The Great Bend Public Library is easy to find at 1409 Williams St., but the same building houses another business, the Central Kansas Library Sytem.In 1965, Kansas statutes established seven regional systems to help local libraries provide library services to all citizens of the state, we learn from a webpage by the Kansas Regional Library Systems, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015.“Through the use of joint planning and financing of library services, the systems improve existing library service and utilize what federal funding becomes available. Originally the systems only served public libraries, but over time their roles have expanded to include school, academic and special libraries. Each system adapts its service to the needs of the libraries it serves ...”Long relegated to the basement at 1409 Williams St., the CKLS wants to become better known and plans to erect a digital sign on Broadway Ave. CKLS represents a consortium of 38 area libraries.