The Des Moines Public Library and libraries across the state will discontinue the Iowa Adventure Pass in 2025. The service, which offers free admission to local entertainment such as museums or zoos ...

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 ...

DES MOINES — Library restrictions in an Iowa law passed this year are causing headaches for school librarians and administrators as they prepare for the new school year, and many have said they want ...

In 1892, one Iowa town received a grant from Carnegie not to build a bridge or railroad, but a public 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 ...

The Dubuque Museum of Art temporarily lost access to the grant it was awarded by the IMLS after the Trump administration issued an executive order to dismantle the federal organization in March. The ...

Sam Helmick, community and access services coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library, is the new president of the American Library Association. They will serve in that role for three years.

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 ...

The controversy started over complaints about books on display for children with information on the LGBTQ community, according to Jimmy Kelly, board chair of the Vinton Public Library. “They would ...