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. 

Plans & Reports

Library Planning

The following links will provide more information about our strategic plan, which is a short-term road map for library priorities, and our longer-term building plan, which provides the library with a guide for improving our facilities over time. Both documents work together, and as living plans, are subject to revision and change.

Watts-Midtown

Thanks for your support!

The former Tri-City Jewish Center project is complete. The community phase of fundraising ran from June 29, 2021 well past the grand opening of the new Rock Island Public Library Watts-Midtown Branch and Rock Island YMCA facilities on March 11, 2023. 

Your kind support and donations to the Rock Island Public Library Foundation and Two Rivers YMCA made this project possible. Fundraising pledges and naming opportunities for this project are always welcome.