News Item Library’s Mobile Services Are Rollin’ … Literally Monday, September 21, 2020 Library Services Outreach Next Chapter It would be kind of retro-cool to bill the Library’s new outreach ve... Read More
News Item With New Internet to Go Checkouts, Library Addresses a Critical Need Wednesday, September 2, 2020 Digital Inclusion Next Chapter COVID-19 The Library is introducing a new Internet to Go service that makes 100 Wi-Fi hotspots available to cardholders for free, 14-day check... Read More
News Item “Bird Lives”: Charlie Parker’s 100th Birthday Friday, August 28, 2020 Local History Music Missouri Valley Black History We’re celebrating the 100th birthday of Kansas City jazz legend Charlie Parker. Known as “Yardbird,” or just “Bird,” he was born in K... Read More
News Item Coloring Kansas City: 19th Amendment Centennial Friday, August 14, 2020 Missouri Valley Local History Women's History One hundred years ago the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women in the U.S. the hard-won right to vote. In co... Read More
News Item Hail to the King, Baby - Happy Henry Perry Day Friday, July 3, 2020 Local History Henry Perry, the man who first assumed the title of Barbecue King of Kansas City was born on March 16, 1874, in Shelby County, Tennes... Read More
News Item KCHistory’s New Cache of Historical Photographs Underscores Work of City’s Landmarks Commission Friday, May 29, 2020 Local History Missouri Valley For more than two decades, the Kansas City Landmarks Commission has donated hundreds of historical images to the Library’s Missouri Valley Speci... Read More
News Item A Colorful Centennial Commemoration of Women's Right to Vote Saturday, February 22, 2020 Women's History Local History Missouri Valley One hundred years ago the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women in the U.S. the hard-won right to vote. In co... Read More
News Item North-East Branch Undergoing Renovations Through 2020 Thursday, December 19, 2019 Next Chapter Patron Notice The Library’s North-East Branch has TEMPORARILY RELOCATED as it begins a... Read More
News Item A Year After Library Levy Passes, We Look to Our Next Chapter Thursday, November 14, 2019 Next Chapter One year ago, voters overwhelmingly approved an 8-cent increase in the Library’s property tax-based operating levy – the first adjustment to the rate... Read More
News Item More Access to More Ideas: Watch Videos of Past Signature Events Online. Friday, November 8, 2019 Signature Events Next Chapter The Library's series of signature events brings nationally known authors, loc... Read More