Get free internet at home when you borrow a HotSpot from the Library! Smarter HotSpots are available for patrons to check out. Access the internet and preinstalled apps directly on the device or enable it as a hotspot and connect up to eight web-enabled devices to its mobile data for the internet.
What is Kanopy? Kanopy is an app for your smart devices & TVs. Kanopy allows Library users to view movies, films, courses and documentaries for FREE. No ads or payments. Full-access Sioux City Public Library cardholders may view up to 5 films a month on Kanopy! How do I get Kanopy? Download the Kanopy app (Google Apps, Apple App Store), select "Get Started" and enter your library: Sioux City Public Library. Enter your Library card # and PIN (your pin is your 2-digit month then day of your birthday in MMDD format, unless you have changed it.) Create a Kanopy
What is Libby? Libby is an app for your smart devices. Libby allows Library users to check out e-books, e-magazines and e-audiobooks for FREE.
In addition to thousands of amazing books and resources that are FREE to Sioux City residents, patrons can look forward to a special kickoff event, lots of story times, reading to canine companions, family movie Fridays, visitors from the Dorothy Pecaut Nature center, a teen writing club, toddler dance party, LEGO events and much more! Sign up for our Kids & Families newsletter at siouxcitylibrary.org/kidsevents for all the details on the Summer Reading Program at the Library. But wait, there’s MORE – the Library will also have a Summer Reading Program for Adults! Adults can earn badges for doing activities
The Friends of the Sioux City Public Library Book Lovers Book Sale concluded on April 16 and was the largest book sale the Friends of the Sioux City Public Library has held. An estimated 100,000 volumes in 2,500+ very heavy boxes amassed from 3 years of donations were sorted, moved, and organized by our volunteers. This was a huge undertaking, but the Sioux City area community rose to the occasion.
If you can’t get enough true crime podcasts, TV series’, and books, the latest Local History display on the 2nd floor at the Aalfs Downtown Library is definitely for you.
Emily St. John Mandel–the bestselling author behind the critically acclaimed novels Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel–joins Kelsey and Jenn on this episode of The First Fifty Pages. Emily talks about her love of Science Fiction, the un-romantic process of revision, and about how her latest novel, Sea of Tranquility, moves through time and space. (!) Spoiler — the future is not a catastrophe…
On the The First Fifty Pages podcast, international Bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz joined Kelsey Patterson and Jenn Delperdang from the Sioux City Public Library, to talk about his journey as an author, the writers who cultivated his love of reading, and his new novel, Quicksilver.
April 3 – 9, was National Library Week, a time to highlight the essential role the Library and its staff play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. The theme for this year’s National Library Week was “Connect with Your Library.”
During the month of April, check out the in-house curated displays or librarian recommended lists online for choice pieces on poetry. The Sioux City Public Library has poems for the literature lover or the reader who is just starting to discover the wonder of poetry!
