Recent News

Announcing a New Resource for Answers to Iowa Library Law Questions: Library Law FAQs is a trove of 75 questions and answers divided into categories of topics ranging from finance to human resources to copyright and beyond.
Nominations Now Accepted for Iowa Literacy Award: The 2018 Iowa Literacy Award recognizes an organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing literacy in Iowa, along with $2,000 to continue their efforts.
Announcing a New Tool to Give Iowa Libraries an Edge: The State Library of Iowa is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring participation for all Iowa public libraries to access Edge, a powerful technology assessment tool from the Urban Libraries Council!
Updated Iowa Demographic Profiles from the State Data Center: These profiles show various statistics including income and education level, employment status, migration rates, vital stats and more.
State Data Center Announces 2017 Population Highlights for Iowa Cities: The State Data Center at the State Library of Iowa has released estimates for populations of Iowa cities in 2017 from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Announcing the 2018 Letters About Literature Winners and Honorable Mentions!: The Iowa Center for the Book honored 18 student readers from across Iowa as winners and honorable mentions for the 2018 Iowa Letters About Literature awards program at a ceremony on Friday, April 27 at the Urbandale Public Library.
View Iowa Libraries “Through the Years” on Iowa Heritage Digital Collections: Take a trip down memory lane and see what Iowa libraries looked like in decades gone by.
2018 Continuing Education Series will Highlight Human Resources Topics: In 2018, the State Library will continue the practice of offering a “topic track” that will weave its way through continuing education classes; this year's track is Human Resources.
Learn the Impacts of Meaningful Measurements with Project Outcome: Join the State Library for a special Project Outcome Regional Training, a full-day, in-person workshop on Thursday, April 12 in Johnston.
Librarians Invited to Build Financial Security through "Small Change": The State Library and Iowa State University Extension are partnering to offer Iowa library staff a free course to increase personal finance knowledge and be empowered to create successful financial literacy library programs for adults and children.