Tomorrow is the last day to turn in your playbook for the “Step Up to the Plate” program.  All local entries will be submitted to the Quad City River Bandits for their grand prize drawings and to the national program for their drawings on Monday, August 17.  Remember, there is one grand prize for each [...]

Continue reading...

The card catalog system is now operating correctly. The card catolog system used by the Davenport Public Library is currently unavailable.  According to the PALS website, ”due to a technical outage in the catalog, you will be unable to place holds on items and retrieve call numbers/availability information.  We are working to restore this functionality and [...]

Continue reading...

Karaoke Contest & PARTAY 2nite @ the Fairmount Branch – 4:00 kids; 5:30 teens; 6:30 adults. Great prizes, free cookies, and lots of fun! # TEENS – can you win the DDR & Rock Band challenge? Fairmount Branch Library today at 3, it's on! Win prizes & become the QC videogame champ! # Last week [...]

Continue reading...

WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO? It just seems like yesterday that Rick Eugene, Ellis Kell, DePriest Puppets and the Houks helped us kick-off our summer reading program with the help of a grant from the Quad City Arts.  Their workshops inspired many to come to the library to begin a summer of learning fun through [...]

Continue reading...

It was a beautiful day for the tree planting which kicked off construction of the Library’s new LEED-certified Eastern Avenue Branch Library. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification means that the new building wiill adhere to standards put forth by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it environmentally friendly and able to stand [...]

Continue reading...