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Community Room at WSQ

Community Room Washington Square Branch Library 1244 Portage St. Kalamazoo, MI 49001 Map, Directions, Parking Community Rooms at other branch…

Biographies

Doubleday, Abner D.

Mistaken Identity Abner D. Doubleday, c.1880s In 1929, the Kalamazoo Gazette published an article with the headline: “Cousin of former…

Black History

Alexander, Dr. C. Allen

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

KPL TV: Kalamazoo History

Kalamazoo '76 - Digitally Restored 2016 Edition

Kalamazoo '76

In 1976, the “showcase” of Kalamazoo’s commemoration of the nation’s Bicentennial was a 3-screen multi-image slide show. This 53-minute program…

Family Place Library

Family Place Library

An institutional commitment to supporting families with young children through programs, collections, trained children’s librarians, and community partnerships. What Makes…

Civil War

Underground Railroad

More than three million African-Americans lived as slaves in the Southern United States in the mid-1800s. They had few human…

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Managing Capacity

One of the hardest challenges in nonprofit work is managing our capacity. We all have a limit to what we…

Policies

Nepotism Policy

Print Version (PDF) In order to avoid creating or maintaining circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of favoritism, conflicts…

Biographies

Gibson, Orville H.

When did O.H. Gibson arrive in Kalamazoo, and why? Volumes have been written about the Gibson Guitar company and its…

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Budgeting Policy

Print Version (PDF)  Scope This budgeting policy applies to all funds owned or assigned to Kalamazoo Public Library (KPL) unless…

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Alt HealthWatch

Alt HealthWatch is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and…

AGRICOLA

Containing bibliographic records from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA provides millions of citations relating to the…

Britannica School

Suite of Britannica School resources at four levels - Learning Zone, Elementary, Middle, and High. School code is MeL5. Each…

DemographicsNow

Researchers and entrepreneurs are provided with comprehensive business and demographic information valuable to assess business viability, create sales leads and…

Consumer Health Information--Arabic

Consumer Health Information offers detailed answers to the 200 most-commonly-asked health questions. Supporting the needs of patrons and patients, these…

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