On Thursday, the Great Bend Public Library will join libraries across the state in participating in "Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Kansas Libraries." The purpose of the event is to demonstrate how important academic, public, school and special libraries are to the citizens of Kansas, said Jennifer King, head of the GBPL marketing department.

Great Bend Public Library staff will compile statistics, customer comments, photographs and other data chronicling a typical library day for this project of the Kansas Library Association, the Kansas Association of School Libraries, and the State Library of Kansas.

The data collection will answer questions about how many people came through the library’s doors and what they did on one day.