Thursday, March 28, 2013
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was joined by a variety of local officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Owings Mills library.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said he remembers the idea of a transit-oriented development popping up when he was a councilman – in 1998. Needless to say, he was glowing with excitement at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday for the new Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, the anchor of transit-oriented development at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills. “This is really just the beginning,” Kamenetz said. The library, which opened on Thursday, March 21, is Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch, boasting a collection of more than 142,000 items. The LEED Silver certified library is housed in the County Campus building, which will be home to a new Community College of Baltimore County Extension …
Monday, March 25, 2013
Since 2000, the leadership of Baltimore County has rightly recognized the importance of libraries through a series of important investments.
I had the opportunity to tour the new Owings Mills Library Branch last week, in my role as a member of the Baltimore County Board of Library Trustees. This 54,000 square foot facility—which can house upwards of nearly 150,000 items—will be the 19th branch of the Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL). The library opened to the public last Thursday, and a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place this week. The Owings Mills branch, at over 54,000 square feet, will be the largest and most most technologically advanced location in the system. The branch is situated within the larger "County Campus at Metro Center," a shared use facility with the Community College of Baltimore County. Even more unique is the branch's close …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Baltimore County opened its 19th and largest public library in Owings Mills Thursday.
“It’s just beautiful.” Councilwoman Vicki Almond was glowing with excitement as she walked around the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library Thursday. She and her senior aide, Jonathan Schwartz, were treated to a tour at the library, which opened Thursday morning, by library system director Jim Fish. “Think about what this is going to look like in a few months,” Fish said, as he and Almond looked out on buildings and a parking garage still under construction. The library, Baltimore County’s 19th and largest branch, is the first tenant to open its doors at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a 1.2 million square-foot transit-oriented development at the Owings Mills Metro station. The library will share its building the …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The county's largest public library opens its doors at 9 a.m. Thursday.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills will see the opening of its first tenant on Thursday as the Baltimore County Public Library's new Owings Mills branch opens its doors. At 9 a.m. Thursday, area residents will be able to patronize Baltimore County's largest public library, a 54,333-square-foot branch with a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. The 19th Baltimore County Public Library branch is part of The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square foot County …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Baltimore County Executive said the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will be the new center of community life in town.
When the first building in the Metro Centre at Owings Mills opens, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be there to celebrate the milestone. On Thursday, March 28, Kamenetz will lead the opening celebration for the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, which is opening in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre, according to a press release. The 54,333-square foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use—58 for adults and 12 for teens and children—according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th branch, and opens to the public on March 21. "This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. …
Monday, March 11, 2013
It will be the Baltimore County Public Library’s 19th and largest branch.
The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will open its doors to the public on Thursday, March 21. The 54,333-square-foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch. The library is part of transit-oriented development The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square-foot building housing the library will also be home to 27 classrooms for the Community College of …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The service works with Macs, PCs, Androids, iPhones, iPads and other tablet devices, but not Kindle or Nook.
Baltimore County Public Library debuted a new free service in late December that offers instant access to more than 100 magazine titles on electronic devices. Interested patrons can sign up for Zinio through the library's website, according to a news release. The service is available 24 hours a day, and includes a range of selections such as National Geographic, Cosmopolitan and Rolling Stone. The magazines are accessible to an unlimited number of people, which means no wait time. "Unlike the physical copies you find in our branches, every BCPL customer who wants to look at these magazines can do it at the same time whenever they want," Jamie Watson, the library's collection development coordinator, said in the release. Zinio is compatible…
Thursday, December 6, 2012
A luxury apartment building with bottom floor retail is expected to open in the spring along with a building housing the Baltimore County Public Library’s largest branch and the Community College of Baltimore County.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills is nearing the spring opening of three buildings that will include apartments, retail, a library and community college branch. The first of two luxury apartment buildings with ground floor retail space has been ‘topped off’ and a second building will follow in a couple of weeks, according to a press release. The two five-story buildings together feature 56,000 square feet of ground level retail space and 232 apartment homes. The buildings sit along the Metro Centre’s main street, Grand Central Avenue. Both buildings are expected to be completed by March 2013, as is the adjacent 120,000 square foot, six-story building that will house the Baltimore County Public Library’s largest branch and a branch of the …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Owings Mills will be home to the Baltimore County Public Library’s largest branch come spring.
As construction continues on the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, the town is getting closer to having the county’s largest public library. The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, expected to open in spring 2013, will boast a 142,000-item collection, 58 public access computers and many more amenities. “We’re really excited about it,” said Barbara Salit-Mischel, the branch’s manager. Salit-Mischel, who was most recently the manager of the Randallstown branch and was the manager of the Reisterstown branch before that, presented a brief overview of the library at Monday night’s Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council meeting. The library’s 25 full-time employees have almost all been hired, and Salit-Mischel…
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
One Maryland library said the book was 'pornography.'
Looking to borrow a copy of the erotic thriller, Fifty Shades of Grey, the book at the top of the New York Times Best Seller List? Expect a long, long wait for the book at most Maryland area libraries. And expect a few libraries to ban the book, which recently sold its 10 millionth copy, entirely from their shelves. Harford County Public Libraries are declining to offer the book by author E.L. James, or the entire trilogy for that matter, reports ExploreHarford.com, with one librarian calling the book “pornography." "In the case of '50 Shades of Grey,' we read mainstream reviews that characterized the content as pornography," Jennifer Ralston, HCPL materials management administrator, wrote in an e-mail to Explore Harford Tuesday. "The …
Born to be Free
4:27 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
As much as I like the libraries, I use them all the time, but what about more schools. Our county is not serious about overcrowding. Are the children of Baltimore County prioritized? Someone in the county please build more schools! more ›