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KPL TV: Timely Topics

Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee

Each year, Kalamazoo Public Library hosts the Great Grown-up Spelling Bee to benefit Ready to Read, our early childhood literacy…

KPL TV: Music & Concerts

Richard Shindell @ KPL

Master American roots musician Richard Shindell at Kalamazoo Public Library, Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (7 videos).

Buildings

Hurd Building

Charles Hurd was 25 as he opened up his farm in Oshtemo Township in 1835--when Kalamazoo was doing the nation's…

Health

Dr. C. Allen Alexander

“An extraordinary personality, who is a physician, surgeon, community leader, oral historian, sportsman, raconteur, and author.”–Paul L. Maier’s foreword to…

Buildings

Kalamazoo Armory

Demolished in August of 1978, the Kalamazoo Armory Building (aka Michigan Armory Building) stood at 162 E. Water Street for…

Schoolcraft Township

Cobb School

Location: District #1 Fractional – Section 5, north side of U Avenue east of 14th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by…

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Managing Connections

This blogs recent focus has been nonprofit fundamentals, Managing Capacity as one example. This week we explore a new topic:…

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

The KPL Story (1998)

The KPL Story

A 1998 mini-documentary about the library’s renovation project, featuring architect David Milling, artist Michael Hayden, and others. Includes two television…

Databases

Explora for Public Libraries

Designed with public library patrons in mind, Explora provides easy-to-use features and reliable content from the world’s leading magazines and…

Literature Resource Center

Information on authors and literary movements and themes, includes Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Academic Search Complete

This database is a leading resource for scholarly research. It supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study…

Rocket Languages

Rocket Languages is an award-winning, interactive online language learning system. Users can learn conversational language at their own pace. Languages…

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