The public library in a small Iowa farming town has been embroiled in a monthslong controversy spurred by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, attempts to censor books with progressive and LGBTQ themes and the ...

Recommendations in Gov. Kim Reynolds' state government reorganization bill give me serious concerns as an active voter and library worker. Proposals to transfer the State of Iowa Library from the ...

Let's begin the week with a short history of a sad little place (if T.R. Pearson will forgive me for a clumsy paraphrase of one of his titles). I suspect that many regulars in the shebeen have the ...

The program allows library cardholders to check out a wide range of items they may only need once, want to try before ...

In 1892, one Iowa town received a grant from Carnegie not to build a bridge or railroad, but a public library.

A rainy evening looks like poor weather for a bike ride, but great conditions for tuning up a bicycle in the Iowa City Bike Library’s garage. Folk music plays overhead as a Bike Library staff member ...

Ashley Lind of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reads a book as she waits for a friend at the Cedar Rapids Public Library in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, April 4, 2025. The state recently announced ...

Public services librarian Kellee Forkenbrock arranges books June 20 for a Juneteenth display at the North Liberty Public Library in North Liberty. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo Books like “The ...

ORANGE CITY, Iowa – A northwest Iowa library is shifting how it categorizes books after some residents pressed for segregating materials containing LGBTQ themes. The Orange City Public Library's board ...

I didn't think I would write you in New England this summer when you gave me your address the night before you left lines from the life of an island, the people we were together. They're also part of ...

In 1938, as concerns of censorship rose worldwide, Des Moines Public Library Director Forrest Spaulding penned the words that would become the "Library Bill of Rights." The first tenet states: "Books ...

Sam Helmick is Iowa Library Association president and community and access services coordinator for the Iowa City Public Library. Recommendations in Gov. Kim Reynolds' state government reorganization ...