Library Staff

The Kansas City Public Library’s director of branch operations Cindy Hohl, who is serving her first term as president of the American Indian Library Association, will join the American Libra...

The Library's Director of Branch Operations Cindy Hohl joined U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in an online conversation April 27, 2021, as part of PBS Books’ Trailblazing American Women Writers series. Harjo is serving her second term as the first Native American poet to...

Come to a Library event, big or small, and it’s skillfully set up. The sound and other technical details are ironed out. All easy peasy. Often, that’s the handiwork of Leslie Case.  

Libraries are essential civic and cultural institutions in our society. They're gathering places, service providers, and hubs of learning, growth, and discovery. What makes a library a transformative presence in communities? As this year's National Library Week draws to a close, we're taking a moment t...

What makes a good book, one worth checking out? Many of you count on our librarians for guidance.  Rest assured. They know, firsthand.  During a recent intra-Library reading challenge highlighting children’s and young-adult titles, staff read nearly a quarter of a million pages – 242,218 – in January...