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Clear Your Shelves for a Great Cause: Donate to the ICPL Friends Foundation Book Sale!
by Katie — May 7, 2025
The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is gearing up for one of our biggest events of the summer—our annual Sidewalk Sale Book Sale, held during the Downtown Iowa City Sidewalk Sales on Saturday, July 19, from 10am to 3pm and Sunday, July...
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by Susan — June 5, 2015
Our month long celebration of local history is over for another year. In May, National Historical Preservation month, we highlight local...
by Jason — June 4, 2015
As an avid birdwatcher my favorite reference questions obviously involve bird identification quandaries. The other night a patron showed...
by Candice — June 3, 2015
June 3rd is National Running Day! Why on Earth, you might ask? Why celebrate an activity that, among other things: is insanely hard for...
by Kara — June 3, 2015
It's summer and for many this means relaxed days, vacations, and no school. For others this means long days, no school breakfast or lunch,...
by Kara — June 2, 2015
One of our most po pular services is HOLDS - items we hold for patron pick-up. Holds may be placed online at Your Account or with...
by Meredith — June 2, 2015
There's a woven basket in my living room that it a catch-all for all the things that don't have a set destination: magazines, mail, papers...
by Morgan — May 31, 2015
As I did storytime on both Wednesday and Saturday this past week, this is a combined recap of both storytimes. With summer vacation just...
by Rachael — May 28, 2015
Children’s Day is Saturday, June 6th and that means it’s time to plant the Children’s garden! This year Scott Koepke, the education and...
by Brent — May 28, 2015
I've gotten several calls recently about users who were confused when they where notified of available holds but could not find them on...
by Melody — May 27, 2015
One of the things I like about being both a book buyer and a cataloger (the person who says where to put the books in the stacks) is that I...