Library News

Get ready for a summer of reading fun at the Kanawha County Public Library, which launches its 2023 Summer Library Club on June 1st.

The Kanawha County Public Library wants to know what you think about our community and its library services. We’ll use your feedback to help us develop our strategic plan to guide the Library over the next several years.

The Kanawha County Public Library will resume service at its Glasgow Branch Library on Monday, May 1st. The Branch has been closed since August of 2021 due to ongoing maintenance issues at Glasgow’s Town Hall, where the Branch is located.

The 2023 West Virginia Book Festival will be held at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center on Saturday, October 21.

The Kanawha County Public Library returns to Sunday hours at its Main Library on March 5^th, 2023. Sunday hours were discontinued with the onset of the COVID 19 crisis and the start of the Main Library renovation in 2020.

The Kanawha County Public Library will again offer free tax assistance in 2023. Federal and state forms are available at all KCPL locations and VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) will offer in-person tax preparation assistance beginning February 10th.

A hold locker is a self-service system that allows you to automatically have items that you have placed on hold be checked out to you when you pick them up.  You will find the hold lockers on the 1^st floor of the Charleston Library across from the Jacobson Tower.

The Kanawha County Public Library’s new Mobile App is now available for free download on Apple and Android devices.

Mark Totten, President of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Historical Society, donated copies of their children's book Chessie Takes A Train Trip to the Riverside Public Library to give out to Cedar Grove Elementary student

As of January 1, 2023, KCPL will no longer charge daily overdue fines on most library items returned late.

These item types will NOT be Fine Free:

The Clendenin Kiosk is a Hold Pickup Location. Choose "Clendenin Kiosk" when placing your hold.

The Kanawha County Public Library unveils its 24-hour Library Kiosk in Clendenin on Saturday, December 17, 2022. Grand opening ceremonies are scheduled for 11:00 a.m.

Herald Baughman was a Vice President at Kanawha Banking and Trust when he saved a piece of Charleston history during a renovation. This beautiful brass stand had been in the lobby for customers to use when filling out their deposit and withdrawal slips.

Automatic renewals begin December 1, 2022. Each day at 7:00 PM, our system will identify all items that are still due on that specific day and attempt to renew them.

The Kanawha County Public Library will host a series of Holiday Open House events during the month of December. All KCPL Open Houses are free and open to everyone. Full details are available on our calendar.

Accessible from the Quarrier Street side, it is open 8:30am - 8:00pm Monday through Thursday and 8:30am - 5:00pm Friday and Saturday.

1. Choose Charleston - Drive Up Window as the pickup location when placing your hold.
2. Your hold is NOT available until it is