Posted by Anne M on Tuesday, Mar 12, 2024
Are you a local author or creator? Did you write a book about Iowa City history or another local topic? Please consider donating your book, DVD, or other media to our collection.
The Iowa City Public Library accepts donations of items by local creators or of local significance to its collection if it meets our collection development policy. It is a way for you to share your work with the community and for us to share community experiences and stories in our collection.
We generally do not add other in-kind donations directly to the collection, but the Friends Foundation accepts your gently used items for resale. Donating items to the Friends Foundation supports their mission to strengthen the Iowa City Public Library through fundraising, advocacy, and promotion of the library’s valuable resources. For a list of accepted items, please visit our donation page.
We are thankful that we have a community invested in our collection. For donated materials for the collection, we decided to focus on local items because those are the donations we usually add to our collection. Our librarians work hard to select materials that meet our collection criteria and have a broad appeal to our community. Due to the volume of donations, we want to be clear about our expectations to respect both your time and the time of our staff.
For more information on supporting the library through the Friends Foundation, go to supporticpl.org.
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Anne Mangano has worked for the Iowa City Public Library since 2008, serving as the Collection Services Coordinator since 2013. In this position, she oversees ICPL's collection, including the selection, cataloging, processing, repair, and removal of materials, including the library's digital collections. Anne holds a Bachelor of...
I read a lot of fiction set during World War II. If you like historical fiction, the period is pretty unavoidable. I have never read anything quite like this take on the Blitz. Normally the Brits muddle through this experience in novels (stiff upper lip and all that). They go to work. They meet with friends. They put up their black out curtains. But Jo Baker tosses this narrative right out with this novel. Yes, the main character Charlotte goes to work, meets with friends, and puts up her black out curtains. But she experiences significant psychological distress. She isn't sleeping (who could when the neighborhood is bombed every night?). Her friends and neighbors are dying. And she isn't quite sure her ministry typing job is amounting to any help at all. She starts questioning a great deal and also believes she is being followed--catching the eye of her estranged family. Is it madness or is the Blitz covering for something menacing out there? -Anne M