Kansas City, Kansas Public Library

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (KCKPL) is the public library system of Kansas City, Kansas, headquartered in the Main Library.[2] The Kansas City Kansas Public Schools Board of Education controls the library system.[3]

For the library in Missouri, see Kansas City Public Library.
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (KCKPL)
LocationKansas City, Kansas
Branches5
Collection
Size368,888[1]
Access and use
Circulation1,074,126[1]
Population served150,884[1]
Other information
DirectorCarol Levers[1]
Websitehttps://kckpl.org/

Branches
Postcard of the main library
Argentine Carnegie Library in Argentine

The library system consists of five branches.

  • Main Library
  • Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library at Wyandotte County Lake Park - It opened on June 26, 2001.[4]
  • South Branch Library in Argentine,[5] with 21,000 square feet (2,000 m2) of space. It opened in 2012. The name was chosen to reflect that it serves the entire southern region of the city and not a single neighborhood.[6]
  • Turner Community Library
  • West Wyandotte Library

History

It formerly operated the Argentine Carnegie Library which opened in 1911 in a storefront and received its own Carnegie building in 1917.[7] By 1998 it, on the National Register of Historic Places, was the sole remaining Carnegie library in the city.[8] In 2012 the current South Branch opened at a cost of $6 million, one third of which was acquired by the fundraisers of local residents. The school district agreed to pay for the rest if residents raised $1.5 million to $2 million. A church was demolished to make way for the current library, and the school district took possession of the former library.[6]

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References
  1. "Kansas City Public Library". libraries.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. "Locations". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 2003-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-19. Administration Office 625 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS 66101
  3. "Hours & Locations". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. Retrieved 2020-04-19. Main Library [...] Location: 625 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101[...]KCKPL is governed by the Kansas City Kansas Public Schools (USD #500) Board of Education.
  4. "Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 2001-11-12. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. "South Branch Library". Kansas City, Kansas Library. Retrieved 2020-04-18. The South Branch Library is located in Kansas City, Kansas's Argentine Neighborhood[...]
  6. Bormann, Dawn (2012-09-26). "Argentine residents ready to unveil a new library". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  7. "Argentine". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 1998-01-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  8. "Argentine". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 1998-07-02. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

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