ICPL to host Harry Potter Winter Party for 5th-8th graders
Attention all Muggles!
The
Iowa City Public Library will host a Harry Potter Winter Party for students in
fifth through eighth grades from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, in
Meeting Room A.
The celebration will
begin with the sorting hat to determine participants’ houses. From there, the
fun will include spell practice, trivia, potion making and a hidden Quidditch
game.
Snacks and beverages prepared by the Library’s house elves will be
provided.
The Harry Potter Winter
Party is free to attend, but registration is required. Go here to register.
ICPL honors employees during Staff Inservice Day
Library staff were recognized for reaching milestone service
years during Staff Inservice Day on December 8. As a result, there's 175 years of Iowa City Public Library work experience in one photo. Congratulations Casey, Don, Larry, Maeve, Melody, Paul, Ramona, Susan, and Todd!
The Bookmobile will be closed for the holidays
The Bookmobile won’t be in service December 22 through January 7 because of
scheduled vehicle maintenance, collection updates, and staff training.
The
Winter/Spring Schedule begins Monday, January 8, and will continue through
Thursday, May 24. Find the complete schedule here.
The Library will be closed on Sunday, December 24, and Monday, December 25, for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 26.
ICPL will be open from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 31, but closed on Monday, January 1.
Every year, stff receive an email asking them to name the best book, or books, they read that year.
That's never an easy question to answer, so we try to make it easier. Staff can only choose books published in the current year.
Turns out, it's still a hard question to answer.
Still, staff persevered and the result was a lot of great book titles organized into eight categories: fiction, young adult, children's, mystery, science fiction/fantasy, autobiography/biography/memoir, non-fiction, and graphic novel. Any book nominated by more than one staff member -- and there were quite a few -- made our 2017 Best of the Best list,
Look for our Best of the Best list on our website on December 31. We'll also share the titles that were nominated for each category on our staff blog beginning December 23; one post a day for each genre.
Here's a sneak peek at some of the nominated titles:
Pigs Might Fly by Nick
Abadzis
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Eleanor
Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Give
a Girl a Knife by Amy Thielen
Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Walker
Harvey
ICPL Datebase Spotlight: Genealogical Research
Many extended families gather
together during the holiday season and share stories and memories of relatives who have passed
on.This leads some people to think
about their family history and their family trees.
The Library can help
you start your genealogical research – either with one of our genealogy classes
or with access to databases like Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, or
other genealogy related databases.Go here to get started.
Because our Ancestry.com license only covers computers in our
building, you'll need to be at ICPL to access it.The rest of the databases can
be accessed from home, although some require an up-to-dateResident Library Card and a password.Contact us for additional information and/or assistance.
