Services for Librarians

Kansas Library eCard

The Kansas Library eCard is the entry to statewide resources: databases, digital books and learning resources. All libraries in Kansas: public, school and academic, have the right to create, modify and renew Kansas Library eCards for Kansas residents.

Admin Login for Librarians: use this login to create, modify, renew Kansas eCard accounts.

Use this form to have Collections and Access Services Division Staff contact you with your library's login credentials.

Library Directories 

The state library maintains a searchable online database of libraries and a PDF directory of Kansas libraries.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary loan (ILL) is the practice of sharing materials between libraries. This page gives an overview of how ILL works in Kansas with best practices, explanation of the courier service and material replacement fund. It includes details on how to create a preferred lender list, how to capture and report ILL statistics and a link to ILL stats from previous years.  

Kansas Center for the Book

The State Library of Kansas is home to the Kansas Center for the Book, a program to highlight the state’s literary heritage and foster an interest in books, reading and libraries. The Kansas Center for the Book is an affiliate of the Library of Congress Center for the Book “These Centers also elevate and advocate for their state’s unique literary heritage – developed by writers whose works reflect distinctively American places.”

Kansas Center for the Book staff organizes programs, including:

• Kansas Notable Books
• Kansas Reads to Preschoolers
• And provides title suggestions for the Great Reads from Great Places campaign.  

Summer Reading

Every June and July libraries across the state of Kansas organize unique programming to delight children, teens and adults. Kansas libraries receive funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the State Library of Kansas to access Collaborative Summer Library Program materials to facilitate summer programming for their communities.

Talking Books Summer Reading Program

The Talking Books service also offers a summer reading program based on the yearly Collaborative Summer Library Program theme for patrons of all ages, child to adult.

Government Information

In addition to providing library services to the legislative and executive branches of state government, the State Library staff are available to answer questions from the public about state government and the legislative process. The agency staff develops research guides that are included under the Kansans section of the website. The State Library deposits government publications in select libraries and maintains an online repository of state documents, the Kansas Government Information Online Library (KGI).  The agency also is a Federal Depository library, along with seventeen other libraries in the state.

Talking Books Services 

As a regional library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, the Talking Books Division provides access to reading materials for users that have a visual impairment, physical impairment, or reading disability that prevents the reading of traditional print materials. Talking Books also partners with external organizations to provide outreach throughout the state. Talking Books provides:

• Audio and braille books/serials by mail.
• Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) registration and support.
• Registration for NFB-NEWSLINE®.
• Currency reader distribution.
• Annual summer reading programs.
• Quarterly book discussion groups.
• In-house recording of local interest materials.
• A comprehensive service resource list for patrons.