Mary Ann Mongan Library 502 Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY 41011 phone (859) 962-4060 fax (859) 962-4096

www.kentonlibrary.org

Contact: Robin Klaene, 859-578-3608 For Immediate Release

August 21, 2013

Good News Briefs Library Awards

The Kenton County Public Library has recently been selected by OverDrive and Library Journal as the winner of the OverDrive Allstar Award, the grand prize in this years Digital Library Champions Contest. The Library won for their efforts in promoting its e-books with the creation of an online mascot KC. The contest received dozens of entries from a diverse group of libraries and schools in the U.S., Canada, Australia and South Africa. Additionally, In honor of the 15th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, the first book in the award-winning Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, 15 public libraries nationwide have been chosen as winners of the Harry Potter Public Librarian Contest from Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the series. The Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County Public Library is the only local winner. They will have a Harry Potter party on Tuesday, August 27 beginning at 10 a.m. with events running throughout the day, including a visit with owls from Raptors, Inc. at 5 p.m. For more information visit www.kentonlibrary.org. ###
The Kenton County Public Library has three locations Covington, Erlanger and Durr in Independence. The library is consistently one of the top ranked public libraries in the state of Kentucky and served more than 1.1 million visitors last year. The library also provides more than 4,000 free educational, informational and recreational programs and training classes annually.

Learn more at www.kentonlibrary.org. In 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Kenton County Public Library has been ranked #1 in the state of Kentucky according to the HAPLR Index.