Upcoming Events

In celebration of MLB's 2021 Opening Day view a facsimile of Babe Ruth's first contract, courtesy of  the Karpeles Manuscript Museum and Library collection. 99 years ago, this  American League Baseball deal transferre...

Sponsored by the Bi-State Literacy Council Pick up a Preschool Early Literacy Kit and explore with your little one different fun activities while learning important literacy skills at the same time. Be certain to go to our Preschool Storytime Virt...

Sponsored by the Bi-State Literacy Council Pick up a Preschool Early Literacy Kit and explore with your little one different fun activities while learning important literacy skills at the same time. Be certain to go to our Preschool Storytime Virt...

Online storytime for children birth to 3 years of ages with their adult. Nurture your baby and toddler's love of books with music, movement, and stories while helping develop language, motor and social skills. Just click on the stories and activit...

Put on your PJ’s and join us in our virtual program room for a PJ Party that is right out of your dreams!  Click on different images around the program room to hear stories, learn new songs, see flannel boards and rhymes, and learn how to create...

Online storytime for children birth to 3 years of ages with their adult. Nurture your baby and toddler's love of books with music, movement, and stories while helping develop language, motor and social skills. Just click on the stories and activit...

Pageturners is going virtual! We will be meeting on Zoom. Books are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please call the Information Desk to get the Zoom link and to reserve a copy for curbside pick up, stop by to check one out, or fin...

Online storytime for children birth to 3 years of ages with their adult. Nurture your baby and toddler's love of books with music, movement, and stories while helping develop language, motor and social skills. Just click on the stories and activit...

Drop off your non-perishable food items in our library's lobby in support of the The Arc of the Quad Cities Area in partnership with the QC Disability Awareness Coalition's food drive. The ARC's food drive is in honor of Martin Luth...

As part of WQPT's community program series for Ken Burns' Hemingway miniseries, join Dr. Everett Hamner, WIU English Professor, for a book discussion of one of Hemingway's best known works, The Old Man and the Sea.   Thanks to WQPT,...

The Library Board of Trustees meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 12:00 p.m.   Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval. View Most Recent Agendas and Minutes ...

Explore printmaking using tissue paper and water. Program is live with Zoom.  This program requires advance registration which opens on Thursday, April 8th.  Your Zoom invite will be emailed one week prior to the event.  P...

Explore America’s own indigenous art form, jazz, which was born here in the United States and continues to thrive today. Important musical figures, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis will be disc...

April showers bring paper flowers?! The North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) and the United States Botanic Garden have developed the orchid-gami project as a fun activity to raise awareness about the conservation and ecology of our nativ...

Online storytime for children birth to 3 years of ages with their adult. Nurture your baby and toddler's love of books with music, movement, and stories while helping develop language, motor and social skills. Just click on the stories and activit...

Book 'Em has gone virtual! We will be meeting on Zoom. Books are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please call the Information Desk to get the Zoom link and to reserve a copy for curbside pick up, stop by to check one out, or f...

Encourage your preschooler's early literacy skills with fun activities.  Click on different images in the virtual program room to read stories, sing songs, play games, and explore activities designed to grow young readers.  F...

Novel Naptime, the book club for parents with young children, is currently meeting via Zoom. When you register and enter your email, you will be sent a link for the Zoom meeting. I can't wait to see you all! Copies of the book are available at the...

Maintaining mental health is as important; This perhaps has never been more true than it has been during this pandemic. Journal writing  is one way to nurture your mental health while expressing yourself. Learn how start a journaling practi...

Online storytime for children birth to 3 years of ages with their adult. Nurture your baby and toddler's love of books with music, movement, and stories while helping develop language, motor and social skills. Just click on the stories and activit...

Put on your PJ’s and join us in our virtual program room for a PJ Party that is right out of your dreams!  Click on different images around the program room to hear stories, learn new songs, see flannel boards and rhymes, and learn how to create...

Make a fun panda pouch you can also use as a phone holder using basic hand sewing stitches!  Program will be live via Zoom.  A supply packet with all the needed materials (except scissors) will be available for pick up sta...

Pageturners is going virtual! We will be meeting on Zoom. Books are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.  Please call the Information Desk to get the Zoom link and to reserve a copy for curbside pick up, stop by to check one out, or fin...