Library Services

Stop by select Kansas City, Missouri, parks between June 2 and August 7, sign up for the Summer Reading Program, and receive a FREE BOOK!

This November, check out GetSetUp, an online platform for adults 55 and up.

Discover all the incredible resources the Library has to offer with a library card.

The Library’s Bookmobile turns 5 this month. The brightly colored cargo van travels across Kansas City for on-the-spot browsing and checkout, and more.

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

Nearly 200 games have been added to the Library’s collection – and now they’re ready for patrons to check out.

The Library is working toward becoming a breastfeeding friendly institution. The first step: mobile privacy screens for patrons at most Library branches.

The Kansas City Community Gardens offers basic gardening classes at Library locations in March and April 2024.

The Kansas City Public Library has a new, circulating zine collection. It's one of the only in the area that offers zines people can check out as they would other library materials.

In Spring 2023, collection development added about 500 records for orchestral performance sets to the Kansas City Public Library’s online catalog for better discovery and easier circulation. The orchestral performance sets collection had circulated for 50 years using paper checkout cards. Now that they are in the on...