Posts Tagged Island Public Library

  • Libraries Lend eBooks, too!

    Information from Rock Island Public Library With all the news about eBooks, many wonder how digital reading affects libraries. The truth is that libraries are a part of the digital world, offering downloadable books to patrons as an additional choice. eBooks and audio titles join the many great ...

  • Did You Know? Book Listeners Have More Options

    By Lisa Lockheart Publicity/Outreach Liason Rock Island Public Library Many audiobooks are now coming out in MP3 compatible formats. This is a full audiobook on a single CD. MP3 compatibility means you can transfer the audio file to your computer, and then onto an MP3 compatible music play...

  • Frieze Lecture Series – 150 Years of Augustana

    By Lisa Lockheart Publicity/Outreach Liason Rock Island Public Library During the Rock Island Library’s 125th anniversary in 1998, Augustana College professors offered the first set of Frieze Lectures on the authors carved in stone around the Main Library. Thirteen years later, the 2010 Friez...