ICPL Friends Foundation intern asks "Is the Library the Last Remaining Public Space?"

The Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation is partnering with the University of Iowa Obermann Center's Humanities for Public Good program this summer, hosting graduate student intern Jennie Sekanics. Sekanics is working on a project related to the ICPL Friends Foundation's Book End book store, located on the second floor of the ICPL.The program is funded through a grant from the Mellon Foundation. 

As part of her internship Sekanics wrote an article for the Obermann blog titled, "Is the Library the Last Remaining Public Space?" That article is available to read, here:

https://uihumanitiesforthepublicgood.com/2023/07/17/is-the-library-the-last-remaining-public-space/