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Your Rock Island Library offers a full schedule of FREE library events for families, adults, teens, and children. See the download link below to print a copy of our latest newsletter or ask for one at library locations. 

The Palace Project app for the Rock Island Public Library eRead Illinois is now live! Download it on Apple or Google playstores to start enjoying thousands of eBooks and digital audiobooks with your Rock Island Public Library card. 

The Frieze Lectures, a free public lecture series created to celebrate the oldest library in Illinois founded under its Local Library Act of 1872, continues for its 28th year, from October 23 to November 13.

PrairieCat on the Go | Your Library Anywhere

The PrairieCat Libraries Mobile app is available for download from the Google Play and Apple App Store. Look for the PrairieCat on the Go icon in the app stores.

Our Annual Report on ways we served the community in 2024! This report is issued annually during National Library Week. 

Flip through our 2024 Outcomes Report online

Many of you are asking how the recent Executive Order regarding the Institute for Library & Museum Services (IMLS,) and recent layoff of the 75-person IMLS staff, could affect local libraries, including the Rock Island Public Library. 

Read All the Comics! ComicsPlus has joined the library's robust section of digital reading content for use by RIPL cardholders.

A bit of comfort, in the form of Community Comfort Carts, are now available at all Rock Island Public Library physical locations. The goals are to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental health by discussing it openly, leading people to resources, and letting people know that they are not

Sometimes, you just need a gift for a library lover or born reader. Fortunately, our RayGun t-shirt is available.

PALS is a volunteer organization formed under the Rock Island Public Library Foundation. You'll find our PALS working at monthly book sales, speaking up for the value of our library to the community, and helping with programs.

In addition to the New York Times Online, we now offer the Newsbank database suite, which significantly expands your access to digital newspapers at no cost!  It includes more than 2,500 local, regional, and national newspapers, and  TV news content. 

Planning a garden? Check out our 2025 Seed Library, open now! Browse the full selection at our Downtown Library anytime during library hours.

Our Fine Free policy for RIPL cardholders wasn't only for our anniversary year - it's an ongoing policy! That means that late fines for Rock Island Public Library (RIPL) cardholders are mostly a thing of the past.