West Des Moines Public Library
4000 Mills Civic Pkwy
West Des Moines, IA 50265
United States
The 97th Academy Awards (The Oscars) presentation is scheduled for Sunday, March 2 at 7pm. There's still time to watch all of the films before the presentation! See our list for major categories below including links to our catalog for DVDs to checkout, the streaming service to watch online, or the theater where the movies are showing. And, just for fun, here is a ballot from thegoldknight.com to vote for your favorites!
The West Des Moines Public Library Staff is sharing their favorite Juvenile (chapter books, picture books, graphic novels, and nonfiction) picks from the year below! You can put the books on hold by clicking the titles, or you can stop by the display in front of the Accounts and Checkout Desk and see them in-person.
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The West Des Moines Public Library Staff is sharing their favorite Young Adult picks from the year below! You can put the books on hold by clicking the titles, or you can stop by the display in front of the Accounts and Checkout Desk and see them in-person.
Check out our other lists!
The West Des Moines Public Library Staff is sharing their favorite nonfiction picks from the year below! You can put the books on hold by clicking the titles, or you can stop by the display in front of the Accounts and Checkout Desk and see them in-person.
Check out our other lists!
The West Des Moines Public Library Staff is sharing their favorite adult fiction picks from the year below! You can put the books on hold by clicking the titles, or you can stop by the display in front of the Accounts and Checkout Desk and see them in-person.
Check out our other lists!
We know how much our patrons love getting our various newsletters, so we wanted to give everyone a heads up about some upcoming changes. The provider that sends out our newsletters, Bookletters, will no longer be in business after December 31, 2024. We are working hard to get our replacement newsletter system up and running by February 1, 2025. Keep checking back on our website and social media for updates about the launch of our new newsletter system.
In today’s episode, I spoke with two staff members from the West Des Moines Public Library, Kate Thompson and Susan Greenwood, who were founding members of our Accessibility Committee. They recently presented at the Iowa Library Association Conference about their work on the committee and how other libraries can do an accessibility audit of their space and services. They also highlighted some of the incredible work they’ve done so far to make the library more accessible and some dream projects they’re working towards in the future.
We’ve teamed up with Metro Waste Authority to be a convenient drop-off location for your old holiday lights! Just drop them in the bin near our Accounts and Checkouts Desk through January 31 and we'll take care of the rest.
Accepted lights: LED, classic, plastic & glass bulbs, net lights, icicle lights, and even battery-powered strands.
Please drop lights loose, not bagged. Holiday lights are NOT regular recyclables and should not go in your curbside recycling bin. They can damage the sorting equipment at the Metro Recycling Facility.
In today’s episode, we’re celebrating DINOvember with local picture book author, Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia! Liz will be hosting a fun dinosaur storytime on Saturday, November 16 at 10:30 AM where she’ll read from her new book, out Tuesday, November 12, called Spinosaurus Makes a Splash. She also will be hosting a craft and singing songs with attendees. We can’t wait!
UPDATE: We now anticipate our donation pause to continue through the first week of February 2025.
Thanks to your generosity, we are currently processing a lot of donations. To help us catch up, we will be putting a pause on accepting new donations of all materials. We anticipate this pause continuing through the the first week in February 2025.
Our Book Sale area will still very-much be active! We have lots of materials waiting in the wings to put up for the Book Sale through the end of the year.
In today’s episode, we spoke with local bestselling author Kimberly Stuart. Kimberly is the author of nine books, including the Heidi Elliott series, and, most recently Star for Jesus (And Other Jobs I Quit), a memoir about rediscovering the grace that sets us free.
In today’s episode, I got to speak with the first author presenting at the Friends Foundation’s Booked for the Evening series, Stephanie R. Caffrey. Stephanie is a local author who writes romantic suspense and has published two books (so far!) titled Mistaken Identity and Be My Little Baby.
By Traci Glass, Library Director
Our library staff is happy to assist you with any questions you might have regarding the upcoming general election on November 5, 2024.
The library will be an Early Voting site for POLK COUNTY voters only from Tuesday, October 22 - Saturday, October 26 between the hours of 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM in our Community Room. Paper ballots are available at this site only for those who live in West Des Moines precincts, but computerized voting machines are available for all Polk County voters.
Our West Des Moines Public Library podcast, In This Day and Page, is BACK for season 3! To kick us off, we sat down with our Director, Traci Glass, to chat about her background in libraries and her ultimate vision for the WDM Public Library. This is one you won't want to miss.
Listen to the Full Episode Here.