News Item You've Got Time to Read, Watch, and Listen … and We’ve Got Recommendations Friday, May 15, 2020 Shelf Help Readers Services Reading Lists Through Shelf Help, our librarians can guide you through these socially distanced times.... Read More
News Item Where to Find Vital Services? Library’s Innovative Street Sheet Is a Guide Monday, July 24, 2023 Community Resources The Street Sheet is often used by unhoused Kansas Citians looking for clothing, food, shelter, and financial assistance.... Read More
News Item What’s it like to be evicted? Exhibit at the Library explores the experience. Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Community Resources Through photographs, video storytelling, and spatial elements, Evicted is an immersive exhibition illuminates the harrowing experience of evi... Read More
News Item Renovated Space in Central Library Adds Exciting New Services, Strengthens Existing Ones Tuesday, November 14, 2023 Community Resources Next Chapter 150th Anniversary The north side of the Central Library’s third floor – an area that once housed a reference desk and row after row of books – has just reopened as the... Read More
News Item Hard Work and Long Hours Pay Off: Working Mother Completes Library’s English for Citizenship Program, Passes Naturalization Interview Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Citizenship Refugee and Immigrant Services Maria Hodge was part of the Kansas City Public Library's pilot program, English for Citizenship. For 12 weeks, she studied with her classmates in p... Read More
News Item With Library Classes, Practice Sessions, One of America’s Newest Citizens Sailed Through Naturalization Test Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Refugee and Immigrant Services Citizenship Fausto Montero prepared for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' naturalization test with the help of the Kansas City Public Library's En... Read More
News Item Dedication and Perseverance! English for Citizenship Classes Help Manufacturing Job Worker Pass Naturalization Interview Monday, July 23, 2018 Citizenship Refugee and Immigrant Services Marcos Balam toiled through two English for Citizenship courses – each taking 12 weeks – and multiple one-to-one meetings with... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project honors legacy of MLK with Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Monday, January 7, 2019 Outreach Martin Luther King Jr. Refugee and Immigrant Services In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting... Read More
News Item Want to tackle some super books? Coach Read offers you Shelf Help Friday, January 29, 2021 Shelf Help Readers Services Reading Lists KC Sports Using the Library’s SHELF HELP service, Coach Read’s roster of MVP librarians can give you a personalized reading playbook, building... Read More
News Item Community Resources Team Is Connecting Patrons to Needed Services Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Community Resources Outreach Just before Christmas, a young woman – pregnant and accompanied by her mother – sought out the Library’s... Read More