About Us

The Coffeyville Public Library is located in Southeast Kansas and is one of the oldest continuously operating libraries in Kansas, founded before 1906. We serve our local community and the surrounding rural areas, including parts of Northeast Oklahoma.

To read about the history of the Coffeyville Public Library, click the link in the photo to our history page. 

Library Staff

The library employs 10 staff members. To message a librarian, please email cvillepublib@gmail.com and your email will be forwarded to the appropriate person. Thank you!

Open Positions

We currently not accepting applications at this time.

Library Board of Trustees

The Library Board was established to make and adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the library. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 5:15 p.m. in the Library Community Room. The public is welcome to attend library board meetings.

Founders Board

CPL Foundation was formed as a Non-Profit (501c3) in 1989 to ensure long-term community access to knowledge and encourage education and lifelong learning for all ages.  The foundation supports the library and its many programs.  While most services at the library are free to the public, they are not free from cost.  The library is funded through a mixture of city tax revenue, state and private grants, and private donations from the foundation.

The CPL foundation sponsors book sales and fundraiser events throughout the year, these funds raised go to support the library’s Summer Reading Program, Provide Mifi Hotspots to checkout, purchase new tech, and maintain our 9 community free little libraries! See the map below for a complete list of our Little Libraries.

If you would like to join the foundation and help us come up with fundraisers and ways to help the library better serve the community we would be happy to have you! The Foundation board meets in January, April, July, and October on the first Thursday at 4pm.

Coffeyville’s Free Little Libraries Map

Free Little Libraries Addresses

Foundation’s Libraries:

• Sycamore Park, 2398 W. 1st. Coffeyville, KS
• Coffeyville Chamber, 801 S. Walnut Coffeyville KS
• North Park, 601 W. 1st Coffeyville, KS
• Dr Han’s Office, 908 Siggins Ave. Coffeyville, KS
• Community Garden, 1205 W. 9th Coffeyville, KS
• Coffeyville Rec Center, Walter Johnson Park, Coffeyville, KS
• Grace Park, 104 Grace Blvd. Coffeyville, KS
• Dearing Little Library, 306 S. Independence Ave. Dearing, KS
• Liberty Little Library, 117 W. Main St. Liberty, KS

Community Libraries:

• Glendale Little Library, 101 S Glendale Ave. Coffeyville, KS
• Comic Book Portal, 102 N Grant St. Coffeyville, KS
• Southern Hill Little Library, 117 George Blvd Coffeyville, KS 67337 USA
• United Methodist Church, 304 W. 10th, Coffeyville, KS