Kamenetz Leads Library Opening Ceremony Thursday

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will lead an opening celebration at the new Owings Mills library at 11 a.m. on Thursday.

The library, the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, opened in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre last Thursday.

The ceremony will also feature building tours and music from the CCBC Jazz Band.

The 54,333-square foot branch has 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 is Baltimore County’s 19th branch.

"This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. Metro Centre at Owings Mills and the County Campus bring the word partnership to life," Kamenetz said in the release.

The 120,000-square foot building housing the library will also be home to 27 classrooms for the Community College of Baltimore County, which are scheduled to open early this summer. The library will occupy the first two floors of the building and the community college will be on the fourth, fifth and sixth floors, with the third floor shared between the two.

The opening celebration is at 11 a.m. Thursday at the County Campus building at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, 10302 Grand Central Avenue.

Read more about the Metro Centre:

• SEE: Inside the New Owings Mills Library
• Interim CCBC Director on Owings Mills Center
• Photos: Metro Centre Construction Continues
• Foresight Means Better Libraries in Baltimore County