All materials except the art prints are available for inter-library loan. A bibliography is also available upon request. The Ivanhoe community celebrates it's Polish heritage annually during the August Polish Days. The Ivanhoe Public Library promotes interest in this heritage by collecting books relating to Poland. The collection includes fiction, recipes, customs and folklore, legends, history and atlases.
All books are available on interlibrary loan.
The Slayton Public Library has developed a collection of over 400 songbooks. This project began in 1979 with grant monies administered through the Plum Creek Library System and the collection continues to expand. The library staff maintains an title index to all songs in the collection, now numbering over 14,000 unique titles. A bibliography of the songbooks in the collection is available at each PCLS library and all books are available through interlibrary loan.