Have you joined the Friends of the Library for 2020? Membership begins at $10 per family and helps to support Summer Reading, guest presenters & purchase computers & other technology items for the library. Stop in & fill out a membership card today!
Join in this national book club. Visit bridges.overdrive.com on your computer or use the overdrive or libby apps
Thank you to Josh Kelchen of Premier Home Solutions for installing our new computer bar along the north facing windows. Space to sit and look out over 1st Street while reading or using your mobile device.
Funding for this project provided by a grant from the Jones County Community Foundation. More improvements coming over the next few months.
Need a card for that special occasion? Stop in and see our wide selection. We have cards for birthdays, babies, that special someone as well as blank cards. They are $1.50 each and all money goes towards library programs.
Available to Jones County Residents Can be reserved up to 90 days prior to your trip Dates for February, March and April are currently available
May dates become available in February
June dates become available in March Reserve your summer dates soon!
The Friends of the Library is selling tickets to theCedar RapidsPLAYSTATION Tickets are $5 each (regular admission is $9.99) & admit 1 child, ages 1 - 15 (adults are free). Tickets are good until January 2021! Stop in the library & purchase your tickets today!
NEW!
Binge Boxes We’ve made it easy for you to binge watch your favorite movies or TV shows. Binge Boxes are perfect for movie nights, long weekends, days you are stuck inside, or when you just want to watch movies all day!
Adults can check out 1 box at a time.
Boxes are checked out for 2 weeks and CANNOT be renewed. Fines are $1/per day up to $10 Some of our boxes are TV SHOWS: Breaking Bad, Big Love, Once upon a time, Mr. Selfridge, and Grimm Movies: The Bourne collection, Christmas comedies, Disney #1, Dog tales, Get in the ring, Laugh out loud and Quirky characters
January story time's featured cows, kindness, friendship, Winter and pirates
The Library partners with the HACAP mobile food pantry on the 4th Monday of every month from 330-430pm. Anyone who needs food assistance is welcome to come. This month we served 55 households. We usually assist between 40 and 70 households monthly. HACAP brings a wide variety of items: cereal, canned goods, dried fruit, beans & rice, fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, bakery items. This past pantry had frozen pork loins, frozen pork patties, frozen pollock.
If you have any questions, call the library 319-465-3354.
