Federal LSTA Funding

Twice-weekly delivery service to every public library in Iowa, supporting the sharing of materials among libraries.

Strenghtening Iowa libraries through professional instruction of directors, staff, and trustees.

Rewarding development of high-quality libraries in Iowa through identifying strengths and areas for improvement.

Providing foundational knowledge, improved skills, and recognition of Iowa librarians.

Collecting statistics via the Public Library Annual Survey to compare data and guide service to communities.

Platform supporting library resource sharing through creating, processing, and recording interlibrary loan transactions.

Providing free hosted websites for any Iowa public library to support information access for their communities.

Giving public libraries access to a comprehensive summer library program to support literacy and lifelong learning.

Statewide literacy program for adults, teens and kids promoting a selected title to be read and discussed each year.

Providing public libraries access to a suite of tools supporting the management and operations of the library.

Offering Bridges member libraries a package of 4,000 popular titles with unlimited simultaneous for their patrons.

Online resource available to all libraries for homework help, tutoring and test prep for patrons of all ages.

Plain-language website providing  basic information about Iowa's laws and connecting users with additional resources.

Assisting libraries in offering quality STEM and storytime programs to kids and teens in their communities.

Resource for population, housing, business and government statistics about Iowa, with data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Research tool to help libraries and their patrons locate grants to fund projects and find more details about nonprofits.

Online service giving libraries access to a rich collection of reference databases and more than 10 million articles.