[3] As the 2011 Adult Winter Reading [4] program came to a close, the Kansas City Public Library found its collective cup neither full, nor empty. It was gone altogether. By the time best-selling author Jasper Fforde [5] brought the yearly program to a smashing finish before a crowd of 190 in Truman Forum at the Plaza Branch on Thursday, March 17, the 750 custom bistro mugs that the Library had been giving away as awards were all but vanished.
[7] Derrick Barnes knows how to get guys to read. On a recent mid-February night, the lights of the midtown cityscape glimmered through the windows in the northwest corner of the Kansas City Public Library's Plaza Branch as Barnes, a local author, read for a small gathering of parents, teachers, librarians, and teens.
[9] The newest issue of Library Journal has a familiar face on its cover. Familiar, at least, to anyone who’s been to a film screening, book discussion group, or special event at the Kansas City Public Library anytime in the past four and a half years.
[11] Fans of reggae music in Kansas City know the name "Sista G" like their favorite Royals player or barbecue joint. She's the host of KKFI 90.1 FM's Sunset Reggae [12] - at 16 years and change, the city's longest-running reggae radio show. But what many fans of her Sunday-night show don't realize is that when she's not spinning cool island sounds, this Sista is working with teens at the Southeast Branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
[14] "Library books lead many lives," says Kevin Craig. As a Library volunteer in the Collection Maintenance department, he would know. He sorts countless books, shelving and reshelving, shuffling in new purchases, finding misplaced volumes, and plucking out worn-out ones for the Friends of the Library book sales. Without workers like Craig, the Library couldn't function.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC%20Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/2011-winter-reading-odyssey
[4] http://kclibrary.org/reading2011
[5] http://www.jasperfforde.com/
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12815#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/real-men-read
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12686#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/movin-librarian-paul-smith-gets-national-honors
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/movin-librarian-paul-smith-gets-national-honors#comments
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/know-your-librarians-gabi-otto
[12] http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=ys8attcab&et=1104744275801&s=25069&e=001UdJsqwCjpkRnojEcmYO1HTaZnhTfMo-JdArwB1a525nZOFq7oMWoaCt9h57DBCgg30PUJheV66pvsogginQiRVlSe_NBaxiggiwOJl7esPioIR7YTo6mVoNaRz_wLFqkY7U-4i0s6_o=
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/know-your-librarians-gabi-otto#comments
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/portrait-volunteer-kevin-craig
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/portrait-volunteer-kevin-craig#comments
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=24
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=21
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=22
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=23
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=26
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=27
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=28
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=29
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/10501?page=32
