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Posted by Melody on Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021

Image announcing new catalog at the Iowa City Public Library We heard you! In 2017, Iowa City Public Library patrons answered our survey about the Library’s catalog, telling us what worked and didn’t work for them. Library staff listened to that feedback and used it to build our own catalog—one of the few in-house catalogs in the nation! Our goal is to tailor the search experience to a person’s interests and needs. This is the community’s catalog. Our dedicated staff built this catalog just for you, dear patrons.

You asked for stronger spell-checking features.

We added it in!  

You requested at-a-glance information to navigate your account?

You betcha. We’ve got that too!   

You wanted an easier time getting e-books through the catalog. 

Your wish is our command!   

The enhancements won’t stop there! We will continue to learn what you use and what you need, and we’ll find ways to make using our collections easier to find, reserve, and borrow. Your happiness is our happiness. We even have a feedback form for when you want to report an issue.  

Be ahead of the curve and try out our new catalog today. You’ll never miss the old one.  

Questions about the catalog? Call 319-356-5200 or go to icpl.org/ask for more information.  

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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... more

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    I picked up this audiobook because I was really attracted to the premise, a clairvoyant mother predicting her daughter will never come in first for anything. I love is when my protagonist is a loser! Just Kidding. Really, tho, so many plots in romantic universes start with a lead who is down on their luck. The novelty of this novel is the lead is perpetually unlucky, but in true romance form, she persists! The double-edged sword of audiobooks is that the narrator's performance can be so realistic and dramatic that the character reads as melodramatic. So it is with this book's male lead, a rich kid with a chip on his shoulder the size of his CEO father. Still, wealthy heirs have feelings, too! I'm about an hour away from completing this book, so fingers crossed he gets a therapist and grows up a little. -Melody
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