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Patron Comment on 2025-05-24 11:18 AM:
Does the AADL offer its patrons Flipster? If so, how do I access it? If not, is this something the AADL would consider? Thank you!
AADL Response on 2025-05-27 10:28 AM:
Hello! AADL does not subscribe to Flipster, instead, we have access to hundreds of magazine titles and thousands of issues through our OverDrive, our digital book service. You can browse these online here: https://mlc.overdrive.com/mlc-annarbor/magazines/browse#format=magazine
OverDrive has an app called Libby that you can download to your device and you can access the magazine, ebook, or digital audiobook content that way as well.
I hope this helps, and thanks for using your library!
Sara
AADL
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Patron Comment on 2025-04-25 10:12 AM:
Hello,
My subject is the MeL program, which means much to me.
I understand that it has been or will be affected by the cuts made by the Trump administration.
I am a big book lover, and I value the MeL program so much. It gives the ability to cast a wide net in searching for a book. I use it often, and have used it for years, for my family and self.
Despite financial cuts, is there a way to keep MeL going?
If not, is there a way for AADL to coordinate with other libraries in Washtenaw County to allow us book-loving patrons to continue being able to cast a wide net, even if smaller than what MeL has enabled, in our searches for books for ourselves and our families?
I hope so much that something can be worked out to allow a wider-than-AADL net to be cast in patrons' book searches.
Thank you,
AADL Response on 2025-04-25 1:20 PM:
Hello, thanks for contacting us. Just yesterday the State Library had a meeting to share an update, and the upshot is that it appears MeLCat is not at risk. A funding commitment for next year (beginning in October) has been secured, and even if that funding does not materialize, it's very clear that continuation of MeLCat is the top priority of the State Library throughout various possible funding scenarios. So, the State Librarian -- and your library director -- are both feeling much better about the future of MeLCat this week than last.
So, while things could still change, it sounds like MeLCat would be the very last thing to be impacted, and there are other resources in the state that could be brought to bear depending on what happens with federal money for next fiscal year.
I will say a similar sort of system for just Washtenaw County would not be viable. It takes an entire state's worth of library collections to attempt to sate the requests of AADL patrons!
Let me know if you have any other questions or concerns. Thank you for your feedback, and thanks for using your library!
-eli
Eli Neiburger
Director
Ann Arbor District Library
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AADL Response on 2024-11-26 12:00 PM:
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Patron Comment on 2025-11-25 12:00 PM:We need a table with coffee and cookies and cookies for the kids.