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Library Closed on Sunday, April 21
Mon, 04/15/2019 - 1:03pm by richretyi
All AADL locations will be closed on Sunday, April 21.
Regular library hours will resume on Monday, April 22.
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Malletts Creek Closure Begins April 8th
Mon, 03/25/2019 - 12:05pm by howarde
Malletts Creek Branch will be closed for 6-8 weeks for renovations beginning April 8th. Thank you for your patience. All other locations are open.
As part of the renovation, we'll be adding two new meeting rooms, replacing the flooring throughout the building, replacing all the internet stations and kids' computers, rearranging the shelving, and converting the collection to categories.
Additional information during the closure:
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It's Survey Season!
Tue, 03/05/2019 - 9:42am by eli
AADL loves to partner with our friends at the U-M School of Information (UMSI) to help students find meaningful ways to practice what they're learning in their classes. This year, we've got three graduate students from a UMSI Assessment class working on class projects involving assessing public library services. They've produced three online surveys, and we'd like to invite you to take any of them that are interesting to you! Each survey is fairly short and your answers are anonymous and confidential. Please take a look:
Have you used our Tools Collection? Try this Tools Collection Survey.
Have you booked a room at AADL? Try this Room Booking Survey.
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Downtown Closure, February 2019
Wed, 02/13/2019 - 1:45pm by howarde
The Downtown Library will be closed for about two weeks beginning Monday, February 25th for re-carpeting and painting, and will reopen at 9 AM on Saturday March 9th.
The Downtown Hold Shelves will return from Westgate at opening Saturday and all items will be held through the weekend; on Monday March 12 items on the Downtown Hold Shelves will resume expiring normally.
All other locations are open as normal.
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Kids' and Teen writing contests begin January 20!
Tue, 01/08/2019 - 1:54pm by eapearce
Our annual Write On! 3rd-5th grade writing contest and It's All Write 6th-12th grade writing contest will both begin accepting submissions on Sunday, January 20! The kids' writing contest accepts submissions from January 20-February 17, 2019, while the teen writing contest is open for submission from January 20-March 3, 2019.
Participants from Ann Arbor and beyond are welcome to submit their entries to these contests! The kids' writing contest accepts short stories, while the teen writing contest has flash fiction, short story and poetry components.
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Treasure Quest #4: Pop the Quest-ion!
Thu, 01/03/2019 - 6:00pm by nicole
You've seen this story told before, time and time again:
Prince meets poor sweet urchin girl. They marry. That's the end.
The most enchanting film of all was produced by Disney--
The dearest love in all the world is hiding this next key!
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Somewhere in the vast catalog a mysterious Key has appeared! The hunt for The Kingdom Key begins now!
A film was made in yesteryear
(that's 1997),
They had the right ingredients
for cinematic heaven:
A charming prince, a ball,
a town in colors bright as candy,
A fragile shoe, a pumpkin ride--
and lots of shots of Brandy.
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Click on the image to get started searching for this Key (and the Gate!), or do something else entirely, like:
Dance all the way to the Badge List!
Hop inside a pumpkin and ride off to the AADL Catalog!
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AADL's Most Requested Items of 2018
Tue, 12/18/2018 - 2:57pm by richretyi
Coco. Metal detectors. Florence + the Machine. Little Fires Everywhere. La Grenouillere.
These are just a few of the most requested books, movies, music, tools, and art prints of 2018 across the entire AADL system. Thanks for using your library!
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Holiday Hours
Tue, 12/18/2018 - 9:04am by TimG
All locations of the Ann Arbor District Library will be closed on Monday & Tuesday, December 24 & 25. Regular hours will resume on Wednesday, December 26.
All locations will close at 6 pm on Monday December 31 and will remain closed on Tuesday, January 1. Regular hours will resume on Wednesday, January 2.
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Library Closed On Thanksgiving
Wed, 11/14/2018 - 8:35pm by TimG
All AADL locations will be closed on Thursday, November 22 for Thanksgiving.
Regular library hours will resume on Friday, November 23.
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Treasure Quest #2: The Quest Count-inues!
Fri, 11/09/2018 - 6:00pm by nicole
At last! Another Treasure Quest to fill your freezing days.
A puzzle to unlock! A different screen at which to gaze!
It's fashionably late, just like the greatest rockstars are.
Now this Key's off to surf the crowd! Or is it a...Keytar?
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Somewhere in the vast catalog a mysterious Key has appeared! The hunt for The Subspace Key-tar begins now!
This story is about a guy,
Just him vs. the World.
One night he fell in like
With an Amazonian girl.
She came with lots of baggage:
Seven exes in a row.
This Zero had to beat them
To become her latest beau.
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Click on the image to get started searching for this Key (and the Gate!), or do something else entirely, like:
Take a bus to the Badge List!
Zip through subspace into the AADL Catalog!