Author Archive for Melody

Thursday, Mar 26, 2020

These resources have the best up-to-date information on COVID-19.

Tuesday, Mar 17, 2020

If you are unemployed due to the Coronavirus outbreak...

Thursday, Feb 20, 2020

Attention nonprofits and other grant-writing agencies:

Friday, Jan 3, 2020

So you are locked out of your library account. How do you get back in? If the Library is open, you can always call us for help. The number is 319-356-5200.  If we are closed or if you'd rather reset your PIN yourself, visit the password reset page. (For us here at the Library, a "password" and a "PIN" are the same thing in your library account.) Here's what that looks like: 

Saturday, Dec 14, 2019

Attention Libby Lovers! Push notifications are now live in Libby. Users can choose which notifications they’d like to receive from the Libby menu under Manage Notifications, including:

Monday, Oct 7, 2019

No holds. No waiting. Everyone can read it at the same time. It's a dream come true, isn't it? Libraries Transform has partnered with OverDrive to create a new digital book club for all U.S. libraries that work with OverDrive. It's first #

Friday, Oct 4, 2019

The 2011 Hawkeyes upset the #15 Wolverines 24-16 at Kinnick Stadium. Photo courtesy of Phil Roeder. Twenty-one years ago this weekend, a Hawkeye sacked Tom Brady. 1 October 3, 1998 was a sloppy Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. Twenty-one years later,...

Wednesday, Sep 18, 2019

Jonathan Safran Foer and Nora Roberts are two authors published by Macmillan. “Why do I have to wait months to check out an e-book? It’s digital, so shouldn’t everyone be able to have a copy at the same time?” We would love it to work that...

Tuesday, Jul 2, 2019

Hardware stores are sending email after email about their Fourth of July sales right now. Who has the best sales? Consumer Reports has collected sales information for their top-testing appliances all in one place. The article is available without...

Thursday, Jun 6, 2019

The Iowa City Public Library is proud to be a sponsor of Iowa City Pride this year. It is the 49th anniversary of Iowa City's own Pride Parade, and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which catapulted the gay liberation movement onto...

About Melody

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I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to...