The Iowa City Public Library will host the Digital Bookmobile, an immersive download experience inside a 74-foot, high-tech tractor-trailer, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12 in downtown Iowa City, one block east of ICPL, at Gilbert & College streets (in the lot next to the Bike Library). Readers of all ages are [...]

The annual Children’s Summer Reading Program runs from Sunday, June 6-Sunday, August 1, 2010. Sign up at the Children’s Desk and receive task sheets, stickers, bookmarks, and more. Complete 15 tasks, have an adult sign your sheet, return it to the Children’s Services staff and receive a bag full of prizes and a free paperback [...]

The annual Teen Summer Reading Program will begin this year on Sunday, June 6 and continue through Friday, July 30. Participants can sign up at the Fiction Desk where they will receive a Reading Form and Book Review Form. After reading five books, participants fill out the Reading Form and Book Review Form. Return it [...]

Children can ride to the Iowa City Public Library on any Iowa City Transit bus for free this summer. Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm June 8 – August 12, 2010 Bus Routes and other Iowa City Transit information available at www.icgov.org/transit or by calling 319-356-5151. Show your library card for a [...]

The annual Adult Summer Reading Program will begin this year on Sunday, June 6 and continue through Friday, July 30. Participants can sign up at the Fiction Desk where they will receive a Reading Form. After reading five books, participants fill out the Reading Form, return it to Fiction Desk staff in the Library and [...]

Come see the incredibly creative artwork that began life as a book! Purchase and take home a new treasure! The third annual “Altered Books” fundraiser for the Iowa City Public Library is scheduled for Friday evening, June 4, 2010 in conjunction with the Iowa Arts Festival in downtown Iowa City, Iowa. Questions may be directed [...]

The Library will offer patrons updated self-check stations with a variety of new services this spring. To install the new “Express Lane” self-check software and hardware, the Library will close at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12, and reopen at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 14. From the new “Express Lane” self-check stations, patrons will [...]

Purchase a 55-gallon rain barrel for $40 while supplies last! One per household, Johnson County residents only. Available in black, blue, terra cotta or gray. First-come, first-served for colors. No reservations. Barrels are from Upcycle Products and are food quality barrels that were previously used to ship pickled food overseas. For more information, visit http://www.upcycle-products.com/. [...]