A guide to resources for the study of the recent history of the United States in the libraries of the University of Iowa, the State Historical Society of Iowa, and in the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, 1977

This guide is designed as a finding aid for researchers seeking materials on a particular topic and it indicates the nature and extent of resources for the study of United States history available at the Historical Society of Iowa, the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and the Iowa University Libraries.

Iowa Library Services FY12 Annual Report, June 2013

Annual report for State Library of Iowa

Iowa Library Services FY13 Annual Report, June 2014

Annual report for State Library of Iowa

Audit report on the Iowa Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the Iowa Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board for the year ended June 30, 2013

Iowa DOT Library Services, Collection, & Technology Assessment, TR-670, 2014

Assesses the impact of library services on research projects, proposes methods to improve the impact of library services on research projects, assesses current library technology systems and proposes upgrades, assesses current library collection infrastructure and propose upgrades, especially in regards to collection damage from water or fire; ascertains patron interest in mobile technologies and suggest development based on interest.

Shall a free public library be established? : Iowa public library laws, 1914

This leaflet gives information on how to start a free public library in a community. Includes regulations and related laws dealing with libraries.

The study club program : suggestions relating to courses of study and aids furnished by the Traveling Library, 1909

This leaflet includes information on programs for Women's Clubs. Some possible subjects for the club's discussions are literature, history and fine arts. Several methods of study are covered. Groups are encouraged to use public libraries and the Iowa Traveling Library to obtain reference materials for their topics.

Books for the blind : loaned by the Iowa Library Commission, 1914

This leaflet gives information on the Iowa Library Commission and the added service of the circulation of books for the blind to the Traveling Library. Their goal is to make books available to every blind person who desires books.

Library buildings : Selection of an architect ... A paper read before the Iowa Library Association at Grinnell, Iowa. October 30, 1902

This leaflet talks about the architecture of library buildings. It provides information on the selection of an architect and how to design flooring and room arrangements in a practical way.

Iowa Library Trustee's Handbook, 2014

Gives trustees a basic understanding of their responsibilities and power.

Iowa and Some Iowans : a Bibliography for Schools and Librarians, 1996

Iowa and Some Iowans is a classed bibliography of materials by Iowans or about Iowa. It is in the same order in which the average school or public library or media center would shelve materials, that is, nonfiction in order using the Dewey Decimal System, and fiction in alphabetical order by author. Biographies and autobiographies are generally entered 920's. A few may be entered under the subject with which the biography is related. An attempt is made to provide most of the information needed to catalog each title including the Iowa-related subject headings, and the joint authors, artists and series titles pertinent to the bibliography. These items are included at the bottom of the entry as numbered “tracings” and are a record of the items included in the indexes. The author or creator of a work and the title of the work are indexed also. Fourth Edition 1996. NOTE: this digital version has some pagination discrepancies in the transition from chapter to chapter, but all content is included.

Iowa Library Services/State Library Update, January 2015, Vol. 13, no. 1

Quarterly update for Iowa Library Services/State Library patrons.

Action Plan: For implementing the recommendations of the Iowa Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services, April 30, May 1 and 2, 1991 and the White House Conference on Library and Information Services, July 9-13, 1991

This report includes the objectives, implementation responsibilities and target dates recommended and passed by the delegates to the Iowa Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services (April 30-May 2, 1991) or the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (July 9-13, 1991. Text of the relevant recommendations is included for each objective.

A plan for an electronic library and information services program for Iowa : presented to the Honorable Terry E. Branstad and members of the Iowa General Assembly, 1995

This document summarizes the conclusions and recommendations of the Library Services Advisory Council who were appointed by Governor Terry E. Branstad to develop a coordinated, cost-effective and comprehensive plan for the implementation of an electronic statewide library and information services program.

State Plan for Library Program under Library Services and Construction Act, as amended, 1966

This document includes the general provisions and regulations of the Iowa Sate Traveling Library under the Library Services and Construction Act. It also includes information of appropriations of funds available for expenditure, authority of local agencies to administer and state agency to supervise local administration and certification.