Now there’s even more local music to love. The Iowa City Public Library has expanded its innovative Local Music Project to include more than 100 albums by artists playing electronica to children’s music and everything between. One of the aims of this project is to encourage interest in local musicians. The Local Music Project represents [...]

Located in the only UNESCO City of Literature in the United States, the Iowa City Public Library has long-served as a center for culture, education and community. This fiscal year (July 2011-June 2012) saw ICPL launch the Local Music Project, an innovative way to deliver local music content to Iowa City. The Library also strengthened [...]

The Iowa City Public Library is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative service: The Local Music Project. The Library has loaned music for decades, CD’s most recently, but vinyl before that. The market for these is shrinking though, and we’ve been looking for a new model. Here it is: If you have an [...]

The Iowa City Public Library is very excited for the upcoming launch of an innovative and first-of-its-kind service. ICPL has begun leasing rights from local musicians for local library cardholders to download and keep available recordings from local musicians. We will launch the “Local Music Project” this Thursday, June 7, 2012. If you have a [...]