The Plaza branch will close early at 5 p.m. Thursday, June 27, due to water line repairs.
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Friday, August 26, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is widening its digital literacy efforts, creating a new Digital Corps aimed at helping thousands of members...
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
Online maintenance taking place between 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23, through the morning of Friday, June 24, will impact patrons' abi...
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
The Library has long worked to ensure Kansas Citians can get free access to the internet, from providing public computers and offering classes and...
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Monday, May 2, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library joins the nation in observing Older Americans Month in May. This year’s focus – with the theme Age My Way – is o...
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Friday, April 22, 2022
David Izzard recently discovered two record albums he’d checked out in 1961 – they were 22,276 days overdue. In 1961, late fees were 2 cents a day, wh...
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Monday, April 18, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is teaming with the Mid-Continent Public Library and electric utility Evergy...
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
We’re observing National Library Week, which runs April 3-9, 2022. This year’s theme, Connect With Your Library, und...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Every day, AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers put their values into action to make a difference in communities, focusing on where th...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The Kansas City Public Library is thrilled to be home to one of 154 hearts, each 5½ feet tall, in Kansas City’s public art ...
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Monday, March 14, 2022
One more step toward normal, or new-normal, operations … Beginning...