Welcome Back! Well Kingsville, you’ve waited long enough. Staff are excited to be welcoming you back Monday, September 21. Limited services will include: Holds pick-up (no appointment required) Printing Public computer use (1 hour per day) Limited visits to 30 minutes per day We remain closed as a gathering place […]
A New School Year To say that this school year will be different is an understatement! So much uncertainty and stress but, the library can help make it a little easier. We would like to highlight some resources that will make it a bit easier for teachers, parents and students! […]
Native Seed Collecting A local Kingsville resident heard that the Essex County Library had a seed library and that we would accept seed donations. What a surprise when she came in with hundreds of seed packets! All locally grown and collected by avid gardeners we happily accepted them! We’ve been […]
Let’s go back to March, 2019 when the Essex County Library did a soft launch of a seed library at two locations: Amherstburg and Essex. Hang on, “what’s a seed library?” you may ask. A seed library “is an institution that lends or shares seed. Different from a seedbank, it’s […]
Although our branches have been closed to the public, there has been a lot of activity going on behind our doors. Staff have been busy inventorying EVERY single item in our system! You can imagine the time involved in scanning, cleaning and weeding books, magazines, DVD’s, CD’s, audiobooks. Whew! Our […]
Hello Kingsville! We are so excited to be able to join the Kingsville Times online! The last several months have been a challenge for us all. Our hope is that the Essex County Library can help by offering quality reading material, streaming TV shows, movies, documentaries and so much more. […]