wireless mouse, keyboard, flat screen TV/monitor, whiteboard. Adapters are available to check out with a Palo Alto City Library card. Reservations will be cancelled after 15 minutes if you do not show. Check in at the front desk.
Working space is well equipped with computer with: USB port, wireless mouse, keyboard, flat screen TV/monitor, whiteboard. Adapters are available to check out with a Palo Alto City Library card. Reservations will be cancelled after 15 minutes if you do not show. Check in at the front desk.
Full refund if you cancel 24 hours before the reservation start time.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation Policy
Amenities & Services
WiFi
When you connect, you will need to accept the use policy. To reconnect after 2 hours, simply accept the use policy again.
-No password or library card needed.
-Wifi sessions last 2 hours.
On-site Restaurant ($)
Ada's Cafe is outside the entrance of the library. Food may be eaten in the library.
TV/Monitor
VGA cable connection.
Whiteboard
Accessibility
Bike Rack
Parking
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About Palo Alto City Library - Mitchell Park Branch in Palo Alto
One of a Kind
Venues that make their own category from museums to wineries, libraries to churches.
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.
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 then 2 hours).
Working space is well equipped with computer with: USB port, wireless mouse, keyboard, flat screen TV/monitor,
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Rating and Reviews for Greenmeadow Room
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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.
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.
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.
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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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.
We couldn't get the aspect ratio of the screen to come out right, whether we were using it with the library's computer or connecting it to our own.
There were only four of us in the room, but the room felt stuffy after about an hour. We didn't want to keep the door open so as not to disturb other people in the library.
A pay-per-cup coffee machine would also be a nice addition.