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Use the link to access helpful information, resources and services offered to all Kansans by the State Library. The resources include databases, digital books and learning platforms. Some resources require a Kansas Library eCard, which you can apply for and receive at your local library.

Unlock 1,000s of digital books and discover helpful and exciting resources with your Kansas eCard.

Share Talking Books: Kansas Talking Books provides free library services to Kansans of ALL ages:  Who are blind.  Who have limited vision.  Who have difficulty holding a book due to stroke, accident, neuromuscular disorder, or many other causes.  Who have been diagnosed with dyslexia or another perceptual or reading disability.  Who are either permanently or temporarily unable to read printed works to substantially the same degree as a person without a print disability.

Help Kansans with print disabilities access books, news, eBraille and more.

Resources for employees and elected officials of the Kansas government.

Popular eBooks

The Spirit of Quindaro, Great Reads from Great Places
Forget Me Not
Deadwood: Gold, Guns and Greed in the American West
Dream
Katabasis, Novel
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories
Influenced: What Happens When Friendship Goes Too Far
Schooled, Young Adult Book
Smuggler's Cove
Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind: James Montgomery and his War on Slavery
Diary of a Nature Nerd
Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library, Fiction

CloudLibrary

CloudLibrary's digital book collections are built of titles from popular authors, large publishers and bestsellers for all ages. Place holds. Checkouts are for 21 days with renewal option. Kansas Library eCard required.

Spotlight On

2025 Kansas Book Festival


Meet State Library Friends at Kansas Book Festival

Find the State Library of Kansas booth at the 2025 Kansas Book Fair, Saturday, September 20, 9 a.m-4 p.m., Washburn University Library! Meet new friends, enjoy author presentations, activities for kids, food trucks and more. Learn more.