Author Archive for Kara

Wednesday, Dec 5, 2018

Early voting for the December 18 Johnson County Special Election for the Board of Supervisors begins on Wednesday December 5 at 7:45 AM. Early voting is available at the Johnson County Auditor's Office, 913 S. Dubuque Street, every hour the Auditor...

Tuesday, Nov 13, 2018

2020 will be here before we know it and the US Census Bureau is ready to count ! Right now, they need to count on people applying for jobs to conduct the 2020 Census. For more information, navigate to 2020census.gov/jobs or call 1-855-JOB-2020 (1...

Thursday, Nov 1, 2018

Recently we identified a need to translate information about the Library into Swahili. Keep an eye out for information about "How to Get a Library Card" that is translated into Swahili. This information is already available in Spanish, French and...

Thursday, Oct 25, 2018

Early Voting begins at Iowa City Public Library on Saturday October 27 and continues until Saturday November 2. A complete schedule, including the calendar graphic in this blog post, is available at the Johnson County Auditor's Office webpage ....

Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018

Early voting for the November 6 General Election begins at Iowa City Public Library Monday, October 8 from 11 AM to 6 PM. By law, this is the first day for early voting for this election. Early voting at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office, 913...

Thursday, Sep 6, 2018

Early Voting for the October 2 Iowa City special City Council election begins on Wednesday, September 19. Early voting is available weekdays at the Johnson County Auditor's Office, 913 S. Dubuque Street, from 7:45 am to 5:30 pm each day. Early...

Friday, Aug 24, 2018

It's been a great week at the Library! Most weeks are great, but this week included a couple of special events I really enjoyed. On Tuesday, staff from ICPL and other area public libraries were at the Johnson County Board of Supervisors meeting...

Friday, Aug 17, 2018

We had a GREAT summer on the Bookmobile, but now it's time for the Bookmobile to take a summer vacation. The Bookmobile is going to the spa (maintenance garage) for some pampering (warranty work), a massage (cleaning inside and out), and TLC (

Monday, Aug 13, 2018

We are pleased to announce the Fall 2018 ICPL Bookmobile Schedule. The Fall Schedule runs from August 27 through December 21, 2018 and offers FREE PARKING at all stops, with the exception of the UI College of Medicine Courtyard stop. Schedule...

Tuesday, Jul 31, 2018

The FY18 statistics are in and what a GREAT first year for the Bookmobile! From July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, 15,233 people visited the ICPL Bookmobile and checked out 25,885 items. The Bookmobile drove 3,863 miles around Iowa City and Johnson...

About Kara

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Kara was the Community and Access Services Coordinator. She retired in June 2020.