North Oak Branch

The North Oak Branch

The North Oak Branch

The current North Oak Branch opened in 1990. The first North Oak Branch was opened in the First National Bank in 1966.

Last year, 216,844 patrons visited the library.

The North Oak Branch Staff

The North Oak Branch Staff

Are you looking for an item? An answer? A suggestion? This group is here to help. If your branch staff doesn't know the answer to your question, they likely know where to help you look. All you have to do is ask.

North Oak Branch Interior

What Will You Read Next?

North Oak Branch offers a collection of over 124,000 items. If you can't find it here, check the catalog to see if another MCPL branch has it. If so, it'll be delivered to your branch in a couple of days.

Kids at a library program.

Events for Kids

There are many types of events at the library. You never know who you might meet or what you might learn! Check out the events list on this page to find a program for you.

Blogs

Bike KC at the North Oak Branch

This summer, the City of Kansas City is beginning a plan update of Bike KC. The Bike KC plan is a 600 mile network of bicycle facilities located on both existing and future city streets. The first meeting in the plan update process, and the only one north of the river, will be held at the North Oak Branch of Mid-Continent Public Library on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Kansas City Public Works Department will give presentations at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. 

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A Big Step

I was working at the front desk this past Saturday when a family came in to get a library card for their son. Mom, Dad, and the boy all came to the desk with huge smiles because this would be his very first library card. He had been ready to do this for quite a while, and he was incredibly excited! All of us at the desk made a big deal about this new chapter in his life. Mom took lots of pictures to mark this big occasion. He got a sticker to let the whole world know that he'd gotten his library card that day.

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Say What?

While at work the other day, a few of my coworkers and I began talking about family quotes… ones that didn’t really make sense to us as children or ones that were just plain unusual. Here are some of the examples we came up were:

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