Posted by Kara on Wednesday, May 20, 2015
School's out in a couple weeks so it's a good time to take inventory and make sure you are ready for summer. Your Library Card is your ticket to the "Three R's of Summer" - Reading, Riding and Relaxing.
Today is a great day to make sure you know where your card is and assure it is ready for the 3-R's of summer.
If you need to apply for a Library Card, it's easy to do online at icpl.org/cards. Simply apply for a card online and then head to the Library's Help Desk with a picture ID and something with your current address (a piece of mail, a checkbook, a current lease). If your Driver's License has your current address on it, it works for both the picture ID and proof of address.
Astute readers may be thinking, "I understand reading and relaxing, but what does Riding have to do with a Library Card?"
The Library offers two great programs for riding Iowa City Transit buses to and from the Library.
Ride and Read: Your Iowa City Public Library Card is your ticket to ride an Iowa City Transit Bus FREE two times each week all year long. Present your Library Card at the Help Desk, Information Desk or Children's Desk to receive your free pass. There's a limit of two free passes each week and a Library Card must be presented to receive a pass.
Summer Library Bus: An Iowa City Public Library card is your child's ticket to ride an Iowa City Transit bus free this summer. The Library will provide free bus rides to children through 12th grade, and the adult caregivers who are with them, on any Iowa City Transit bus route, from the day after Iowa City Schools dismiss (Wednesday June 3, 2015) until the weekday before school starts (Friday August 21), on weekdays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. Eligible bus riders should show their Iowa City Public Library card to the bus driver to gain free access to the bus.
Children can catch a ride home anytime the same day with a Ride & Read bus pass, issued by showing a Library Card at any public service desk at the Library.
Three cheeRRRs for summer! See you at the Library!
About the Author
Kara was the Community and Access Services Coordinator. She retired in June 2020.
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