Stop on by Saturday for The Book End’s book sale outside the Library’s Meeting Rooms on the first floor. The used book sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the Friend Foundation’s first ever fund-raising bazaar to benefit the Library. Join us and shop for some creative, hand-made pieces from local [...]

Welcome to the following community leaders who joined the Board of Directors of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. The Library’s Development Office works together with the volunteer members of the Friends Foundation board on Library fundraising efforts. Julie Burton, Hills Bank and Trust Company Terri Caplan, Book End Committee Co-Chairperson Janet Godwin, ACT [...]

Check out our huge sale at The Book End bookstore this week. CDs are 50 cents. DVDs are 50 cents. VHS tapes are 10 cents. Cassette tapes are 10 cents. Books on disc are 50 cents. And books on tape are 10 cents. Also stop in to buy best-sellers, out-of-print favorites, or to find titles [...]

Calling all artists! The Iowa City Public Library is seeking original artwork for the 2012 Art Purchase Prize contest. Purchased works will be added to the Library’s Art-To-Go collection, a collection of framed posters and juried artwork available for checkout to Library cardholders. Any artist over 18 who lives, works, or exhibits in the Iowa [...]

We asked Terri Caplan a few questions for this “Volunteer Spotlight:” How long have you been volunteering for the Iowa City Public Library? Since 2008. What do you do at the Library? I work in the BookEnd, and I’m on the BookEnd Committee.  I volunteered in Circulation for a while.  That was my first volunteer [...]

Check out our book sale at The Book End bookstore this week. Fiction books are half price today through Saturday, Feb. 25. Stop in to buy best-sellers, out-of-print favorites, or to find titles by your favorite author to round out your collection. Book End hours are Mon.-Thurs. 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and [...]

We asked Jeanette Carter a few questions for this “Volunteer Spotlight:” How long have you been volunteering for the Iowa City Public Library? 8 years. What do you do at the Library? I work at The BookEnd and also index early years of the Press-Citizen. Why did you decide to volunteer at the Library? I [...]

A special book collection for The BookEnd starts soon at local MidWestOne banks. The September book drive will be the sixth annual hosted by the bank to benefit The Book End used bookstore in the Iowa City Public Library. The effort starts on September 1 and continues through September 30, 2011. Each of the MidWestOne [...]

Join us for a Summer Book Sale at The Book End! Everything will be half price (except children’s books) during The Book End’s Summer Book Sale on July 15 and 16, in conjunction with the Downtown Association’s Sidewalk Sale. 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, July 16 in The Book [...]

Summer is the perfect time for cleaning out the clutter. Whether you’re moving or just making room on your book shelves before school starts, keep an eye out for books in your house or apartment. Already read it? Donate it to the Iowa City Public Library! The Iowa City Public Library accepts donations of gently [...]