Also available at the CD ROM reference center are Business Directories, U.S. codes, medical information, and career guidance. The Kansas Room houses a fine collection of written and photographic information on local and Kansas history. Leavenworth City Directories date from 1859 to the current year. Some local cemetery listings and basic genealogy books are also located here. The latest additions are the 149 Leavenworth County microfilm records that include deeds, naturalizations, divorces, marriages, school records, military discharges and probate records.
Volunteers also visit nursing homes and retirement centers once every two weeks to deliver books.
Programs For Children Youth Services provides information resources for young people from birth through eighth grade. Sign-up dates are announced by flyers, and in the newspaper. Call for specific dates and times. All children ages 3-16 are eligible to participate in the program which encourages reading for pleasure by rewarding them with free paperback books to keep. The room is equipped with educational activities, games, and books designed and selected to stimulate development of reading readiness, math concepts and other learning skills.