News Item Our Favorite Books of 2017 Thursday, January 4, 2018 Staff Picks Reading Lists Books What books were winners... Read More
News Item Library Staffers Share Memorable Moments of 2017 Friday, January 12, 2018 Library Staff Library News Memories are made at the Library each day. Our staff members reminisced about some of the moments from the past year that stood out as unique and nota... Read More
News Item What the Heck Goes on at the Library? Library Snapshot Day Offers ... Well, a Snapshot Wednesday, January 24, 2018 Library News Library Staff Too many people, it seems, aren't quite sure what life at a 21st-century library is all about. The Missouri Library Association ha... Read More
News Item No More Library Late Fines. Seriously. Thursday, June 27, 2019 Library News As of July 1, 2019, the Library will no longer charge fines on overdue materials. Bonus: we’ve also cleared existing late fines from... Read More
News Item Need Direction? The Library's Community Reference Team Can Help. Friday, September 27, 2019 Community Reference Job and Career Health and Wellness Personal Finance Legal and Government Next Chapter Business and Entrepreneurship As information discovery has evolved, so has the Kansas City Public Library. We’ve launched a new Community Reference Team to help pa... Read More
News Item Library Connects People to Technology During COVID-19 Crisis Monday, April 27, 2020 Digital Inclusion Library News Tech Access The Library partnered with Connecting for Good and Kansas City Public Schools on April 17, 2020, to distribute... Read More
News Item Library Update from Our Interim Director Wednesday, May 13, 2020 COVID-19 Library News Beginning Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the Library initiates a phased-in reintroduction of some services and operations. ... Read More
News Item ‘I’ve Got to Have My Books’: Library Begins Pop In / Pick Up Service Tuesday, May 19, 2020 COVID-19 Library News The Library’s Pop In / Pick Up holds service began Tuesday. May 19, 2020. Patrons were able to begin retrieving holds that were place... Read More
News Item Kids Café a Crucial Element in Gradual Resumption of Library Services Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Youth and Family Library News COVID-19 For most people, the closing of the Kansas City Public Library’s 10 brick-and-mortar locations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic meant a loss... Read More
News Item Library Selects UMKC’s John Herron as New Director Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Library News John Herron, who drove innovation and growth in leading the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s College of Arts and Sciences, has be... Read More