From award-winners to childhood favorites, find out what Iowa City is reading with a roundup of the most checked out library ...

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 ...

Some libraries just house books, while others are an architectural majesty with the most impressive bibliography to surround yourself with while you study, work, or write that novel. There are many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Books depart from the Iowa City Public Library daily, but one had a first-class arrival thanks to United Airlines.

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest battleground in the ongoing debate over an Iowa law that bans books with ...

AN EASTERN IOWA TOWN’S LIBRARY IS CLOSED FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AFTER LOSING A THIRD LEADER IN TWO YEARS. THE INTERIM HEAD OF THE VINTON LIBRARY RESIGNED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE DEPARTURE FORCED THE ...

Youth bike coordinator Dustin Eubanks (left) helps Maria Ahmed, 13, of Coralville, put air into an inner tube as Maria works to make a bicycle roadworthy during Outspoken Teens night at the Iowa City ...