Special Weather Closing

Due to adverse weather conditions, all Rock Island Public Library buildings will be closed Monday, March 16. Meeting room reservations, library events, and Library2Go routes are also cancelled.

Even when our buildings are closed, our digital services put reading. music, movies/TV, and research at your fingertips. 

Fine Free Friday!

Program Type:

Special Event

Age Group:

Everyone
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Event Details

Fridays are FINE again in September 2022!

To celebrate National Library Card Sign-Up Month, we’ll waive overdue fines on your current checkouts that are returned on a Friday in September. It's your chance to renew your expired library card with a fresh start from your overdue items. It’s a FINE FREE FRIDAY!

Fine Free Fridays applies to:

  • Item is still in our catalog, and has not been deleted.  
  • Traditional library items: Books, CDs, Audiobooks, Magazines, DVDs still listed in our catalog. (Specialty items, such as hotspots, are not included.)
  •  Items returned at RIPL sites or via RIPL book drops after 6 pm Thursday or before 9 am Saturday. Items returned to other PrairieCat libraries do not qualify.
  • Overdue fines/late charges only: Remaining replacement fees, collection charges, damages, etc. still remain the responsibility of the patron.

Available for a limited time only. Bring those items back in September, and make a new start!

Want to pay it forward? We welcome donations for clearing fines for other library users. Ask staff for details!