Adventure Pass Changes in 2025

Due to software issues affecting all libraries using the service, the Des Moines Public Library’s Iowa Adventure Pass program will no longer be available in 2025. Any reservation already made for 2025 will be honored, but we encourage anyone with a current reservation to print those passes immediately. Customers can make new reservations for passes that must be used by December 31, 2024. We hope to reintroduce the service at a later time, and we apologize for the inconvenience. 

DMPL Summer Checkout Challenge

Summer Checkout challenge 2024

Adults - take part in the 2024 Summer Checkout Challenge! Head to your favorite DMPL branch and ask for a Summer Checkout Challenge form, or download and print it from the link below. You receive a free super reader magnet when you grab your first entry form. When you complete the challenge, you'll receive an entry into our grand prize drawing for a Summer Checkout Challenge shirt. Each time you complete the challenge, you’ll receive another entry!

For more information, talk to a librarian at your local branch.

The challenge begins June 3.

Download the entry form

Grand Prize Shirt

The Grand Prize Summer Checkout Challenge Shirt