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Cedar Rapids Public Library Seeks Input on Permanent Westside Facility
The Ladd Library is currently in a leased space located at 3750 Williams Blvd SW. In 2020, the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation ...
Striving for more mirrors: Using data to analyze, diversify library collection
“Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part ...
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library asks preschools for help reaching kids
When a child in her preschool brings in a book from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to show her, Julie Hanlin smiles. “It’s so ...
Events Specialist Kami Zbanek Hill loves ‘making magic’ at the Library
Events Specialist Kami Zbanek Hill just started at the library about a month ago, but this isn’t her first time working here. She was ...
LIBRARY LOCATION & HOURS
Downtown
450 Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun-1pm - 5pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
WIFI PASS
Wireless Name
CRPL-Public
Password
MyLibrary
LIBRARY LOCATION & HOURS
Downtown
450 Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun-1pm-5pm
Ladd Library
3750 Williams Blvd. SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
319.261.READ
Hours
M-Th 9am-8pm
Fri-Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 1pm-5pm
WHAT TO READ
YA fantasy, sci-fi and magical realism recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson, it was later ...
These 5 Graphic Novels Will Move You
By Programming Librarian Meredith Crawford Don’t every let anyone tell you graphic novels don’t count as reading, or that they’re only ...
Read It Before It Becomes a Movie
Read the book before the film hits your screens! These children and young adult stories were recently acquired for film or television ...
Back to school reads for kids
It seems impossible it is already August, but before we know it, it will be back to school time. Community Engagement Librarian Sarah Voels ...
Dive into summer reading with these July new book releases
People often perceive library summer reading programs as aimed at children, but the staff of the Cedar Rapids Public Library want patrons of ...
New and notable LGBTQ+ titles, from novels to memoirs to photography
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace PerryPublished June 1, 2021. Social Science. A longtime contributor to The Onion and The ...
WIFI PASS
Wireless Name:
CRPL-Public
Password:
MyLibrary
WHAT TO READ
YA fantasy, sci-fi and magical realism recommendations for Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month. Started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson, it was later ...
These 5 Graphic Novels Will Move You
By Programming Librarian Meredith Crawford Don’t every let anyone tell you graphic novels don’t count as reading, or that they’re only ...
Read It Before It Becomes a Movie
Read the book before the film hits your screens! These children and young adult stories were recently acquired for film or television ...
Back to school reads for kids
It seems impossible it is already August, but before we know it, it will be back to school time. Community Engagement Librarian Sarah Voels ...
Dive into summer reading with these July new book releases
People often perceive library summer reading programs as aimed at children, but the staff of the Cedar Rapids Public Library want patrons of ...
New and notable LGBTQ+ titles, from novels to memoirs to photography
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace PerryPublished June 1, 2021. Social Science. A longtime contributor to The Onion and The ...