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Drive-Thru Book Sale

Due to Covid19, books will be sold in bundles and can be picked up in a drive-through, grab-and-go manner. 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15. Click here to get the order form
Summer Reading Club Discover Your Story

Summer Reading 2020 - Click the picture to the left to get started

Clicking it will take you to our online site for signing up and tracking your reading! The program runs from June 8 until July 31.

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KHCPL Douglas Building Survey

KHCPL is helping collect input about possible uses for the former Douglass School. Please take a quick survey by clicking on this slide
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Love the Library?

Then be counted! In 2020, the government will conduct the U.S. Census online for the first time. The results will allocate billions of dollars in federal funding to local communities over the next decade - including more than $1 billion to libraries

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Beanstack Reading Challenges and Sign Up

Join our reading challenges, track your reading, and check back for new challenges all year long. Register with Beanstack. Download the Beanstack app. If you prefer paper tracking, just visit any KHCPL location.

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    FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE MAKES SOME CHANGES Back by popular demand is the Friends of the Library’s Book Sale – but with a few changes. It’ll be a Bag of Books Drive-Thru Sale on Aug. 15, and you have to order in advance. Here’s how it’ll work. To keep everyone safe and slow the spread of COVID in the community, you will order books in advance instead of browsing through the available...

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  • KHCPL WOMEN’S VOTING RIGHTS EXHIBIT

    KHCPL SOUTH TO HOST EXHIBIT ABOUT WOMEN’S VOTING RIGHTS During the month of August, the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library will host a new popup exhibition from the National Archives, called Rightfully Hers, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Rightfully Hers contains simple messages exploring the history of the ratification of the 19th amendment,...

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  • KHCPL Main Renovation

    KHCPL MAIN TO BEGIN RENOVATION If you visit the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library downtown, you’re going to notice some changes. KHCPL Main will begin a renovation project on Monday, Aug. 3. “We continuously evaluate how we can best serve Kokomo and Howard County,” said KHCPL Director of Marketing Lisa Fipps. “To implement our mission fully, we knew we needed to focus more on programs and...

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  • Emergency Dementia Stickers

    KHCPL OFFERS FREE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY STICKERS FOR THOSE WITH DEMENTIA As part of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library’s More than a Memory project, funded by the Community Foundation of Howard County, we’re offering free stickers to alert emergency responders so they know someone inside a residence is a person living with dementia. “There are 20,719 people 65 and older in Howard County and,...

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