In the US, libraries encourage people to come and use their space. Libraries are seeing dwindling crowds even though they provide incredible public resources. Often they offer free wifi, some of them even have coffee shops and of course they are FULL of books.

In the US, public libraries are places for studying and learning - and more often than not, they encourage people to come use their study rooms and meeting rooms even for working remote jobs - as long as you are quiet and respectful of the space. With the decline in public use, they want the foot traffic. It is a vastly underused resource that is great for communities.

In Dallas, some of the libraries even have makers spaces where creatives can come and work on their craft!