Come Celebrate the State Library's 165th Anniversary

State Library of Iowa
Serving Iowans since 1838

Please join the State Library staff for a celebration of 165 years of service.

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Ola Babcock Miller Building
E. 12th and Grand, Des Moines

Refreshments will be served.

Spotlight on Libraries
10 to 11 a.m.

Comments by
Dr. Dale Ross, Chair, Iowa Commission of Libraries
Mary Wegner, State Librarian
Mary Chute, Deputy Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services

"Small Town Story Time"
Tom Morain, Vice-Provost, Graceland University

Iowa Author Readings
11:15 a.m. to Noon

Debra Engle, Grace From the Garden
John Witt, The Carnegie Libraries of Iowa
Mary Kay Shanley, Our State Fair, Iowa's Blue Ribbon Story

Musical Interlude
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.

Featured Speakers
1:30 to 3 p.m.
First Lady Christie Vilsack
Chuck Offenburger

Exhibits on Display All Day
Laura Ingalls Wilder
World Food Prize
Hay Days
Photographs of Joan Zug
Historic Medical Memorabilia
State Library Services