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The Coralville Public Library Teen Advisory Board requested submissions for art work for the 2021 summer reading program. Lienah Ali was selected as winner for the bookmark design.
Text form post: Congratulations Lienah on winning our Teen Art…

Ruth Halterman, Teri Rogers, Linda Parker, Shelly Grace, Heidi Lauritzen, Jay Van Dyke, Ann Breese, and [unknown] pose in front of the Coralville Public Library.

A video of library staff members Lily Smith-Jensen and Tina Bailey-Murray ride scooters around the empty Coralville Public Library.

Sara Pitcher, the creator of this video and the Web Resources Assistant at the Coralville Public Library, gave…

Coralville Librarians sitting in the back of a Coralville Parks and Recreation truck that was decorated for their Fourth Fest float. The float theme was 'Discover the Treasures in Books'

Librarians and staff pose in front of their Fourth of July parade float, Reading Road Trip USA. The float was a Jeep with vacation items strapped to the top, including pool toys, suitcases, a trike, sports equipment and books.

pictured left:…

Librarian Kayla Cook organizes the Coralville Public Library Seed Library. Kayla planned, created, and maintains the Seed Library, which began in early 2022. The seeds are stored in a repurposed card catalog cabinet.

E. Jean Schwab, the Coralville Public Library's first Director, and Ginny Wenman, library volunteer, hold a poster that shows the library's early growth.

A photograph of Harold D. Paschal, the Grand Master of the masonic Clarksville Lodge 668 of Coralville, and Mayor Michael Kattchee stand next to the public library cornerstone. The symbolic laying of the cornerstone ceremony was attended by about 75…

A periodical clipping of a photograph and description. Three Girl Scouts members stand behind a table that holds bake sale items and other miscellaneous goods, all holding items; the troop leader, too, holds up a Christmas wreath. A young man stands…

Librarians Janelle Bockhause and Linda Parker prepare at the Fourth Fest Parade staging area.

A family, a father and 3 children, putt through a hole at the Putt Fore Library fundraiser. The event was an annual event to raise money for the library that began in 2009. The holes were sponsored and decorated by local businesses.

Eric Mott, Coralville Library Assistant helped direct traffic to the below ground parking and library entrance where a vaccine clinic was being held in the lower level of the library. The Coralville Food Pantry and Nucara Pharmacy collaborated to put…

Ellen Alexander, Assistant Director of Coralville Public Library received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic took place in the lower level of the library on April 8th and 9th. Ellen was one of more than 600 people who received their…

Ellen Alexander and her sons putting through a hole at the first annual Putt Fore the Library fundraiser.

Librarians sitting on the bed of a Coralville Parks Department truck that has been decorated for the Fourth Fest Parade. The decorations include a fake camp fire, tree and backpack.

pictured from left Teri Rogers, Jen (?), Linda Parker

Discover New Trails was the Coralville Library float for Fourth Fest Parade. A Coralville Parks and Recreation truck was decorated for an outdoor adventure, including a backpack coolers, lawn chairs and a fake campfire.

pictured left: Teri Rogers…

Muralist Diana Greer stands next to a portion of her 15 foot mural on the new library wall, showing her unfinished work to a group of children. The mural covered most of the library walls, featuring small idyllic scenes similar to the one shown here:…

Children and adults dressed as cowboys wave from a float decorated with hay bales and cacti. The float's theme is "Lasso a Good Book For Some Good Old Fashioned Learnin'" to represent the Coralville Public Library's summer reading program.

Library staff members Eric Mott, Karen Stierler, and Lily Smith-Jensen work at the Circulation Desk. All three have a phone to their ear and appear to be in conversation. Karen looks at a DVD, possibly calling a patron who had that item on hold,…

Five graphics created to advertise the new seed library. The seed library is conceived of and run by Kayla Cook to share and redistribute seeds from the community.