Share your thoughts on KFPL's branch hours

Kingston Frontenac Public Library | Oct 20, 2021

What’s the most valuable part of a library?

You may be envisioning rare books or high-tech equipment. Those things are valuable, it’s true. But we can’t forget about the value of you, our patrons. The people using our programs, collections, and services make our branch buildings come alive.

Are our branch hours aligned with your needs? We’re reviewing the hours of operation at all 16 KFPL locations and looking for you to give us that feedback. We really want to hear from our library users in Frontenac County!

While I now live in the land of 24-hour drive-thrus, I spent my childhood in North Frontenac and a decade living in remote northwestern Ontario. I know the pace of life in rural areas is simply different. If my downtown library branch is closed, I can make it to another urban location if I have the time to spare. But if Cloyne is my home branch and it happens to be closed, there may not be a convenient alternative nearby.

We are looking for about 10 minutes of your time to get feedback on situations like this. What are your preferred hours, and does your home branch offer those hours? Can you get to another location if you want or need to?

Our current hours of operation were informed by a branch services review in 2004, and a branch services master plan and community consultation in 2010. We will use this latest round of feedback to help determine how we can best use our available hours to provide the best access to library service.

You can find the survey online at https://bit.ly/BranchHoursSurvey, or at https://community.kfpl.ca under Branch Hours Review. Or, drop by a branch for a paper version! The survey closes on October 31, and we will publish a report on our community site, summarizing the feedback, by November 30. If you provide an email address when you complete the survey, we will also send you a copy of the report.

Any resulting changes to our hours of operation would happen in 2022.

We hope that KFPL branches are a lifetime source of stories and happy experiences for you and your family. Thank you for your help in reaching this goal!