Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
| Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (KCKPL) | |
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| Location | Kansas City, Kansas |
| Branches | 5 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 368,888[1] |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 1,074,126[1] |
| Population served | 150,884[1] |
| Other information | |
| Director | Carol Levers[1] |
| Website | https://kckpl.org/ |
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]
Branches
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 former grocery store was demolished to make way for the current library, and the school district took possession of the former library.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Kansas City Public Library". libraries.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "Locations". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 2003-06-01. Archived from the original on 2003-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
Administration Office 625 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS 66101
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 2001-11-12. Archived from the original on 2001-11-20. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- ^ "South Branch Library". Kansas City, Kansas Library. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
The South Branch Library is located in Kansas City, Kansas's Argentine Neighborhood[...]
- ^ a b Bormann, Dawn (2012-09-26). "Argentine residents ready to unveil a new library". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Argentine". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 1998-01-29. Archived from the original on 1998-01-29. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ "Argentine". Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. 1998-07-02. Archived from the original on 1998-07-02. Retrieved 2020-04-18.