The MCPL Bookcart Drill Team
The library's bookcart drill team shows off their skills throughout the year in local parades and library competitions. In 2010, the team brought home a trophy for their performance at the Kansas City St. Patrick's Day parade.
Big Read Speakers Panel
The Big Read brought people together from all over the Kansas City metro area to read Tobias Wolff's Old School together. MCPL held a panel discussion on the authors who functioned as main characters in the book.
Veterans Day Celebration
Each year, MCPL hosts an event to honor military veterans. These events are also great learning experiences featuring reenactments, round table discussions, displays, and military equipment. If you show up at the right time, you'll even see a helicopter land!
The Mid-Continent Public Library Staff
One spring day in 2009 we gathered the entire MCPL staff together and took this group photo. There are over 1,000 staff members at the library all working hard to answer your question, find the right book, and help your imagination soar.
Welcome to MCPL!
Mission Statement
Mid-Continent Public Library’s mission is to enrich our citizens and communities through expanding access to innovation, information, ideas, and inspiration.
Who we are
Mid-Continent Public Library is the largest library system in the metropolitan area, operating 33 libraries and serving over 750,000 people in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties. The Library strives to provide exceptional customer service and expanding access to materials, programs, and technology including a world class genealogy and family history library.
With the 19th largest public library collection in the nation, over 10,000 live programs per year, and constantly expanding resources, Mid-Contient Public Library has been providing world class customer service to the area since 1965.
