The Cedar Rapids Public Library will open both locations select hours for Grab and Go from the Stacks in addition to curbside holds pickup. “The Library continues to adjust our service model to provide access in the safest way we can,” said Dara Schmidt, Cedar Rapids Public Library Director. “We are offering a new level… View more
The Opportunity Center at the Ladd Library will open for four hour sessions the remainder of this week to provide a location for people needing space to work remotely. A limited number of individuals can call to reserve a space at the Opportunity Center to bring their technology (laptop or tablet) and connect to the… View more
UPDATE 8/25The Ladd Library is now open for computer use by appointment and grab and go holds. Grab and Go Holds are now available 10 am – 7 pm M-TH and 10 am – 4 pm Friday and Saturday. Once notified holds are available, patrons are invited to visit the Library during these hours to… View more
If You Need Assistance: 211 General Assistance Food, funding, and shelter Dial 2-1-1, text your zip code to 899211 or visit 211iowa.org Food Pantries https://www.foodpantries.org/st/iowa Financial Help Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program Disaster Case Management Note: Make sure you’re keeping your receipts from disaster expenses (& pictures) for possible future assistance from feds. Mental Health… View more
Ask any early childhood advocate and they will share with you the important role play has in the classroom or child care setting. The role of play is a hot topic with the push to make education at all levels more rigorous. Kindergarten classrooms are being required to remove center time from their schedules. Recess… View more
The Cedar Rapids Public Library, along with the Hiawatha Public Library and the Marion Public Library, are officially fine free. Overdue fines have been removed from patrons account. “The mission of our libraries is to provide equal and universal access to information for all of our citizens,” said Dara Schmidt, Cedar Rapids Public Library Director…. View more
The Cedar Rapids Public Library invites you to a new reading challenge: Read Woke. Provided in partnership with Beanstack, the online platform we use for all our reading programs, and activist librarian Cicely Lewis, Read Woke is designed to challenge people to educate themselves about others through deliberate, thoughtful reading. Started in 2017 as a way to… View more
The Summer Dare is on and we want everyone to keep reading and logging their minutes throughout the month of July. So far our community has logged more than 380,000 minutes so far – that’s almost 6,300 hours of reading time since June 6! Register for the Summer Dare and use our no-contact curbside holds… View more
LGBTQ+ Pride Month occurs in June in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. We have gathered together some selected titles available for download through the OverDrive or Libby app using just your library card.
The Cedar Rapids Public Library holds equity as one of our guiding principles and inclusion as a strategy for growth. We stand with our staff, patrons, trustees, and community in the refusal to accept racism in our country, and are committed to educating ourselves and providing resources for all who would like to learn to be better… View more