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by Meredith — April 15, 2019

Another year of Book Madness has come and gone, and this year's winners are .... (drum roll, please) Children's Bracket: Dragons Love...

by Mari — April 9, 2019

Students from Alexander after a bookmobile visit. National Bookmobile Day is Wednesday April 10 th , and all week we are celebrating the...

by Kara — April 9, 2019

The Ped Mall Improvement Project begins again on May 13. Phase Two of the project brings updates literally to the Library's door. Please be...

by Anne W — March 22, 2019

ICPL held their 2nd annual Internet Cat Video Festival on Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m. A large crowd of all ages turned out to watch a...

by Meredith — March 5, 2019

Our annual literary competition, Book Madness @ ICPL, is back for another year! Books competing in the 2019 “tournament” fall into eight...

by Kara — March 5, 2019

The Library recently introduced Discovery Kits for children, teens and adults, and they have been very popular! From pickle ball, to...

by Kara — March 5, 2019

The long winter is wearing on everyone, including the Bookmobile. We've thought of the Bookmobile's two heaters this winter as the "Little...

by Meredith — February 10, 2019

The Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile will not be in service on Monday, February 18. The Downtown Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 6...

by Karen G — February 1, 2019

Families are faced with many changes after baby arrives, but implementing a daily reading routine doesn’t need to be one of them. Today the...

by Alyssa H — January 31, 2019

Screenshot of the new calendar You'll notice our calendar looks quite a bit different than it used to. Today we integrated it into the rest...