ICPL’s Winter/Spring Bookmobile Service Begins Jan. 8
The Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile’s fall schedule ends
on Thursday, December 21. The Bookmobile won’t be in service December 22
through January 7 because of scheduled vehicle maintenance, collection updates,
and staff training.
During the Bookmobile’s seasonal break in service, items can
be returned at the downtown Library or to the Library’s remote drop boxes.
Holds that arrive at the Library during this time can be found by inquiring at
the Help Desk at the downtown Library or on the Bookmobile when our
Winter/Spring Schedule begins.
The
Winter/Spring Schedule begins Monday, January 8, and will continue through
Thursday, May 24. Please visit the Bookmobile at the following locations during
this time:
Monday
11 to 11:30 a.m. Iowa City Rehabilitation
Noon to 12:30 p.m. Hy-Vee North Dodge
1:30 to 2 p.m. Legacy Independent Living
2:30 to 3 p.m. Regency Heights
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Lemme Elementary School
5 to 6 p.m. Hy-Vee Waterfront
Tuesday
9:30 to 10 a.m. Melrose Meadows
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oaknoll Retirement Community, George St.
Noon to 1 p.m. University of Iowa College of Medicine
MERF/PBDB/BSB Courtyard
2 to 2:30 p.m. Emerson Point
3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Grant Wood Elementary School
Wednesday
Noon to 12:30 p.m. Parkview Mobile Home Court, Oxford (Third
Wednesday of the month only)
3 to 3:30 p.m. Saddlebrook
4 to 4:30 p.m. Breckenridge Estates (No stop the second
Wednesday of the month)
5 to 6 p.m. UI Community Credit Union, Mormon Trek Blvd.
Thursday
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mercer Park
11 a.m. to Noon Hy-Vee First Avenue
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Mark Twain Elementary School
4 to 4:30 p.m. Cole’s Community, Riverside Dr.
5 to 5:30 p.m. Regency Mobile Home Community
The complete Bookmobile schedule is available here.
Pick up Inter-Library Loans on the Bookmobile!
You already know you can pick up Holds on the Bookmobile, but now you can grab your Inter-Library Loans on-the-go, too!
Scheduling your Bookmobile pickup is easy. When you place your request, indicate where you want to pick-up your item – Downtown Library or Bookmobile. We’ll let you know when your item is ready to be picked up at any of our Bookmobile stops.
On days when the the Bookmobile is not in service, Holds and Inter-Library Loans are available for pick-up at the Help Desk.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the number of items available for checkout at the Library? We don't blame you. After all, there are more than 170,000 books on our shelves.
That's a LOT of browsing!
Consider visiting the Bookmobile the next time you need something to read. We've had several visitors remark that the smaller selection of items on the Bookmobile makes it a lot easier to choose a book. And, because our Bookmobile collection contains the newest and must-read titles everyone is talking about, you're sure to find something you love.
Try out the boutique
library experience at a Bookmobile stop near you!
We love to hear from you!
We are beginning to have some regular visitors to the Bookmobile, patrons we see every week when we stop by their school, retirement community or grocery store parking lot -- but we still have a lot of first-time visitors, too. It's always fun to see their reaction and hear what they have to say the first time they step into our mobile Library. Here's what one visitor shared with us after her trip to the Bookmobile:
“(It was) my first visit to
one and I loved it! I read about them in stories when I was a little girl
and I've always wanted to go to one. It is truly wonderful.”
We're so glad you got to live out a childhood memory and hope you'll visit again soon!
