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State Library Receives $90,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities for Digitization Project: The State Library of Iowa will receive $90,000 in the form of a Chairman’s Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitize historical materials from Iowa’s soil and water conservation districts and make them available to the public on Iowa Heritage Digital Collections.
Enjoy Holiday Music in the Miller Building this December: Visit the Miller Building this holiday season to enjoy live musical performances in the rotunda.
Register now for FREE Online Conference Jan. 17 on New Approaches to Community and Civic Engagement: Registration is now open for the 2019 Innovative Libraries Online Conference (ILOC), a free online conference for the Iowa library community on Thursday, January 17, 2019.
2019 Letters About Literature Program Now Accepting Student Submissions: The Iowa Center for the Book is now accepting online submissions for the 2019 Letters About Literature program, a statewide student reading and writing competition sponsored by the Library of Congress Center for the Book.
Announcing the 2019 All Iowa Reads Selection: "This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm" by Ted Genoways: All Iowa Reads fosters a sense of unity through reading by encouraging Iowans to come together in their communities to read and talk about a single book title in the same year.
The 2018 Iowa Literacy Award Recipient is Everybody Wins! Iowa: The mentorship and literacy program out of Des Moines, received the 2018 Iowa Literacy Award from the State Library's Iowa Center for the Book.
Bridges Testing Out Magazine Feature for Patrons: Bridges, Iowa’s statewide ebook and audiobook consortium for Iowa libraries, is excited to introduce magazine checkouts for patrons.
State Data Center Launches Website for 2020 Census: The State Data Center has launched a website for information and updates on Iowa’s participation in the 2020 Census.
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!

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