110+ Languages Are At Your Fingertips

Planning a trip to Italy to celebrate your anniversary? Collaborating with your Chinese counterparts in your company’s Beijing branch? Just want to brush up that language you studied for four years in school, but somehow can’t seem to remember at all? We’ve got you covered. We are excited to announce…

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Talking With Active Seniors

LTC:  Talking with Active Seniors The library set up a meeting with a Senior Swim Group at the local YMCA.  This group was exercised and ready for conversation.  Our discussion was centered on what things concerns you.  To prod them along, I said, what things do your children warn you…

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Celebrate Your Right to Read!

Banned Books Week (September 26 – October 2, 2021) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. It brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers,…

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Libraries Continue to Be More than Just Books!

Did you know you can use your library card to borrow a canning kit, monitor your power consumption, play disc golf at the park, and even borrow an umbrella or bicycle chain during your trip to the South Sioux City Public Library?  September is Library Card Sign Up Month, and…

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ABC Mouse for grades K-5

Introducing ABCmouse, the Fun Way to Play and Learn ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy® is described by many educators as the most comprehensive early learning curriculum available online. The website has received special recognition from Parents magazine, and has been honored with the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, the Mom’s Choice Gold…

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Library Card Scholarships

Dakota County residents who live outside the city limits of South Sioux City are unfortunately not eligible for a free library card. The annual cost for a card is a is currently $75.00 per household. However, there are exceptions, the library offers two separate scholarships for free library cards. LOW…

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All About Wowbrary

The South Sioux City Public Library is excited to offer its patrons free “Wowbrary” email alerts that showcase the library’s newest items each week. The alerts feature the latest bestsellers, movies, music CDs, audiobooks, magazines, children’s titles, cookbooks, mysteries, travel guides, health books, science fiction, and more purchased by the…

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Meeting Room Policy

Public Library Meeting Room Policy (For Profit/ Family Parties) (Approved by the City Council of the City of South Sioux City 7-13-2015) In accordance with the South Sioux City Public Library goals and objectives, the meeting room, is first and foremost to be used to enhance Library services to the…

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Free Driving Test Practice

Do you know about driving-tests.org? Driving Tests.org has: 16 car practice tests 50 CDL practice tests 9 motorcycle practice tests All official driver’s manuals Answers to 100+ DMV-related questions Breeze through your driving test when you practice using real questions directly from the official manual. Every question is based on…

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Ask a Librarian, We love to chat!

One of the benefits of following the library on social media is that you can chat with us at almost any time of the day. We are at your fingertips to assist you with holds, general information, programming questions or research help.  Although it helps to have your library card,…

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