attempting to replace the icky university library 

Can confirm as a library employee that people come to the library specially to find a couch to nap on. The unhoused often use the public library as a safe spot to rest.

A café in a library is totally realistic.

Simsie: “I’m bad at community lots” *Also Simsie:*

I wish the Sims team building the book kit had added a ladder and rail system! We already have ladders so the animation wouldn’t have been too difficult even if the ladder didn’t actually move along the rail.

People definitely sleep in libraries. On my campus library, the third floor was really warm and people would nap there when they had a while between classes.

Petition for the biggest build possible (a build that is on the biggest lot possible, and 8 stories high, made for 8 sims) each week we could have an episode of furnishing and building because it would have a while!! ❤😂

Having a cafeteria in the library isn't that weird. At my university we have a restaurant style cafeteria on the lower level, we also have sleeping pods and meeting rooms. Also having an art space in the library isn't weird either, again my uni library has a dedicated makerspace in it, with stuff to make alot of thing even 3d printers and other mechanical stuff. With all that said love the library Kayla.

It became like an evening ritual to watch Simsie's videos, and it's honestly so relaxing. Going through stressful time rn, but these videos have worked like magic against all anxiety.

I'm glad the sims made university realistic. Hard to meet needs, tired all the time, need to nap in a library 😂

I love that it looks like the sunset valley one. I don't know if it was on purpose, but maybe you could recreate other rabbit holes from the Sims 3. For example, restaurants from the island paradise world in island living. I feel like it could be a good throw back.

In this boring terrible sunday, lilsimsie is saving me.❤

Great build. I love it. I would have liked a cafeteria. My university had a cafeteria in the basement and we all loved that. I noticed this when you were doing the Get To Work Policeman thing the other day - if you tell your sim to do something on one of those "busy" computers, whatever townie is using it will just get up and move on to something else. You don't need to reset (though you might need to wait just a minute for them to move.) Same should be true for your university ones and the research machines.

I can’t wait to see more university builds

The college I went to had a whole videography and robotics area in the basement that they sound proofed. They had all kinds of stuff so I feel like it could be an easy addition for later down the line for if you needed that with your sims.

A full-blown cafeteria in a library does seem unlikely but I have been in a library that had a cafe, similar to a commercial bookstores. So, hot and cold beverages and a limited menu mainly consisting of pastries and sandwiches. Just something to keep in mind for the next library build, if you continue to be excited about the Book Nook kit (and who wouldn't be?)

Thanks for building this, without limiting the packs you were using! I'm going to definitely enjoy it

My college library has a small arts and crafts’ room, so it’s realistic (in my experience) to see an arts room dedicated to easels or any craft works needed for poster making or projects :)

as you were talking about a bunch of "features" in a library, it got me thinking just how much gameplay the sims team could work with to revamp libraries. would be pretty cool to see some sort of pack or update adding librarians (active career w/ get to work?), book returns/due dates, quiet lot trait, group project interactions, etc.

Thank you for renovating this! I can never find a good replacement

I use the research machine very often. I always add one to all my libraries. It's my favorite way to increase logic skill (other than the telescope) plus you gain the research skill at the same time... super handy for university sims!

My university has a stream running through it. Our tradition is that, on your birthday, your friends are supposed to grab you and toss you in the stream. It's a shallow, ice-cold stream.

I love this! I love making multifunctional lots I have one in delsol valley that I made where it has as much lot transition as possible, library, gym, bar, Cafe, kid hangout. Anything I could think of. I think I want to add this to my game and add the robotics into a basement level so it wouldn't "disturb the peace" and still have a place to go to practice it.

This looks great. It's a smaller version of how I want my high school build to look. Will be saving this to my build playlist for future reference. Thanks for the inspo!

this build idk why is bringing me back to speed build sunday like when you’d announce it and it’s giving me life, it’s bringing me so much nostalgia and happiness

So happy to see an unlimited-pack build! Thanks to my old computer and CC obsession, loading screens take millennia, so I end up putting everything I need for University gameplay in my dorms. (Ravasheen's catering tables are amazing for bypassing the "no ovens or grills" restriction.) Because of this, I don't think I've ever visited the library lot in Britechester. The lot and your build are great - after watching this, I've been inspired to build a museum in this spot.

At my college, we had 3 levels to the library building. The bottom floor, the “basement” (the building had 2 entrances, one on the middle floor and one in the basement, there was a pretty big dip where it was built) contained a continence store that had 2 fast food places inside along with seating for food and studying. The second floor was when people met for group studies and such even having study rooms if you wanted a space for yourself. The front desk was there and there was a digitize media room for 3d printing and such. This is also where you regularly met with your advisor. The top floor was the actual library. It was considered the quiet floor and had a lot of seating and, obviously, thousands of books. It is a newer building and even though the elevator was janky as hell, it was one of my favorite places on campus

This video definitely inspired me to take a crack at making my own university library! You are an inspiration for me to learn more in this game. It can be a challenge playing on the Xbox, but most days I’m up for it!

So, I am exploring gameplay of things I haven't fully done in SIMS 4, and recently used this (the original) lot - Thank you for updating this world.

i don't think a cafeteria in a library is weird!! i've been to 3 of my uni's MULTIPLE libraries and 2 of them have a cafe inside and one is right beside a university-owned takeaway, PLUS the public library in my hometown has a cafe! maybe i just got lucky tho? xD

Yeee I love when you use all the packs! This library looks so nice! I kinda wish we got a decorative library ladder or stair step kinda thing with the book nook kit

In my home town we have a very similar looking building with the library downstairs and an art gallery upstairs where you can take art workshops, so easels upstairs kinda makes sense to me 😂

Watched this built on Twitch! It turned out so good

I love this one! When I see your builds I never know if I feel inspired to build myself or if I should just use your builds ❤

I literally cannot say how much i love your videos! tysm for the library!

Kayla! For your "going back and replaying older packs" series, I'd love to see you play with University! I don't have that pack and I don't think I've ever seen a video of a simmer playing it and actually sending a sim to University, I always just hear that it's hard lol. Would love to watch some current gameplay to see if it's worth buying.

I watched this build live on twitch and was so excited to see how it turned out since I work at my university's library

We really need mixed lot types in The Sims. My public library has a café, a toddler and infant soft play area (it's really just a few foam shapes on a foam puzzle mat, with a few dolls and cars dotted around, but it's still there), and a movie area with a huge tv where the library has special film days where you can come in and watch movies on comfy sofas and armchairs. There's also a museum right next door, and oversize chess games outside where the pieces are like 3 feet tall.

Tip for the friezes...don't add them until the end and certainly don't fix them until the end if you do them earlier and they glitch. Cause if they glitch once they're going to glitch again and you're just setting yourself up for frustration.

You really improved a lot building community lots!!! I love this. I will go download this later when I am home :)

Was literally thinking the other day ‘I wish lilsimsie would redo this library’… thank you!!!

This is one of my favorite builds Simsie has done-so realistic and beautiful!

My college libraries only have 1 level. The main campus has 2 classrooms you can use to "be loud". I know cause that's where I studied for my bones and muscle tests. The other campuses just have a library and then you can go to the student lounge or just talk about a meet up location with your group. I didn't have any group projects during the times I was at the other locations so it didn't really bother me.

The library is lovely, though the one thing that stands out to me is the front steps. I realize there's no functional ramps in sims but I'm used to libraries being accessible to all, usually with ramps or entryways level with the ground. Making even just the outside wheelchair accessible would add a nice touch of realism to a university building/community space even if it's not functional in terms of gameplay.

For my uni, i have a lobby where we can go through the front and exit the back to different buildings since my library is right in the middle. We have a cafe on one side and a merch store on the other. Then it goes by level of quietness. Second floor is computers and couches then the other floors have tons of bookcases

Ohh, tackling this library again? Lovely!! I love Discover University

It's really cute! I didn't know that abut the research machine. It always reminds me of a microfilm reader. I also didn't know the romantic garden fountain had gameplay. The items in that pack are beautiful. I like to use it for a big fancy garden for the Fyres household. In my public library system, we have a "cafe" areas with tile or linoleum floors, vending machines, and tables. Once upon a time, my branch even had a coffee/hot chocolate vending machine.

I remember library in my elementary school, it had second room with really old TV, computers and magazines, browsing through the ones from the 80s was always fun, we had a lot of laugh looking at the hairstyles 😂

this build made me want to play university! definitely going to download this build

I would love a reno of some of the topfloor dorm lots where you turn it into a different lot type. Maybe a café or community space? I never need more than one or two dorms, there is much unused lot space in Britechester. University housing is so restrictive I end up plopping all my students into residential lots anyway.

A cafeteria in a library does not sound weird - two of the (eight? nine?) libraries at the uni I went to had cafés. Another one was open 24 hours if you need to pull all-nighters, too.

Some libraries hosts activities and clubs on certain days, painting being one of them. Love it.

In the town where I graduated (in Denmark) It was tradition for all the schools to go to the town square, hear the Mayor make a speech and dance around the fountain. In the end the one with the highest grades would be dipped in the fountain

For the super tall book shelves in the entrance, we can pretend that they are vintage books that the school used to use! Like textbooks from when the college first opened, or just outdated texts, or maybe even first editions of classic books.

Love that this really feels like a communal space, not just a convenient set of computers for your Sims.

Two things: 1.) I love this build and will definitely be using it.

I love simsie builds! So clean and perfect! 🎉

That library absolutely NEED the Scientist hangout lot trait. Have a food stand or two outside the building. That'll take care of your Sims hunger needs quite well.

I say this with nothing but love, how do you NOT get burnt out?! GIRL, you just go go go!! Beautiful build! ❤

We had couches... and also study rooms in our library and it was not uncommon to use them for napping if we were cramming during finals or writing papers and you needed a break. Our university library was a giant modern style building. It has a huge, long rectangular reflection pool out front with fountains. It was only 2.5 feet deep... but teah every year someone would dump a ton of soap in it and it was full of suds.There were 3vabove ground floors & 2 underground floors where the research stacks & study rooms were found.

Back when I was on the UCF campus, folks would hop into that massive fountain during Homecoming. It was not strictly allowed at the time either. xD

It looks really nice. Great job. Looks so much better than the original. I'll have to download it.

Can confirm in my college days especially I could not be in the library without someone taking a nap in one of the chairs in the library

Can confirm Spirit Splash IS dangerous, but that’s part of the fun 😂

im so excited for this mini university era!!!

This lot is absolutely stunning! 😭

I just started your sims file because I love your builds even tho it’s not up to date it’s pretty nice ❤❤❤

thank you for this!!!! i work at a university library and the library that shipped with the university pack was sooo disappointing and pretty unrealistic to me. thank you for fixing it

This made me want to do a University gameplay it’s been awhile!

Fun fact: in the national university library in Zagreb, Croatia, we literally have a cafeteria, no couches, but I'd appreciate naps more that cheap food tho

AHHH SPIRIT SPLASH!!! No clue you went to UCF! It’s def dangerous, and I scraped my knees trying to get a duck last year 😅 still got one though! I was def getting reflecting pond vibes from the fountain out front.

Ooohh this makes me want to re-build that library too!

Don't forget to use this for when April goes to university !!

so cooool! kinda thinking about buying the library kit

My university had a cafe at the front of the library. Coffee and snacks galore! It’s a great idea for the sims.

i LOVE when you renovate community lots, because i immediately go and replace the ea versions with yours!! politely BEGGING for more

My university’s fountain is a seagull/dog bath in the day and a drunk student bath weekend nights. It’s also a big landmark for directions

This gives me city hall from the sims 3 vibes love it

there are the game’s lot requirements; benches, bookshelves, then there are simsie’s lot requirements; woohoo spots and death opportunities

I was just thinking I needed a new uni library! ❤

the first floor in our libary has a loft where the students can sleep in. although there are couches in all 3 floors where people sleep all the time.

Been waiting on this build for my saves!

Omg!!! Just when Kayla was saying how glitchy the friezes were the video froze and then went out lol😂

I love it! Makes me want to play University again too

I love this! Now I just need to buy all the extra packs so I can download it 😂

This building is amazing!

I am obsessed with the kit.. I use it in all of my builds now..

Honestly this looks so awesome!

This library looks a lot like the the university library I used to work in (the main library at the university of illinois at urbana-champaign)!!!

my school's fountain tradition was your friends throwing you into the fountain on your birthday. i did it once in freshman year and never again, it was kinda gross lol

i re did the base game library and i added a piano painting everything was added and i love it

At my university, we also have a fountain in front of our library, and whenever one of our sports teams wins a championship or whatever, it’s a tradition for students to “storm” the fountain and jump in.

It looks much better 😍❤️

been waiting on this build ^-^

at small schools it's super common to have classrooms and other spaces inside the library!

Kayla!! I WENT TO UCF AND FEEL LIKE THATS WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT W SPIRIT SPLASH! It was super dangerous. I went my freshmen year and stepped on broken glass then never went again.

My university had a tradition of jumping in the artificial lake on campus in November, so the fountain seems tame.

when i was in high school, during spirit week they would hold an event called the rootbeer mile and it was basically a race around the bus loop where you would have a drink per lap run added ontop of the laps already run so 2 drinks for 2 laps 3 drinks for 3 laps etc. people would power puke after LOL

Has Kayla rebuilt the get to work lots yet? I can’t remember but I definitely think the hospital, police precinct and the science lab need an upgrade

The multitasking feature can be really annoying and I wish there was maybe and object or something that prevented it (like snowy escape's no shoes inside object) or that the library had a "perk" where no sims will go up to the household sims to try and talk to them because realistically in a library, how often do you have random people trying to talk to you when you're working on a paper? Never.

I need this kit! Then I can make a little bookstore with a cafe nook or vice versa.