Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity this summer? Please consider volunteering for Children’s Day on Saturday, June 8.  You will receive a t-shirt to wear in appreciation for your help. Children’s Day celebrates the children of Johnson County, and features dozens of activities for kids, including a duck pond, live music, the Children’s Garden [...]

Take advantage of the bus system this summer to spend time at the Iowa City Public Library. The Library and City of Iowa City Transit have partnered again this year to offer free bus service to children and teens through grade 12. Show your Library card upon entering a bus during the designated days and [...]

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 [...]

Special deposits of books will be accepted at area MidWestOne Banks during September. Local banks are hosting a book drive for The BookEnd used bookstore of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. The BookEnd is inside the Iowa City Public Library. The seventh annual special collection effort by MidWestOne Banks starts on September 1 [...]

Children at the Iowa City Public Library have been dreaming big — and reading big — this summer! At ICPL, 2,280 children participated in the Summer Reading Program, Dream Big … Read! The program included a game card which helped kids choose books and learn more about their Library with various activities. One activity was [...]

At the Iowa City Public Library, 396 adults and 168 teens registered for this year’s Summer Reading Program: Own the Night. Throughout the summer, the Library hosted bands, zombies, owls, raptors, bats and movies (and a few movies about Batman). Among adults, “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “The Hunger Games” were most read, and teens [...]

It’s already harvest time in the City Plaza Children’s Garden with radishes, lettuce, basil, squash, kale and cucumbers all being picked during June and July. In just a short period of time, the garden has also proved to be a big grower of community spirit. Harvested produce from the Children’s Garden is being donated to [...]

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 [...]

Do you need FREE access to a computer? Do you have technology questions? Need help with a portable device? Want to write or tweak a resume? Learn how to use Google Docs? Or maybe you are curious about Library eBook collections? This summer Iowa City Public Library takes its Tech Zone on the road to [...]

Please consider volunteering for the Iowa Arts Festival on Children’s Day, coming up June 3!  You will receive a free Summer of the Arts Volunteer T‐shirt to wear while volunteering at the events.  There are many options of times and activities to choose from throughout the day. Signing up is easy: Step 1: Go to the [...]