The 2024 annual impact report shows growth and unwavering community engagement.

Complimentary copies of Kansas City's Public Library: Empowering the Community for 150 Years available on Oct. 8 and 12.

Continuing with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Kansas City Public Library, the Missouri Valley Special Collections highlights the card catalog system, which was adopted in 1887.

NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.

Notable entries in Central Library's fan fiction contest about Carrie Westlake Whitney, the Library's first full-time director, will be revealed on Friday, April 19, at the 20th anniversary event.

As the second of the four-part speaker series celebrating the Kansas City Public Library’s 150th anniversary – and timed to this year’s International Women’s Day – Jacqueline Woodson appeared on March 8 at the Central Library.

What better way to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the library than by celebrating its first head librarian, Carrie Westlake Whitney. Celebrating your favorite librarian is also the perfect way to honor Carrie. At the Central Library we are going to do this by adding to her story through the use o...

The Library is taking its 150th birthday celebration on the road – or more precisely, the rails. One of Kansas City's downtown streetcars will make its rounds for the next year with a brightly colored, Library anniversary-themed exterior wrap. Watch for our 56-foot bookworm. (Like you could miss it.)

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 3North Resource Center.