It’s back on the road again for KCPL’s Mobile Library. The bookmobile’s regular service schedule was shut down due to the COVID pandemic in 2020, but the Mobile Library hits the streets again beginning July 6th. Since January, the Mobile Library has provided curbside service at the Patrick Street Plaza in Charleston. That service will end on June 25th to allow the staff to restock the shelves and prepare for the resumption of regular bookmobile service.
“We’re excited to get the Mobile Library back on the road,” said Mobile Library Manager Anthony DeMinico. “Bookmobile service is an essential KCPL service because it allows us to bring the library to underserved areas of Kanawha County. We expect the schedule that begins on July 6th to be our regular weekly schedule until the start of school.”
Mobile Library Schedule
- Old Kanawha Baptist Church, Pratt: 10 am – 12:30 pm
- Dollar General, East Bank: 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Wednesday, July 7
- Shops at the Kanawha City Mall, Kanawha City: 10 am – 12:30 pm
- Coonskin Park, Mink Shoals: 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Thursday, July 8
- Agsten Manor, Charleston: 10 am – 12:30 pm
- Lab Corp/Patrick Street, Charleston: 1:30 pm – 4 pm
Friday, July 9
- Church of the Nazarene, Campbell’s Creek: 10 am – 12:30 pm
- Lab Corp/Patrick Street, Charleston: 1:30 pm – 4 pm
With regular stops across Kanawha County, KCPL’s Mobile Library makes accessing library materials more convenient. It offers collections of high-demand materials for all ages including bestselling books, DVDs, audiobooks, music CDs, and more. The bookmobile also offers holds pickup, materials return, and staff information assistance. A KCPL Library Card is required in order to check out items from the Mobile Library. For more information on the Mobile Library, call 304-949-2400 or visit the KCPL website at kanawhalibrary.org/locations/mobile-library/.
About the Kanawha County Public Library
The Kanawha County Public Library is the largest public library system in West Virginia. KCPL has nearly 100,000 card holders, and while most of the library patrons reside in Kanawha and Putnam Counties, residents from all 55 West Virginia counties are represented in the cardholder database. Patron visits to all libraries in the system total nearly 750,000 per year, and approximately 1 million library items circulate in a year’s time. Nearly all KCPL library services are FREE to the public. For more information about the Kanawha County Public Library, please visit us online at http://kanawhalibrary.org/.