Upcoming Events
Non-Fiction Book Club
Are you a history buff? Or do you love reading medical mysteries or family memoirs?
Lunch & Learn: Intro to Instagram
Join us for our Healthy Aging Lunch and Learn series where you will enjoy lunch while learning valuable information. This week's topic is Getting Started with Instagram.
Intro to 3D Printing
Learn how to use Tinkercad to build and manipulate 3D designs. In this class, we’ll go over merging and subtracting shapes, readying objects for 3D printing by adding supports and exporting files.
Gardening With Native Plants: Garden Design Field Trip
Getting the right plant in the right location is the key to a successful native garden.
Basic Soldering: Stained Glass
Learn how to solder stained glass. In this class, we’ll go over the basics of the soldering iron, types of solder, basic terminology, and safety. Then, we’ll put that knowledge to use by practicing soldering scrap glass.
Your instructor must have already approved the Council Bluffs Public Library as a proctoring site and must have sent the necessary proctoring instructions to reference@councilbluffslibrary.org.
The Council Bluffs Public Library can offer the following regarding Test Proctoring:
- Test Proctoring when adequate personnel, facilities and technology are available.
- Proctoring is conducted by the library staffing the Reference Desk at the time of the exam. Individual librarians are not assigned to proctor specific exams or students.
- Library staff proctor exams from the Reference Desk; library staff observes the student while performing other tasks and assisting other patrons. If your institution requires that the student receives constant, uninterrupted observation, the Library cannot proctor your exam.
- Exams must be completed within a half-hour before the Library closes.
- The student or instructor is required to make arrangements for the exam. Test Proctoring must be scheduled at least 3 days in advance.
- Your instructor must have already approved the Council Bluffs Public Library as a proctoring site and must have sent the necessary proctoring instructions to reference@councilbluffslibrary.org.
Digital Library
Gale EBooks

Reference e-Books that can download or read online. Areas of emphasis include business plans, travel books, biographies, current events, encyclopedias, and much more.
Hoopla Digital

Digital movies, television shows, music albums, graphic novels, and audiobooks.
Libby by OverDrive

Browse thousands of e-Books, digital audiobooks and digital magazines and download to your smartphone or digital device. Read today's most popular titles without leaving the house!