2025 Newsletters
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The Palace App for eRead Illinois is Now Live!
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.
State of Rock Island Libraries Report
Our Annual Report on ways we served the community in 2024! This report is issued annually during National Library Week.
ComicsPlus Now Available
Read All the Comics! ComicsPlus has joined the library's robust section of digital reading content for use by RIPL cardholders.
Read Beyond the Paywall with our Newspaper Resources!
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.
RIPL Cardholders Are STILL Fine Free
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.