The Iowa City Public Library’s free computer access site at the Pepperwood Plaza Police Substation is on spring break during the month of May, and will return this summer, on June 5, with special events, storytimes, classes and more. Do you need FREE access to a computer? Do you have technology questions? Need help with [...]

May 1, 2012 ————————————— 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help Computer Lab Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 option 5 Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org Open to the public Details: Technology getting the better of you? Have questions about computers, ebook readers, iPods, or your cell phone? Want to learn how to [...]

The Iowa City Public Library’s first floor Listening/Viewing stations will close on Monday, May 14. Beginning May 14, the Library will begin offering a new system for watching movies and listening to music in the Library. Portable players will be available for checkout from the Fiction Desk and Second Floor Page Station. You will need [...]

Do you have an eReader such as a Kindle or Nook? Would you like free eBooks that you can keep forever? Then check out “e-Discover the Classics” at the Iowa City Public Library! Thanks to Project Gutenberg, we now offer nearly 500 classic titles, all for free and for you to keep. These are public [...]

March 3, 2012 ————————————— 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Family Storytime with Andrea Storytime Room Contact: Children’s Desk, 319-356-5200, option 6 Details: Designed for the whole family and presented at a time convenient for most working parents. Storytime includes both shorter and longer stories combined with action games and activities. Family Storytime is recommended for [...]

February 16, 2012 ————————————— 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Pepperwood Plaza Public Computer Access Pepperwood Plaza Police Substation Contact: Fiction Desk, 319-356-5200, opt. 4 Details: Do you need easy access to a computer and the Internet? Do you need help looking up information or using a computer? Do you have questions you need Library staff [...]

Iowa City Public Library Events: Feb. 6-17 For a full list of events at ICPL, visit our online calendar: http://calendar.icpl.org/ ————————————— February 6, 2012 ————————————— 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ICPL Tech Help Computer Lab Staff or Desk Contact: Reference Desk Contact Phone: 319-356-5200 option 5 Contact Email: refquest@icpl.org Open to the public Details: Technology [...]

Organizations from all over the world are planning events and activities to commemorate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth, which falls on Feb. 7, 2012. Although a writer from the Victorian era, Dickens’ work transcends his time, language and culture. He remains a massive contemporary influence throughout the world and his writings continue to inspire [...]

The Iowa City Public Library is dedicated to helping the public gain access to technology, and then offering support in using it in day-to-day life. This fall, ICPL opened its first Library-staffed free computer access site on the southeast side of Iowa City. This facility provides 10 Internet and database access computers and a printer [...]

2011 was an amazing year for our eBook and eAudio service. Use of the collections increased exponentially: Each month a new record was set for the number of people who had eBooks and eAudio checked out. In December 2010, this number was around 450 people per day. In January 2012, ICPL’s eMedia collection passed the [...]