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After recently touring some wonderful libraries in Northeast Kansas, we thought we'd create a virtual tour of ours.  This building was finished in 1991, under the leadership of Winnie Turner.  Our collection size is approximately 20,000 volumes and seven of us work here.
Thank you and enjoy the tour!
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    Entrances

Front Exterior:
Front entrance of the Library off of Bury Street.

Front Interior:
Front desk, computers and music CD collection inside the front door.

Back Exterior:
Back entrance of the library with Japanese lilac trees and parking lot.

Back Interior:
New books, front desk and computers seen from the 'back door' entrance.

Front Desk:
The front desk and a view into the staff work room.

New Books:

New books arranged face-out on an antique book shelf.

Large Print (directly behind New Books):

Large print books shelved at the front of the library.

Reference - to the left of the rear entry, behind this Display space:

Seasonal and New book display area right as you walk in the back door.

Reference, genealogy, copy center and community information area.

Computers:

A bank of 8 public computers is at the front of the library.

Sunflower Broadbrand provides wireless Internet access throughout the building.

Young Adults (we all need our own space):

The entry to the Young Adult area is near the computers near the front of the Library.

Creative use of old data CDs and plenty of face-out book displays.

Fiction:

We have Fiction, Mysteries, Science Fiction, Inspirational Fiction and Western collections. We recently found a way to have even more face-out displays.

Audiobooks:

Audiobooks, reading areas and display spaces are down the middle of the building.

Chief Tonganoxie's Lodge:

Comfortable chairs for reading in front of a painting of Chief Tonganoxie's Lodge donated to the Library.

Westerns and a view of the children's area behind them.

Magazines:

Magazines, tables for studying and a self-service paperback book collection are in the back corner of the library.

Magazines and a paperback book rack.

Children's Area:

A couch in the reading room with two children caught reading!

Board books, hanging kits, play cubes and a computer with games in the children's corner.

 

Coloring pages, crayons, a craft table and Beginning Reader books in the children's area.

Community Room:

Community room with a tile floor used for meetings, craft times and summer reading programs.

Hallway and kitchen, with a water fountain and restrooms.

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303 S. Bury St. :: P.O. Box 890 :: Tonganoxie, KS 66086
Phone (913) 845-3281 :: Fax (913) 845-2962
URL: http://www.tonganoxielibrary.org

Hours  ::  Monday to Thursday 9-8  ::  Friday 9-5  ::  Sat. 9-1

Contact Us at director@tonganoxielibrary.org
Last updated: 05/31/2006