KIWA Radio

Iowa Standard Event Renews Sioux Center Library Debate

An event hosted in Sioux Center last week by conservative news outlet The Iowa Standard renewed local discussion surrounding ...
Iowa Public Radio

Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave. The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan

Anne Mangano steps into new role as director of the Iowa City Public Library

Anne Mangano was named the new director of the Iowa City Public Library after being appointed to the position by the Iowa City Public Library Board of Trustees. Mangano has worked for the library ...
The Gazette

Trump wants to shutter a federal library agency. Here’s what that could mean for Iowa libraries.

Mindy Clark of Cedar Rapids is framed through an O in Iowa as she visits the Cedar Rapids Public Library in southeast Cedar Rapids on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...
The Gazette

The righteous right takes aim at Iowa’s public libraries

A librarian organizes books that have been returned on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at the Ladd branch of the Cedar Rapids Public Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette) Buy Photo The ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa museums, libraries brace for possible federal funding loss following executive order

The State Law Library at the Iowa State Capitol provides access to a highly specialized legal collection. It is funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. When the Dubuque Museum ...