Join us for a used book sale in the ICPL's Meeting Room ABC starting Friday, February 28, 2025. 5:30pm to 7:00pm and continuing on Saturday, March 1st from 10:00am to 3pm! Shop an assortment of fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, young adult, juvenile fiction, children’s books, DVDs and audiobooks. All sales support the Library and its programs, collections, and facilities. Visit www.supporticpl.org for more information about book sales and supporting the Library.
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Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025
Join us for a brilliant evening at the Iowa City Public Library as we celebrate and support our Library! “Bright Future: Celebrating the Iowa City Public Library” is a special after-hours fundraising party at dedicated to fostering appreciation and growth of our beloved library taking place at the Iowa City Public Library on April 11, 2025 from 7:30 pm to 10 pm.
Thursday, Dec 26, 2024
As we close in on the end of 2024 I want to thank everyone for their support of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation. Whether you advocated for the Library as a Library user, wrote a letter of Library support to legislators, donated used books to our book sales, volunteered, or made a donation, your support helps to strengthen the Iowa City Public Library into the future! Thank you. Your support helps us to support programs, staff learning, technology, collections, and more at the ICPL!
Saturday, Nov 23, 2024
Libraries transform to meet the needs of their communities. Some of the earliest public libraries in the eastern U.S. included the word ‘free’ in their names to signal a shift from earlier models of libraries as private institutions, which charged membership fees and were typically accessible only to white, affluent men (Garrison, 1979). The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed segregation in public spaces, further expanded access to libraries.
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024
Host a Party with a Purpose: Support the Iowa City Public Library! Are you looking for a way to make a positive impact in our community? Here’s an exciting opportunity to bring people together while supporting a cause close to all our hearts: our beloved Iowa City Public Library! This season, the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation invites you to throw a party in your home or area business, with the proceeds going to benefit the Library’s many programs and services.
Friday, Nov 8, 2024
31st Annual Book Gala Sunday, November 10, 2024 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Join us for the 31st Annual Book Gala at Prairie Lights Books. Enjoy light refreshments while shopping this after-hours benefit for the Iowa City Public Library. Online sales at https://www.prairielights.com/ until midnight will also be included, just be sure to type "ICPL Library Sale," in the comment box.
Friday, Oct 4, 2024
Join us in the lobby and Meeting Room D on Saturday, October 5th from 10 am to 3pm for a pay-what-you-can book sale benefitting the Iowa City Public Library in celebration of Intellectual Freedom Fest!
Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024
Each year, the ICPL Friends Foundation holds multiple fundraising events and used book sales to benefit the Library. The community donates books and books also come from discarded Library materials. Scheduled sales include:
Thursday, Jul 25, 2024
"Iowa City's original female soccer player" will be returning to Iowa City for the Iowa City Public Library LibCon (think ComiCon, but smaller!) event on August 10, 2024! Now an acclaimed comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comic, Chu also wrote the six-issue miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC, with other works out through Marvel. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of ago Amy's Title IX lawsuit which helped to establish women's soccer in Iowa City.
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About Katie
Katie Roche works at the Library as the Development Director of the Iowa City Public Library Friends Foundation, which works to inspire every member of our community to support the Iowa City Public Library as a Library user, volunteer, or donor. Katie loves to read widely and especially enjoys reading in anticipation of events featuring writers reading from their books and in conversation about their writing.