Check Out the Latonia Branch Library

Make use of the library reciprocity!

As part of this week’s Daddy Day Camp™¹, I was looking for good opportunities to get the kids out of the house and a new library opening in the region captured my attention.

Our library branch here in MW is temporarily closed for renovations. They’ve opened up a pop-up setting at the old Key Bank across from Kroger.

The Kenton County Library system was opening a new branch in Latonia at a strip mall. This new branch, which opened today, was at one point a theatre. It’s located on a main drag, and it is a new location for the system.

In addition to the excursion, of course, adding another system to my growing Libby access was a big draw. (I’m up to 17 libraries now.) That, and this nice tote bag:

It’s a great location, and strip mall libraries can be an excellent use of space. If it’s good enough for well-to-do Loudoun County, Virginia, there’s no excuse: more systems should be doing this.

Regular readers know that the Kenton is one of the participants in the CVG airport library in neighboring Boone County.

One of the neat things the branch did for its opening was let people write their initials or name on little stones to be used for a future art project.

While the Cincinnati libraries have as many DVDs as a Blockbuster, one thing the Kenton County library had was video games, which were popular at check out.

There was also a pop up “OLD TECH” museum so you can see how old you feel.

Highly recommend a trip if you’re looking for a new library to check out, you’re a proud library person, or if you haven’t added Kenton County to your Libby account.

1. The time in which my wife is out of town and there are not any camps.