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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:…

Volunteers work to help update and remodel the Fesler building

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…

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…

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,…

A view of the Coralville Public Library from the Circulation Desk in the rotunda, past the Reference Services area to the fireplace at the end of the corridor.

The following statement is from Laura Crossett, the creator of this image and the…

Several tables set up in the Coralville Public Library rotunda, all carrying stacks of books and other library materials. The Circulation Desk can be seen in the left far corner; in the right, another table holds cleaning supplies.

During the…

A view of the rotunda fountain. On the far stand several tables set up as a place to quarantine returned library materials. After being returned, these materials sit out for 72 hours before being cleaned and checked back in. A library staff member…

A copy of the Coralville Public Library's monthly newsletter for May 2020. While the Library building closed, the newsletter was stuffed into curbside pick up bags and remained available at its usual location online.

This newsletter includes a…

Mishka wears a mask made from a cotton Coralville Library book bag. She is demonstrating the importance of wearing a mask to protect the health of our fellow citizens.

Mishka the reading bear was donated by the artist Valery Kovalev and installed…

Librarians and City of Coralville staff hanging a white tarp to project a movie on in the Coralville Library parking lot. While the library was closed to the public and offering limited services, librarians innovated ways to provide service and…

15 new wireless hot spots being added to the Library collection. These will make it more than 60 available for the public to check out. Before the pandemic the Library had 10 hot spots available. The Coralville Public Library received several…

A picture of a pineapple whip ice cream cone, taken in the West Music parking lot in Coralville, Iowa. The City of Coralville promoted the importance of filling out the 2020 Census and provided iPads to people to help them fill it out online. After…

A press release to announce changes to public services offered by the Coralville Public Library on November 13, 2020. The library temporarily stopped browsing and computer lab appointments, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in our community and…

Coralville Public Library Children's Librarians try out their snowman decorating kits. The kits are provided to accompany a program called " ABC- A Book and a Craft" the last week in January. The kits were distributed through curbside pick up due…

Bear and Frog were reading with masks to promote the Busy Bears winter reading program for the Coralville Public Library's Children's Department.

Bartlett Family children putting through the Putt Fore the Library Hole sponsored by Build to Suit in 2015.

First picture-Sam Bartlett, Second picture- Grace Bartlett, Third picture- Ben Bartlett

Eric Mott, Coralville Library Circulation Assistant, trying out the Photo booth that used a green screen to produce a portrait commemorating the Putt Fore the Library fundraiser in 2018.

Logan Creach and his dad Eric Creach were participating in the first year (2009) of the Putt Fore the Library fundraiser. The hole was sponsored and decorated by New Pioneer Coop where Eric was store manager.