Free for All: The Public Library

Free for All: The Public Library is a documentary that tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen.

In this film presentation, you will learn about the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” all the way to today’s librarians who serve the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans. A panel discussion will follow the film.

This is your chance to meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free, and the doors are open to all.

Co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Ames & Story County and the Ames Public Library.