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 Four Finalists Announced for Second Maya Angelou Book Award Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected four finalists for the second annual award, which is presented by the Kansas City Public... 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 Library, Universities Open Submissions for Second Year of Maya Angelou Book Award Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Writers for Readers The Kansas City-based Maya Angelou Book Award is open for submissions. Now in its second year, the award aims to honor Angelou’s lega... Read More
News Item Library, Universities Name Finalists for Maya Angelou Book Award Thursday, August 24, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected five finalists for the third annual national award, which is presented by... Read More
News Item Byas Wins Maya Angelou Book Award for Her Debut Poetry Collection, 'I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times' Friday, October 6, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award Taylor Byas is the winner of the third annual Maya Angelou Book Award for her debut poetry collection I... 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 Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... 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