Southwest Library Construction
Please pardon the dust and noise due to HVAC construction at the Southwest Library from Tuesday, April 30th through Thursday, May 2nd. We hope to bring you an improved library facility. Thank you for your patience.
As we await the opening of our new branch, we have reduced hours for the bookmobile. We are fully open for entry and browsing, masks encouraged, but not required.
The Rock Island Public Library Children's staff are bringing early literacy skills, library information and sharing stories to our friends at the RIMSD HeadStart and Preschool For All sites.
The Downtown Library's Historical Room will be open for those who wish to use its materials.
Frieze Lecture Series: Cosmos and the work of Alexander von Humboldt, presented by Dr. Stephen Hager
To kick off the 150th anniversary year of the Rock Island Public Library, the 25th annual Frieze Lecture series focuses on ideas that had a profound impact in their own times – much like the opening of the Rock Island Public Librar