Old Worthington Library — Attraction in Sharon Township

Great Library! Location: Very decent. It's right by a Kroger. You can get a book and then get groceries. We all know lines in Kroger are like a small hell on earth, so if you stop by the library first you'll have a novel or two to knock out before you’re finally able to check out. Service: Fantastic. All the ladies that work here are very kind. There may be gentlemen employees there, but they must be so far and few that I've never seen them there when I go. Alternatively, maybe they hide the men in the back. For all we know there could be a secret library war where Worthington branches are trying to hide their men from the library giant known as Columbus Metropolitan Library due to their benefits? I don't know this for sure, but it is plausible. Costs: Amazing. You can rent so many books at no-cost. In fact, you can keep books beyond their renewal date and go without fines for an indecent amount of time. As a qualifier, I don’t say this from experience. Bathrooms: Terrific. For the most part these are kept clean, safe and tidy. I’ve never been at this library and had the issue of coming inside the library and being overwhelmed by malodorous scents lurching from the bathrooms. As a man, my judgements here only extend to the men’s bathrooms. Based on how most things in reality work, if the men’s bathroom is clean and quite descent, I would assume the women’s bathroom is at least equally immaculate if not superior in all aspects. The men’s bathroom could be vastly improved by hiring a gentlemen to stay in the bathroom and provide peppermints, spritzes of quality colognes and other advice that would benefit young and old gentlemen alike. Carpeting: Underwhelming but sufficient. The carpeting here won’t pop out at you and amaze you like the KoolAde man and then brusquely say, “Oh yeah.” It is colorful but not necessarily artistic. This leaves some room for improvement. This could be improved by carpeting the floor with Andy Warhol or Picasso style prints. Marilyn Monroe prints all over the floor could inspire flare and imagination. Variety: Excellent. This library has a sufficient grouping of various categories of literature. I have not looked, but I am confident one could find things as less known as Germanic Renaissance Gotho-Romance novels. Comedy: Perfect. The staff here is so polite and open minded that they’re willing to even laugh at my jokes. For example if I made the following comment, “Has the officer finished booking you all? It seems he’s done a thorough job so far.” I’m confident I would get polite laughter that’s neither insincere, condescending nor done out of pity. Free 5-Star Food: Poor. To the best of my knowledge, they unfortunately do not have top tier chefs on standby waiting to serve you premium free food. If all libraries did this, who would ever need to cook and buy groceries??? This could result in a great many savings and decrease the cost of healthcare since people would be eating healthier and free which would lead to...

I attended a meeting recently [2-14-2023] at the Old Worthington Library at 820 High St. in the "Old Worthington" neighborhood of Worthington.

I have never before visited that library so it had been great to be able to arrive several minutes early and to wander around a completely-new-to-me-library.

One interesting thing that I noticed when first entering the building is that there is no desk -- and that there are no visible staff members -- near the entrance.

After having wandered around the library for several minutes and finding a staff member seated at a desk in a nearby room, I learned that that library had been built "in sections."

The eastern end of that library had been built first; additional sections had been added -- probably one at a time -- as that library had slowly expanded westward [towards High St.].

One thing that I particularly remember from my brief self-guided tour of that library before my meeting had begun is the entrance to the children's area that looks very much like a huge storybook tree.

The Old Worthington Library is one of three branches of the Worthington Library that also include the Northwest Library -- to the northwest -- on Hard Rd. and the Worthington Park Library -- to the northeast -- on...

Worthington Public Library is Eager to turn you over to collections after only 3 weeks of attempted contacts via e-mail ONLY!!! When the “no fine policy” was introduced it was presented that the only consequence of overdue materials would be a hold on your account. We do not work at the library so therefore do not visit daily. Furthermore, we have more pressing issues in our life than logging into the library system on a regular basis. There were two items we had checked out that got placed on our bookshelf and went unnoticed. The library was somehow identified as spam by my filter so their three email attempts were not presented. In addition to my email The library has my home phone number and home address but opted NOT to call! Only to turn over to collections for two miserable unremarkable...