“A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” — Andrew Carnegie, entrepreneur
Explore the entire four-part video series, Libraries Out Loud. Then tune-in to hear the four heads of the library system discuss the series during a special Kansas City Week in Review at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 4, on KCPT.
Service Providers | Did You Know?
In a Pew Research Center study, 94 percent of people said having a library in a community improves the quality of life. In the same 2013 study, 30 percent of people said they no little or nothing about the services the library provides.
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