Job Opportunity: Assistant Director

Job Opportunity: Assistant Director

Assistant Director Position:  IPL Assistant Director Job Description 2024 (as Approved) (.pdf) Are you a new or experienced library professional ready to step into a leadership role? The Iola Public Library is seeking a dynamic and motivated Assistant Director to join...
Library Endowment and Giving Tuesday

Library Endowment and Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday Matching Event Update: As of December 9, 2024, we have received $3,522 from 13 donors. Gifts can still be made before December 15 to qualify for the matching grant. For the second year in a row in celebration of Giving Tuesday on December 3, 2024, any...
Iola Makerspace / Folk School Survey

Iola Makerspace / Folk School Survey

The Flewharty-Powell Library Annex steering committee is interested in your feedback about the best use for the Annex. Please complete this survey The home behind the library was gifted to the library in 2009 by Molly, daughter of Nancy Flewharty. We use the yard for...
Iola Reads: Ranger in Time

Iola Reads: Ranger in Time

For our Fall 2024 Youth book selections we have chosen 3 books from Kate Messner’s Ranger in Time series:         Rescue on the Oregon Trail         Escape from the Great Earthquake         Night of Soldiers and Spies   This series is about Ranger, a golden...
Thank You! Friends

Thank You! Friends

Friends Fall Used Book Sale Thank you to all 185 shoppers who came by to buy books and Thank You to the Volunteers from the Friends who helped us set up the sale, work a shift or three, and to Mary Ann, Roger F., and Rohan for helping us box up the leftovers on...