William the Librarian
@williamottens.com
Librarian in the Kansas City area. Creator of librarianproblems.com. Author of LIBRARIAN TALES. Lover of all things cats and books. He/him. williamthelibrarian.com 🏳️🌈📚😺
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Attention library staff everywhere! We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know what time it is: Library faves kicks off in ONE WEEK, December 8th!! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25. Can’t wait to see your picks!
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Attention library staff everywhere! We’re nearing the end of the year, so you know what time it is: Library faves kicks off in ONE WEEK, December 8th!! Count down your 📚 10 favorite books 📚 published in 2025, 1 per day, through 12/17. TITLE in caps, tag #LibFaves25. Can’t wait to see your picks!
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Streetcars are running with full service and regular Monday hours. The team will be keeping platforms and streetcar stops clear during today’s snowy weather. Sign up for service text alerts to stay connected. Text ‘streetcar’ to 816-685-8541 Stay safe out there, #KC.
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Streetcars are running with full service and regular Monday hours. The team will be keeping platforms and streetcar stops clear during today’s snowy weather. Sign up for service text alerts to stay connected. Text ‘streetcar’ to 816-685-8541 Stay safe out there, #KC.
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Can't wait for @kcstarlight.bsky.social's Broadway season! @williamottens.com and I will be there for every show next summer. 🎭 www.kcstarlight.com/tnew-v7/
Kansas City Starlight
Starlight Theatre is an entertainment landmark. We are dedicated to enriching Kansas City by presenting Broadway shows, concert and engaging our community.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Can't wait for @kcstarlight.bsky.social's Broadway season! @williamottens.com and I will be there for every show next summer. 🎭 www.kcstarlight.com/tnew-v7/
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We did it! Our first half marathon is in the books. 💪 williamandnate.com/2025/11/30/y... @williamottens.com
Yeti Endurance Weekend: Our First Back-to-Back Challenge – Kansas City, MO
This November, William and I took on something we hadn’t originally planned: the full Yeti Endurance Weekend at Longview Lake in Kansas City. What started as a simple idea to run just Saturday’s ra…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We did it! Our first half marathon is in the books. 💪 williamandnate.com/2025/11/30/y... @williamottens.com
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@williamottens.com and I have a few travel and run blog posts scheduled for this week starting tomorrow if you wanna hear what we've been up to. Subscribe at williamandnate.com/subscribe/
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November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Participanting in the Kansas City Bookstore Crawl this weekend, and picked up two books at one of my favorite shops. Don’t know why, but I was flabbergasted that the total was more than $60.
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Participanting in the Kansas City Bookstore Crawl this weekend, and picked up two books at one of my favorite shops. Don’t know why, but I was flabbergasted that the total was more than $60.
This $&#%ing cat.
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
This $&#%ing cat.
On the travel blog: Went to St. Louis to learn how to not hate social media and @natechamberlain.com had a painkiller
LMCC and the Gateway to the West – St. Louis, MO
After our visits to Manhattan and Bentonville, our whirlwind November continued with a trip over to St. Louis so I could attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference. We began the jou…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
On the travel blog: Went to St. Louis to learn how to not hate social media and @natechamberlain.com had a painkiller
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Boy, bye.
Sign to your hearts desire Missourians. National party interests are scared that the plan to marginalize your voices is collapsing.
Sign to your hearts desire Missourians. National party interests are scared that the plan to marginalize your voices is collapsing.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Boy, bye.
Sign to your hearts desire Missourians. National party interests are scared that the plan to marginalize your voices is collapsing.
Sign to your hearts desire Missourians. National party interests are scared that the plan to marginalize your voices is collapsing.
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves • Missouri Independent
A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves
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So happy to share @williamottens.com and I hit our @kcpetproject.bsky.social fundraising goal - 5 months early! Huge thanks to everyone who donated, especially for my birthday. Want to help us exceed our goal? Donate to support pets, families, and our community: runsignup.com/Race/86821/D...
William & Nate - KC Pet Project 5K
The KC Pet Project 5K will help KC Pet Project provide love and medical care to more than 16,000 homeless, abandoned and often injured pets that arrive in-need each year.
How far does your donation g...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
So happy to share @williamottens.com and I hit our @kcpetproject.bsky.social fundraising goal - 5 months early! Huge thanks to everyone who donated, especially for my birthday. Want to help us exceed our goal? Donate to support pets, families, and our community: runsignup.com/Race/86821/D...
You know how us Catholic girls can be
Hi yi hi yiyi yi uh
We make up for so much time
a little toooo laaate…
I NEVER FORGOT IT
CONFUSING AS IT WAS
NO FUN WITH NO QUILT FEELINGS
Hi yi hi yiyi yi uh
We make up for so much time
a little toooo laaate…
I NEVER FORGOT IT
CONFUSING AS IT WAS
NO FUN WITH NO QUILT FEELINGS
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You know how us Catholic girls can be
Hi yi hi yiyi yi uh
We make up for so much time
a little toooo laaate…
I NEVER FORGOT IT
CONFUSING AS IT WAS
NO FUN WITH NO QUILT FEELINGS
Hi yi hi yiyi yi uh
We make up for so much time
a little toooo laaate…
I NEVER FORGOT IT
CONFUSING AS IT WAS
NO FUN WITH NO QUILT FEELINGS
Earlier this month, @natechamberlain.com and I took a quick road trip down to Bentonville, AR to check out Crystal Bridges.
Wandering through Crystal Bridges & the Time Loop – Bentonville, AR
In between conference trips early this month, Nate and I joined our friends Toni and Bev for a quick road trip down to Bentonville, Arkansas. Why? To visit Crystal Bridges, the art museum and pet p…
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November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Earlier this month, @natechamberlain.com and I took a quick road trip down to Bentonville, AR to check out Crystal Bridges.
Can’t let this little guy fool you. This lasted five minutes, and then he turned into a little gremlin, attacking toes and climbing curtains.
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Can’t let this little guy fool you. This lasted five minutes, and then he turned into a little gremlin, attacking toes and climbing curtains.
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Great news for libraries in Missouri, Senate Bill 775 has been ruled unconstitutional!
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Great news for libraries in Missouri, Senate Bill 775 has been ruled unconstitutional!
Today, I get to celebrate the amazing, one and only @natechamberlain.com!
He’s the Mary to my Rhoda. The Monica to my Chandler. The Leslie to my Ben. He’s the smartest, kindest, most motivated person I know. I love him more than cats love boxes, and today’s his birthday!
He’s the Mary to my Rhoda. The Monica to my Chandler. The Leslie to my Ben. He’s the smartest, kindest, most motivated person I know. I love him more than cats love boxes, and today’s his birthday!
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today, I get to celebrate the amazing, one and only @natechamberlain.com!
He’s the Mary to my Rhoda. The Monica to my Chandler. The Leslie to my Ben. He’s the smartest, kindest, most motivated person I know. I love him more than cats love boxes, and today’s his birthday!
He’s the Mary to my Rhoda. The Monica to my Chandler. The Leslie to my Ben. He’s the smartest, kindest, most motivated person I know. I love him more than cats love boxes, and today’s his birthday!
Eisley: “Hey, did you know your desk is a mess?”
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Eisley: “Hey, did you know your desk is a mess?”
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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Happy Monday! @williamottens.com and I are running this year to support KC Pet Project - a local lifesaving force for animals. Help us reach our $250 goal for their urgent care and adoption programs. Donate here: runsignup.com/Race/86821/D... and share to spread the word! @kcpetproject.bsky.social
William & Nate - KC Pet Project 5K
The KC Pet Project 5K will help KC Pet Project provide love and medical care to more than 16,000 homeless, abandoned and often injured pets that arrive in-need each year.
How far does your donation g...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Happy Monday! @williamottens.com and I are running this year to support KC Pet Project - a local lifesaving force for animals. Help us reach our $250 goal for their urgent care and adoption programs. Donate here: runsignup.com/Race/86821/D... and share to spread the word! @kcpetproject.bsky.social
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Congratulations to our Central Library for winning 'Best Library Branch: MO' by @thepitch.bsky.social!
Also, congratulations to our Plaza Branch for being a runner-up!
We think all of our incredible locations are winners. ❤️
#LibraryLove #KCMO #KansasCity #KCLibrary
Also, congratulations to our Plaza Branch for being a runner-up!
We think all of our incredible locations are winners. ❤️
#LibraryLove #KCMO #KansasCity #KCLibrary
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Congratulations to our Central Library for winning 'Best Library Branch: MO' by @thepitch.bsky.social!
Also, congratulations to our Plaza Branch for being a runner-up!
We think all of our incredible locations are winners. ❤️
#LibraryLove #KCMO #KansasCity #KCLibrary
Also, congratulations to our Plaza Branch for being a runner-up!
We think all of our incredible locations are winners. ❤️
#LibraryLove #KCMO #KansasCity #KCLibrary
Last week, @natechamberlain.com tagged along with me to Manhattan for the Kansas Library Association Conference. While I conferenced, he explored the area:
Libraries, Lookouts, and Local Flavor – Manhattan, KS
Our recent trip to Manhattan, Kansas blended professional inspiration with local flavor – William’s keynote at the Kansas Library Association conference and my exploration of the Flint Hills …
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November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Last week, @natechamberlain.com tagged along with me to Manhattan for the Kansas Library Association Conference. While I conferenced, he explored the area:
“Normal in libraryland is pretty darn awesome.” Hearing from @scottyb.bsky.social about his experience at his library during the 2014 Ferguson protests. #LMCC25
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Normal in libraryland is pretty darn awesome.” Hearing from @scottyb.bsky.social about his experience at his library during the 2014 Ferguson protests. #LMCC25
The Cliffhanger Run was probably our favorite route in Kansas City this year. Plus, it supports a great cause!
2025 Cliffhanger Run 5K and 8K – Kansas City, MO
This fall we joined the Kansas City Running Club (KCRC), and one of the highlights of membership was getting to participate in their annual Cliffhanger Run. On the last Saturday morning of October,…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Cliffhanger Run was probably our favorite route in Kansas City this year. Plus, it supports a great cause!