Indianola Public Library - Indianola, NE

04/04/2026

The library will be closed these dates in April:
Tue April 7
Sat April 18 & Thurs April 30

02/02/2026

The Library will be closed a couple days in the coming week - Wed. Feb 4 & Sat. Feb 7

01/07/2026

LFL restock
DOGMAN (always popular)
COHO
a (holiday)board book
For those parents who have kids that can't get enough Disney - I see there are several Disney books in the LFL too :)

12/23/2025

Want to be like Taylor? Don't want to wait 22 weeks on Libby App? We have a copy of "The God of the Woods" at the library
Open until 6 today
Closed Tomorrow and Thursday for Christmas

Liz Moore's "THE GOD OF THE WOODS" has seen sales triple across all formats after being featured in Taylor Swift's "The End of an Era" docuseries!

The novel is also being developed into a film adaptation by Netflix!

12/06/2025

The library will be closed today (Saturday Dec 6)
🫣my other job has caught up to me & my body is telling me we need a break

12/02/2025

The library will close early (6pm) on Tuesdays during the month of December.

11/25/2025

If you have lived in Indianola, NE for very long, you most likely have a story about retired City Clerk Ona Malleck, who recently passed away. I thought it would be fitting to share mine.
Shortly after I became librarian, I received a call one day from Ona (retired by this point)- it went something like this...

Ona: Katie, Do you have a minute to talk?
Me: Yes (thinking to myself - "Oh no...what have I done? Did I upset Ona?" 😳)
Ona: I have a donation I'm interested in making to the library if you are interested.
Me: Okay?
Ona: You see, before I retired I told my family to buy me puzzles because I wanted to do puzzles in my retirement. But here's the thing, Katie, Retired Ona does not really like puzzles - so I would like to donate them to the library. 😅

So in case you didn't know - WE HAVE PUZZLES!!!
Many from Ona...and several others. There is no real check-out because sometimes it takes a long time to get a puzzle put together....I understand!
Come see what we have (a little of everything from 300 piece - 2000 piece) and grab one for the long weekend - or the cold days ahead and think of Ona & her family 🙂

11/19/2025

I've had a few requests for this author (and yes, I drug my feet a little b/c of personal reasons...aka...I haven't loved her books). I seem to have ended up with 2 copies - so this one is headed to the LFL... and in about a week, you can check out a copy at the library! :)

11/13/2025

Bad News - The library will be closed on Saturday (Nov 15)
Great News - The library now has a Little Free Library available to the public at the City Park (7th & E St) - you can get a book to read any time you want!
The Little Free Library is now open & stocked - the concept - Take a book, Share a Book.

This Little Free Library is fully funded by the Nebraska Library Commission and with financial support of the Little Free Library Organization.
Also a special thanks to our city council for supporting this project and the city maintenance guys for getting it installed.

09/10/2025

The Nebraska Library Commission is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Little Free Library Mini-Grant Program, designed to expand access to books and promote early literacy in Nebraska’s unserved and underserved communities. The Nebraska Library Commission has collaborated with the Little Free Library Organization to provide these grants. Read more about it on the ➡️ https://buff.ly/mY2TB1J

06/02/2025

🤔What's the strangest thing you've ever purchased off FB Marketplace?
Here's mine....This giant foam wall that the kids can help decorate during summer reading 😃
PK-2nd grade starts tomorrow! You can register here
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4akQzX31TIHxSlkFgMYHISydlNsm3NY76ovIYjcvsgkESzw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109627626785461857606

05/29/2025

Summer Reading for Grades PK-2nd begins Tuesday. Have you signed your child up? Did you lose the flyer that was sent home? Just haven't had time to register them?
Here's the link
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4akQzX31TIHxSlkFgMYHISydlNsm3NY76ovIYjcvsgkESzw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109627626785461857606