Closed for Thanksgiving

The Independence Public Library will close at 1:00 pm on November 27, and will be closed on November 28 in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Normal hours will resume Friday, November 29 at 9:30 AM.

Book Discussion

Uncover the murder, magic, and madness of the 1893 Chicago’s World Fair in Erik Larson’s Devil in the White City at the Independence Public Library’s book discussion. Copies of the book will be available at ...

Embracing Cultures, Building Friendships:

Meet the PAX high school foreign exchange students at the Independence Public Library! Ghana, Spain, Mexico, China, Estonia and others are represented. Students will discuss their own cultures as well as their experiences in Iowa. 

For more inform...

Minecraft: Black Friday

Get building with Minecraft Black Friday 1989. Venture into the cosmic mall that is Roswell Carnivale Online to discover an abandoned shopping mall called the Astroplex. Since this is the Season of Discovery within NirvanaOnline, we will be challenging pl...

Network Nirvana - Build it and they will come

Network Nirvana - Build it and they will come

By Michelle Toale-Burke

“I have so many ideas. In fact, I came up with two in the shower this morning.”

-TJ Nissen, owner Network Nirvana

TJ Nissen, owner of Network Nirvana, a next-generation ...