For those who don’t want to go out during the COVID-19 outbreak, the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library has an eCommunity of online resources.
All events, meetings and activities at the public libraries have been canceled this weekend, through March 31, according to a library announcement. The libraries will remain open during this time.
The library has put together a list of the resources available to library patrons online.
Library offers eCommunity online resources
by Kim Woolery, KCKPL arts and communication librarian
To visit our online library – the eCommunity – they simply have to go to https://ecommunity.kckpl.org.
Our eCommunity is open 24/7 with access to thousands of ebooks, digital audiobooks, streaming movies and TV shows, online newspapers and magazines, journal articles, and more. Once they’ve clicked on a resource, they simply sign in with their KCKPL library card to use it. If they don’t have a KCKPL card, they can get immediate access by signing up for an online eCard through the “Get a Card” link at the top of the eCommunity website.
We have a help page on our eCommunity that explains how to sign up for a card and includes a link to Niche Academy, which has tutorials for many of our online resources. We also have contact information for our eCommunity librarian if they need assistance.
https://ecommunity.kckpl.org/help.html.
Here are a few of the tutorials for our most popular resources.
Axis 360 ebooks and audiobooks – https://my.nicheacademy.com/kckpl/course/664
Hoopla ebooks, audiobooks, movies, TV, music, and comics – https://my.nicheacademy.com/kckpl/course/352
Kanopy movies – https://my.nicheacademy.com/kckpl/course/3129
Tumblebook Library children’s books – https://my.nicheacademy.com/kckpl/course/1156
Flipster magazines – https://my.nicheacademy.com/kckpl/course/1424