[3] For many people, job searching today is a full-time, well, job. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics [4], nearly 15 million Americans are out of work. Kansas City’s unemployment rate, while better than the national rate, is an unsettling 8.5 percent [5], and area job seekers face many challenges, from negotiating public transportation to navigating the online employment maze. The Central Library’s H&R Block Business & Career Center is here to help.
[7] A few weekends ago, I had the pleasure of attending the Second Annual Book Lovers and Book Clubs Conference. For this local event’s first year, founder and organizer Kim Riley held the gathering at a small community center and was overwhelmed with the positive response. This year, Kim looked to her local library for assistance, and the Kansas City Public Library was happy to oblige.
[9] Drawing inspiration from sources such as 1984 and The Running Man, as well as the gladiatorial games in ancient Rome, Suzanne Collins raises the bar in the dystopia genre with her gripping trilogy about survival and mass media gone too far.
[11] Here at the Kansas City Public Library, we like to think big. Brobdignagian books line our parking garage, baffling bloggers [12] worldwide. Our collection is huge, numbering over a million titles. And as the 2010-11 Script-in-Hand [13] season of free public plays shows, we like our drama big, too.
[15] Don't go there. Seriously, don't go there. Wondering where to take your next road trip or how to squander those frequent flyer miles? Instead of suggestions for where you should visit, how about a list of places to avoid?
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC+Unbound/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-library-keeps-kansas-city-working
[4] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
[5] http://www.bls.gov/web/metro/laummtrk.htm
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11354#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-lovers-descend-library
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11351#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-review-hunger-games-trilogy
[10] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/11349#comment-form
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/script-hand-brings-big-drama-library
[12] http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/74157
[13] http://www.kclibrary.org/scriptinhand
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/script-hand-brings-big-drama-library#comments
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-review-101-places-not-see-you-die
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/book-review-101-places-not-see-you-die#comments
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=100
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=97
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=98
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=99
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=102
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=103
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=104
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=105
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/113?page=113
