The Johnson County Library (JCL), established in 1952, is the county library system for

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and includes 16 branches. As of 2013, it had 1,092,294 items. It lent 6,690,893 items in 2013. It serves a population of 598,555.

Branches

The Johnson County Library consists of the Central Resource branch and 13 neighborhood branches. * Antioch Library - 8700 Shawnee Mission Pkwy. Merriam * Blue Valley Library - 9000 W. 151st St.

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* Cedar Roe Library - 5120 Cedar Roeland Park * Central Resource Library - 9875 W. 87th St.

* Corinth Library - 8100 Mission Rd. Prairie Village * De Soto Library - 33145 W. 83rd St.

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* Edgerton Library - 319 E. Nelson Edgerton * Gardner Library - 137 E. Shawnee Gardner * Leawood Pioneer Library - 4700 Town Center Dr. Leawood * Lenexa City Center Library - 8778 Penrose Ln.

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* Monticello Library - 22435 W. 66th St.

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* Oak Park Library - 9500 Bluejacket

* Shawnee Library - 13811 Johnson Dr.

* Spring Hill Library - 109 S. Webster Spring Hill

Marketing

In June 2009, with the help of the Barkley Advertising Agency the Johnson County Library system implemented a unique marketing strategy. The courier trucks the library uses to transport materials from one branch to another have been designed to represent some of the iconic individuals from literature from the angle of a product advertisement.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson County Library Education in Johnson County, Kansas Public libraries in Kansas 1952 establishments in Kansas Kansas City metropolitan area Johnson County, Kansas