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Food For Fines 2024
Grant Funded Technology – 2023, Part II
Every year the Kirkwood Public Library receives funding through many different grants to enhance library programs and services. The items below are from a second technology related grants that we were awarded in 2023. We love spotting play at the library! Exploration for imaginative & social play abound at stations…
Grant Funded Technology – 2023, Part I
Every year the Kirkwood Public Library receives funding through many different grants to enhance library programs and services. The items below are but one of the technology related grants that we were awarded. Unleash your creativity at the library with our MakerBot Sketch Large 3D Printer! There are so many…
2023 Year in Review
A lot happens every year at the Kirkwood Public Library and 2023 was no exception! Check it out here.
15 CSR 30-200.015
The Missouri Secretary of State is proposing a new administrative rule that would restrict state funding to public libraries. Read the proposed rule here. The Kirkwood Public Library Board of Trustees passed the following resolution at the November 16th meeting urging the rejection of the rule. There is a 30-day…
RFID at KPL!
We’re always looking for ways to improve your library experience, and thanks to a grant we received, we’ve been hard at work tagging thousands of library materials and books with RFID tags. These tags will make many library processes more efficient and fast, saving you time at checkout, and your…
Book Lists: Audiobooks for Kids with a Full-Cast
This post was originally posted to the Kirkwood Public Library’s Facebook page on March 28, 2020. Need something the whole family can listen to and enjoy while you get work done from home? Try out these Full-Cast Audiobooks! It’s the experience of an old-fashioned radio show (but without all the…
Family Storytime Kit – Spring
This post originally appeared on April 8, 2020 on Facebook. Today’s family activity is to try your own storytime at home! Follow our Spring Storytime ready kit with books you can find on Hoopla, songs, something you can create, and a link to explore nature and gardening in your own…
Book List: Martin Luther King Jr. & the Civil Rights Movement
January 18th, 2021 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the Kirkwood Public Library has compiled a list of children’s picture books and chapter books on Martin Luther King Jr. as well as other activists & the Civil Rights Movement. You can search for these items on the catalog by…
I Survived Short Story Contest
I Survived: Quarantine 2020 Short Story Contest “…I think almost all of us can relate to the idea of life changing overnight–of suddenly you are in your day and in your routine and events completely out of your control change your life, and how would you respond to that? How would…
