Remember Marian, the librarian? Her central role in The Music Man (set in Iowa, remember) isn't all that far from the important role that libraries play in public services in Iowa City and Coralville. Coralville has just opened a major expansion of the Coralville public library (photo) and Iowa City did the same a couple of years ago. It's great that residents of either city can get cards for both libraries.
One of the things that we really like about the Coralville library is their used book sales. They always have a table of books for sale (50 cents for paperbacks, one dollar for hardbacks) and they have an annual book sale; last week we picked up a dozen books there (enough for the next two or three trips). We love the libraries and are very, very happy to live where libraries are valued.
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