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Kansas City Public Library
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39°06′10″N 94°35′02″W / 39.1027°N 94.5839°W / 39.1027; -94.5839
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Established1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Branches10
Collection
Size1,215,875[1]
Access and use
Circulation1,990,444[1]
Population served218,765[1]
Other information
DirectorJohn Herron[2]
Websitekclibrary.org

The Kansas City Public Library is a public system headquartered in the Central Library in Kansas City, Missouri.

The system operates its Central Library and neighborhood branches located in Kansas City, Independence, and Sugar Creek. Founded on December 5, 1873,[3] it is the oldest and third largest public library system in the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Its special collections, housed in the Central Library's Missouri Valley Room, has a collection of Kansas City local history, including original and published materials, news articles, post cards, photographs, maps, and city directories dating from the community's earliest history. The Library's Ramos Collection includes books, pamphlets, journal articles, and other materials relating to African-American history and culture.

  1. ^ a b c "Kansas City Public Library". libraries.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Administration & Governance". Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. ^ Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold; Daily, Jay E. (January 1, 1975). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 13 - Inventories of Books to Korea: Libraries in the Republic of. CRC Press. p. 393. ISBN 9780824720131.

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