Can't make it Downtown to return your Library materials? Never fear - remote book returns are here! Many community members utilize the Library's two remote book returns - our recent quarterly count of materials returned shows 14% of all items...
Author Archive for Kara
Thursday, Oct 30, 2014
The Library offers five meetings rooms for community groups to use. Library meetings rooms are a busy community resource. In FY14 the Library hosted 1,508 community meetings in its meeting rooms. This is in addition to a very busy schedule of...
Friday, Oct 24, 2014
This week I had an opportunity to work with two patrons who needed recommendations for great books on disc for a long car ride. One person is facing 14 hours in the car each way. The other patron decided to ask a Librarian after depending on...
Friday, Oct 17, 2014
It's the weekend and I'm reading two great books ... and I can't wait to get back to them. I know there are soccer games , football games, house chores, and other activities, but I really would prefer to just read all weekend. Who wants to join...
Monday, Oct 6, 2014
I often think someone could write a mystery book about a items left in the Library's Lost and Found. Maybe it could be an espionage story about a secret message on an item left at the Library or a heartwarming story about a child being reunited...
Friday, Oct 3, 2014
The other day someone asked me what the oddest thing we found left in a book. I couldn't think of anything specific, but I do know we frequently have money, checks, photographs, and other items that are accidentally left in Library materials when...
Thursday, Sep 25, 2014
Recently I was in a meeting and someone asked, "Who was the first author you heard speak in person?" Suddenly I was swept back to my junior high years and listening to Madeleine L'Engle . I know there were author readings before that (I grew up...
Tuesday, Sep 16, 2014
Did you know your Library Card is a ticket to ride an Iowa City Transit bus? The program is called "Ride and Read." Two times a week, patrons with a valid Iowa City Public Library card may present their card to the Help Desk, Children's Desk or...
Wednesday, Sep 3, 2014
Recently the Library Board voted to make changes to help make your Library easier to use. We also updated a couple procedures to respond to patrons requests. Patrons may now place 10 (ten!) FREE holds. Login to your account, call the Library or...
Wednesday, Aug 20, 2014
Lisa See's new novel, China Dolls , brings to life an element of the 1930's and 1940's entertainment world I was not aware of, the Chop-Suey Circuit . Three unlikely Asian friends, Ruby, Helen & Grace, gravitate to the newly introduced...
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About Kara
Kara was the Community and Access Services Coordinator. She retired in June 2020.