A great Library, close to the town center with a decent book, magazine and newspaper collection. They also have an eLibrary service with a wide collection of ebooks.
A nice pleasant small coffee stand with an adequate options of pastries etc, and ofcourse coffee and tea.
The building itself offers lots of natural light and open spaces, large windows with a pleasant view of residential streets, and a second floor that is somewhat more quiet.
I love the KPL! Lots of books, very helpful staff. I love that if you need to rent a laptop, you can and find a quiet area or study room to work on your school assignments/essays. You can use any of their computers. Returns are super easy now. I really love that they have a kids section, full of toys, books and even the possibility to rent a tablet for your kids. The kids area looks cleaned and maintained daily, there are even family washrooms for family convenience! If you haven't been there to check out the children's section you must!
KPL is very innovative with new services offered to residents for free. 3D printing and musical instrument lending immediately comes to mind. Also love the bike parking in front and a more secure indoor one at the basement parking area.
I Kitchener Library and the librarians. They have been great during the pandemic.
The central library is such a great space and the KPL has done a great job with their curbside and hold pick ups during COVID.
Such a beautiful place with wonderful staff and initiatives. We especially love Billie's Book Picks :)
Amazing people, amazing service, amazing library.
Everyone was so wonderful and helpful even during these trying times. I love this library
Their online services are so freaking helpful too! Reserved my book and went right in and picked it up, no fuss!
Love this library! My favourite spot to escape the world.
Great as long as you aren't using computers. I spent an hour typing up my essay for school and then I couldnt save or upload it onto my USB stick because the computer had weird privacy setting saying that it couldn't connect to any memory devices without a staff password. I couldnt find any staff members around and while I was looking for someone to help me, my computer session timed out and I lost all my work. I will NEVER try to use their computers again because it's not worth the stress.
The curbside book pick up is working well. Thanks KPL for being adaptable.
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