The Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile Team is so thankful for each visitor! We thank you all for making us a regular stop during your week and for connecting with us about your favorite books, movies, and more. Together we average five checkouts per mile! It is a joy to spread literacy throughout the community with you. If you have not yet had a chance to visit the Bookmobile, we invite you to do so soon. We have large print materials, adult fiction and nonfiction, children's chapter books, picture books, and easy readers, young adult titles, as well as books on CD and DVDs to explore.
The holiday season is here and with it comes a change in the Library and Bookmobile regular schedule.
Find the current day-to-day Bookmobile schedule on the Bookmobile page.
Date
Title
Downtown
Bookmobile
Thursday, Nov. 25
Thanksgiving
Closed
Closed
Friday, Nov. 26
City Holiday
Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed
Friday, Dec 10
Inservice Day
Closed
Closed
Thursday, Dec 23
City Holiday
Open 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed
Friday, Dec 24
Christmas Eve
Closed
Closed
Saturday, Dec 25
Christmas
Closed
Closed
Friday, Dec 31
New Year's Eve
Open 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Closed
Saturday, Jan 1
New Year's Day
Closed
Closed
Remember, even when the Bookmobile and Library are closed, online services are available 24/7 at icpl.org/digital This includes account access and, for those who live in our service area, access to ICPL's Digital Library including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, The New York Times, and Kanopy video streaming.
The Iowa City Public Library Bookmobile’s fall schedule ends on Friday, Dec. 17. The Bookmobile won’t be in service from Dec. 18 through Jan. 2 for the holiday break.
During the Bookmobile’s seasonal break in service, items can be returned at the Downtown Library or at 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 Bookmobile route and schedule will start on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, and will continue through Friday, May 20, 2022.
Monday
9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Dodge Street Coffeehouse
10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
11 a.m. - Noon
North Dodge Hy-Vee
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Frauenholtz-Miller Park
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Legacy Independent Living
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Lemme Elementary
Tuesday
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Pheasant Ridge Neighborhood Cntr.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Oaknoll Independent Living
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
U of I College of Medicine Courtyard
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Melrose Meadows Retirement Comm.
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Atrium Village Senior Living
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Hills Elementary
Wednesday
1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Oaknoll East
2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Sidekick Coffee & Books
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Weber Elementary
4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Lincoln Elementary
Thursday
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Panera Bread, Sycamore St.
10:15 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Mercer Park
11:15 a.m. - Noon
First Avenue Hy-Vee
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Longfellow Elementary
3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Grant Wood Elementary
3:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Twain Elementary
5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
GreenState Credit Union, Mormon Trek Blvd.
Friday
1 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Walmart
2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Waterfront Hy-Vee
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Breckenridge Estates
4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Alexander Elementary
The Bookmobile hosts a popular materials collection featuring fantastic new titles! Check out this month's spotlight collection. Our staff selected books we think you'll love, and they're waiting for you on the Bookmobile shelves!
Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents ten new stories--including one of his own--about beloved heroes that sprang from the imaginations of some of the best middle grade authors working today.
Shenice Lockwood dreams of leading the Fulton Firebirds to the U12 softball regional championship. But Shenice's focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending-and family-name-ruining-crime may have been a setup. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family's past--and fast--before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.
Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten-thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.
When a worldwide rain results in alien plant life taking over the Earth, three Canadian teens are the only ones strong enough to resist the invasion. Anaya, Seth, and Petra have always felt different from their peers on their British Columbia Island.
Amara visits her father's family in Harlem for her twelfth birthday, hoping to better understand her family and herself, but New York City is not what she expected.
Bookmobile service will occasionally be interrupted by construction, holidays and inclement weather. For the most up-to-date information, look at our daily schedule online.
The Bookmobile operates rain or shine, but there are some weather events that force the Bookmobile to close. If severe weather is imminent when the Bookmobile is in service, our primary concern is the safety of people visiting the Bookmobile and our staff members.
In the event of a Severe Weather Warning, Bookmobile operations cease and all patrons must exit the vehicle.
Severe weather which may influence Bookmobile services include:
Tornado warning
70+ mile-per-hour winds
Golf ball-sized hail
Severe heat and cold advisories
For the most up-to-date information, look at the Bookmobile's webpage at icpl.org/bookmobile. Schedule information is also available by calling the Library at 319-356-5200 during regular Library hours.
