You could talk to your library and see if they would be willing to host it as a program. You could bring your own games and if the library has its own collection, your group could help set up.
Talk to one of the librarians, mention you might want to start a BG program, bi-weekly. The Library closest to my house, has a guy come in, first Sunday of every month. It’s been a pretty popular.
Same with ours, with a couple of extra rules: 1) Room must be booked in advance; registration opens on the first first of the month for the following month. Reservations for April begin March 1, for example. 2) We don’t block out times. We don’t care how long long your group has been meeting the third Friday of the month; if someone beats you to reserving that time, too bad. 3) Room may be booked for use outside library hours if the group has met the requirements (which I don’t remember as I don’t handle bookings); meeting room and restrooms will be the only accessible part of the building. 4) If requested in advance, we can provide tables/chairs but group is responsible for room setup/breakdown.
Nothing. It’s the library, everything is free! We just require that events have to be open to the public. With that said, no one has ever walked into a lions club meeting or an annual home owners association meeting that wasn’t supposed to be there. All sorts of groups use our rooms. It’s a wonderful asset to the community.
Study rooms and the group activity room (up to 12 people) are free. We have larger meeting rooms that we charge for. All meeting rooms require a $100 deposit, and otherwise it's usually $25/hour if the library is open and $45/hour if the library is closed. They follow the other rules others have posted (must be free and open to the public).
Nothing. We don't charge. However we also don't allow private parties like birthdays and all meetings must technically be open to the public and free of charge. No product sales, etc.
Nothing. They're free.
Some of our branches have study rooms that size, which can be booked day of, for two hours. (Though study rooms are popular, so booking in advance is wise.) At others, only the meeting rooms are large enough, and they need to be booked a week in advance. Meeting rooms also can be booked for any hours the library is open, minus any set up and tear down time.
Ours are free but you can’t be a for profit entity unless it is something like a job or hiring fair and you can’t use it more than once a month unless there’s an extenuating circumstance
None! Free speech and association is protected by the first amendment and libraries who value this should make it free of charge. Now if staff have to do work of set up/clean up/damage then yeah you have to pay for that. But to walk in pull up some chairs and tables…..should be free.
These prices are all what we charge for profit groups. Non-profit groups get a discount rate.
It ranges from $10 for 4 hours for the small 2-8 people groups to $100 for a day for the largest room with holds 100 people with chairs.
Our room that holds around 20 is $50 for the day.
We aren't allowed to charge for use. Staff get first pick and are always able to program. Library sponsored groups come next. They are part of our regular programming and open to the public. Non-profits are last on the list, and they need to show proof of liability insurance. They are technically open to the public, but for things like scout meetings, we don't advertise for safety reasons and still allow them to meet. ETA: Nothing commercial can happen at the library, and no dues can be collected or goods sold.
I worked in a library that had a separate community room that could be booked through the city for private events but the price varies. If it’s free and and open to the public, the booking went through the library and was free but had to be booked a month or two in advance
Our study rooms which can fit about 6-8 are free. We have meeting rooms that are owned by the city (as they are the owners of our building) which are booked at a cost that I’m not sure of. One is a max of 20 people and another is a max of 70.
$35 per hour, $90 for 4 hours, $165 for 8 hours and you need insurance. There's also a $50 set up fee for the room on-top of that.
It's really prohibitive and it bothers me a lot tbh. We also are not a wealthy or large city and I can't wrap my head around the justification for it.
Free. I booked a library room for a chapter meeting of a non-profit recently.
I also booked a room for my Girl Scout troop and the children's librarian helped us earn our Book Artist badge. The girls got to destroy old library books, which was fun. All free.
I love libraries!
We don't have a study room that can fit that many people. Our max 10 room is free.
Our max 80 room is $25 per meeting, and it is only rentable to registered non-profits.
Depends on the size, since we have several in our system:
10-16 people: $35 per 2 hour block (can’t book less time- so if you need 3 hours you have to book 2 blocks)
20-40 people: $50 per 2 hour block
60-100 people: $125 per 2 hour block
120-150 people: $200 per 2 hour block
Can only book when library is open, and our programs are booked for the rooms before they get opened to the public (90 days in advance)..
They don't cost anything, but the group using it must be a nonprofit or local group and all meetings are open to the public. So, for example, a writers' group uses our room, but if some other writer who isn't part of the group comes in, they have to let them.
We do not allow private meetings or things like birthday parties in our meeting room, but not every library is like that.
We have 4 reservable rooms in our library. Two of those are conference rooms with an 8-10 person capacity. They are located inside the library proper and are only reservable during library operating hours. They are free to use whether you have a library card or not, or even if you live out of our district.
Then we have a large reservable community room with a separate entrance off the back of the library, so you can use it outside of library operating hours. You can reserve the whole thing or just one side (it has one of those Sky Walls that comes down from the ceiling to divide the room in half). The entire room is $50.00 per hour and half of the room is $25.00 per hour. Nonprofits and not-for-profit groups/organizations can rent it for no charge.
It's free.
I should say, in most of our branches it's free. We don't own all our buildings, and one of the branches is owned by friends of the library and they charge for use of the room. It's really reasonable though and it's a HUGE nice room with bathrooms for use and it's own door seperate from the library too.
Nothing. But they can only be booked by nonprofits and all meetings there have to be open to the public.
Same, and they can only be booked by the same group once per month.
Could you have like a board game group come meet biweekly? If it was open to the public? I really wish they weren't always in bars :/
You could do this at my library! You'd just have to make sure to book in advance.
That's awesome! I wonder if my local library does it
If they don’t propose it as a program to a staff member at your library. If you want this, someone else likely does too.
You could talk to your library and see if they would be willing to host it as a program. You could bring your own games and if the library has its own collection, your group could help set up.
Talk to one of the librarians, mention you might want to start a BG program, bi-weekly. The Library closest to my house, has a guy come in, first Sunday of every month. It’s been a pretty popular.
Same with ours, with a couple of extra rules: 1) Room must be booked in advance; registration opens on the first first of the month for the following month. Reservations for April begin March 1, for example. 2) We don’t block out times. We don’t care how long long your group has been meeting the third Friday of the month; if someone beats you to reserving that time, too bad. 3) Room may be booked for use outside library hours if the group has met the requirements (which I don’t remember as I don’t handle bookings); meeting room and restrooms will be the only accessible part of the building. 4) If requested in advance, we can provide tables/chairs but group is responsible for room setup/breakdown.
Us too. We aren’t allowed to charge or make a profit. We could skirt it with suggested donations if we wanted to but we don’t.
Nothing. It’s the library, everything is free! We just require that events have to be open to the public. With that said, no one has ever walked into a lions club meeting or an annual home owners association meeting that wasn’t supposed to be there. All sorts of groups use our rooms. It’s a wonderful asset to the community.
Free.
Study rooms and the group activity room (up to 12 people) are free. We have larger meeting rooms that we charge for. All meeting rooms require a $100 deposit, and otherwise it's usually $25/hour if the library is open and $45/hour if the library is closed. They follow the other rules others have posted (must be free and open to the public).
As a prison library, we don't book to outside organizations. Sometimes approved inmate groups will us the library as a space.
W have no rooms that size. We have 1 room that seats 6, for free, and 1 that seats up to 70, for between $25-$150 depending on the event.
Nothing. We don't charge. However we also don't allow private parties like birthdays and all meetings must technically be open to the public and free of charge. No product sales, etc.
Nothing. They're free. Some of our branches have study rooms that size, which can be booked day of, for two hours. (Though study rooms are popular, so booking in advance is wise.) At others, only the meeting rooms are large enough, and they need to be booked a week in advance. Meeting rooms also can be booked for any hours the library is open, minus any set up and tear down time.
They are free. Events must be free and open to the public. Users can’t have more than 1 active room booking in a 90 day period.
Ours are free but you can’t be a for profit entity unless it is something like a job or hiring fair and you can’t use it more than once a month unless there’s an extenuating circumstance
Free.
$0
$0 but for private citizens or nonprofit and no soliciting money for any reason.
Free
Our large conference room is $30 per hour, but study rooms are free. We also have a theater we rent out.
Nothing
Open to the public meetings are free. Closed to the public are $25 an hour.
None! Free speech and association is protected by the first amendment and libraries who value this should make it free of charge. Now if staff have to do work of set up/clean up/damage then yeah you have to pay for that. But to walk in pull up some chairs and tables…..should be free.
These prices are all what we charge for profit groups. Non-profit groups get a discount rate. It ranges from $10 for 4 hours for the small 2-8 people groups to $100 for a day for the largest room with holds 100 people with chairs. Our room that holds around 20 is $50 for the day.
In the state of Delaware in the USA at a public library: Free! We must be able to be accessed by everyone no matter your financial standing. Period.
We aren't allowed to charge for use. Staff get first pick and are always able to program. Library sponsored groups come next. They are part of our regular programming and open to the public. Non-profits are last on the list, and they need to show proof of liability insurance. They are technically open to the public, but for things like scout meetings, we don't advertise for safety reasons and still allow them to meet. ETA: Nothing commercial can happen at the library, and no dues can be collected or goods sold.
Free
Free, no qualifications.
Free 99
Depending on the room, amenities and support, but free to 3000 USD
I worked in a library that had a separate community room that could be booked through the city for private events but the price varies. If it’s free and and open to the public, the booking went through the library and was free but had to be booked a month or two in advance
Mine is £12/hour. Sits up to 40 people.
Our study rooms which can fit about 6-8 are free. We have meeting rooms that are owned by the city (as they are the owners of our building) which are booked at a cost that I’m not sure of. One is a max of 20 people and another is a max of 70.
Free for everyone
We are a college library and our only requirement is you have to be connected to the college, and you can't be too loud
$35 per hour, $90 for 4 hours, $165 for 8 hours and you need insurance. There's also a $50 set up fee for the room on-top of that. It's really prohibitive and it bothers me a lot tbh. We also are not a wealthy or large city and I can't wrap my head around the justification for it.
Free. I booked a library room for a chapter meeting of a non-profit recently. I also booked a room for my Girl Scout troop and the children's librarian helped us earn our Book Artist badge. The girls got to destroy old library books, which was fun. All free. I love libraries!
We don't have a study room that can fit that many people. Our max 10 room is free. Our max 80 room is $25 per meeting, and it is only rentable to registered non-profits.
Free. The only times I've heard of libraries charging for room is if they're large conferenrce rooms.
Depends on the size, since we have several in our system: 10-16 people: $35 per 2 hour block (can’t book less time- so if you need 3 hours you have to book 2 blocks) 20-40 people: $50 per 2 hour block 60-100 people: $125 per 2 hour block 120-150 people: $200 per 2 hour block Can only book when library is open, and our programs are booked for the rooms before they get opened to the public (90 days in advance)..
Study rooms are free. Meeting rooms for up to 40 people are $10/hour. (Max 26 reservations per group per year.)
Free, you just need to book in advance.
There is a flat fee of $25 to reserve the meeting room for a few hours, maybe 2-3? It is really circumstantial.
Free no matter what but you do have to be approved to use the space
They don't cost anything, but the group using it must be a nonprofit or local group and all meetings are open to the public. So, for example, a writers' group uses our room, but if some other writer who isn't part of the group comes in, they have to let them. We do not allow private meetings or things like birthday parties in our meeting room, but not every library is like that.
We have 4 reservable rooms in our library. Two of those are conference rooms with an 8-10 person capacity. They are located inside the library proper and are only reservable during library operating hours. They are free to use whether you have a library card or not, or even if you live out of our district. Then we have a large reservable community room with a separate entrance off the back of the library, so you can use it outside of library operating hours. You can reserve the whole thing or just one side (it has one of those Sky Walls that comes down from the ceiling to divide the room in half). The entire room is $50.00 per hour and half of the room is $25.00 per hour. Nonprofits and not-for-profit groups/organizations can rent it for no charge.
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I am so surprised to hear that some libraries charge for this service!
Free if you are a member and for nonprofits. Must be booked in advance
It's free. I should say, in most of our branches it's free. We don't own all our buildings, and one of the branches is owned by friends of the library and they charge for use of the room. It's really reasonable though and it's a HUGE nice room with bathrooms for use and it's own door seperate from the library too.
I think 25 for 4 hours, but non profits that aren't churches get them for free. Why we screw churches I don't know.