Congratulations to Will Keffala-Gerhard and Amy Goodman, the grand prize winners in this year’s Summer Reading Program iPod Nano drawings. Keffala-Gerhard will be a seventh-grader at Regina this fall. Readers who completed either the teen or adult Summer Reading Programs at the Iowa City Public Library were eligible for the drawings. At ICPL, 211 teens and 485 adults registered for this summer’s programs.

ICPL’s Channel is available on local cable channel 10 for viewers who subscribe through Mediacom. Channel 10′s schedule focuses on storytimes, children’s specials, and a variety of adult programs produced at the Iowa City Public Library. Other programming includes live coverage of meetings and events of local non-profit organizations taking place in the Library’s meeting [...]

Can’t find it in our Catalog (Search http://catpro.icpl.org)? Just give us a title, an author, or anything else about the item, and we’ll do our best to satisfy your request by purchasing or borrowing it. Visit our Catalog options page at http://catalog.icpl.org/ and click on “Request an Interlibrary Loan” or “Make a Suggestion for Purchase.” [...]

The Iowa City Public Library is the grateful recipient of a generous gift of over 310 books and DVDs on environmental sustainability from Clipper Windpower, Cedar Rapids, a rapidly growing company engaged in wind energy technology, wind turbine manufacturing and wind project development and the Sustainable Living Coalition. The collection of materials is a perfect [...]

Visit our Art Purchase Prize page for more info and download an application here: http://www.icpl.org/art/prize/ Iowa City Public Library is seeking original artwork for the 2009 Art Purchase Prize Contest. Winning artwork will be included in the Library’s Art-To-Go collection, which consists of framed posters and juried, original artwork that is available for checkout at [...]

Iowa City author Sarah Prineas is back with “Lost,” the second book in her award-winning “Magic Thief” series. The public is invited to join Prineas and Hawk-eyes on Science for an exciting and explosive grades 4-6 summer reading program event at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 25 at Iowa City Public Library. AUTHOR VISIT: Author Sarah [...]

This week’s headlines at a glance. Also available on our Facebook page by clicking here. City of Literature moves forward with organization Editorial July 18, 2009 Source: www.press-citizen.com Excerpt: “We’re looking forward to doing something on a bigger scale,” said Iowa City Public Library Director Susan Craig, who will serve as the organization’s vice president [...]

Christopher Merrill, president of the UNESCO City of Literature Board of Directors in Iowa City, will introduce the community to the organization created to carry out the City of Literature mission when he speaks Saturday, July 18 at the first Iowa City Book Festival. He will speak at 2:30 p.m. at the festival in Shambaugh Auditorium in the University of Iowa Main Library.

This week’s headlines at a glance. All available on our Facebook page by clicking here. Midnight magic strikes Harry Potter fans By Amy Mattson July 15, 2009 Source: www.dailyiowan.com Excerpt: Carol Sokloff, a children’s book buyer at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., said she’s seen an increase in the number of people purchasing [...]

Iowa City’s Food Drive will be held July 20-25, 2009. How to participate in Iowa City’s food drive: * Non-perishable canned or packaged food donations may be dropped off at the Hawkeye Foodservice semi-trailer located in Hy-Vee Food Store parking lots during the food drive. * Cash donations are appreciated and allow the Crisis Center [...]