Editing Goddard, Kansas (section)

===Libraries===
The Goddard Public Library, located downtown, has a collection of over 19000 volumes and offers technology services and literacy programs to the public. The library was created in March 1969 by the Goddard Woman's Club. In 1985 a new library building was constructed after a bond issue passed. The land for this building was donated to the city by the Goddard School District. This building is currently owned by the school district and serves as its conference center. 
The library is located at 201 N. Main Street. In 2019 the library board hired its first director holding an MLS, who then hired the library's first Programming & Outreach Specialist. This began a time of incredible outreach services and growth of the library. In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic hit. This caused a six-week mandatory shutdown, and the library began offering virtual programming. Because of the tireless efforts of staff throughout the pandemic, the library increased its patronage. This led to the library exceeding its 2019 circulation statistics by the end of 2021, a feat that not many public libraries achieved. 
In August 2021, after receiving an ARPA grant from the State Library of Kansas and IMLS, the library purchased a 2006 RV which was gutted and repurposed into a mobile library. The Goddard Public Mobile Library went into service in October 2022, increasing access to library services, programs, and information within the 65 square miles of the school district and other parts of West Wichita.<ref>{{cite web | title = Goddard Public Library - Goddard, KS | publisher = libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world | url = http://librarytechnology.org/libraries/library.pl?id=18354 | access-date = 2014-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Programs | publisher = Goddard Public Library | url = https://www.goddardlibrary.com/programs | access-date = 2023-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About Us | publisher = Goddard Public Library | url = https://www.goddardlibrary.com/about_us | access-date = 2023-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Mobile Library History | publisher = Goddard Public Library | url = https://www.goddardlibrary.com/bookmobile | access-date = 2023-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = March/April 2023 Newsletter p 9 | publisher = Southeast Kansas Library System | url = https://drive.google.com/file/d/13xDAvGlL7-uYs8DvW1nSN61vQXgSCRYN/view | access-date = 2023-07-23}}</ref>