New and expanded Library hours begin Sunday, July 18. Details
Celebrate Route 66’s centennial with local author David Harrison and enjoy music, art, poetry and more.
Celebrate the 100th birthday of Route 66 with beloved local author David Harrison and experience the joy of the arts through music, performance, painting and poetry. Special guests include folk group The Creek Rocks, Ozarks Alive's Kaitlyn McConnell, Missouri Poet Laureate Justin Hamm, Missouri State University staff Sarah Wiggin and Michael Frizell, and many others. Books will be available for purchase and signing.
The Library Center is the headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The 82,000-square-foot building houses major collections of print and electronic resources. These include special collections such as business and local history and genealogy; public Wi-Fi computers, four private study rooms, five small conference rooms, a kitchen and state-of-the-art reference technology. In addition, the Library Center includes other amenities characteristic of larger urban libraries. Those features include a 150-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed reading room and art gallery, a story hour room, outdoor patio and outdoor story garden and the Between Friends Gift Shop.