Because of the Traverwood Branch's unanticipated closure on Sunday and Monday, August 9 and 10, holds that would have been ready for pickup through those two days will now be held through Thursday, August 13. Please check with desk staff if you have problems finding or checking out these items.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to the unexpected maintenance situation at the Traverwood Branch, the Mon., Aug. 10 youth program 'Adventures in Movement' will be relocated to the Downtown Library. The event will be held 2-3 PM, and is for Grades K-3.

June 30 marks the end of AADL's fiscal year, and our catalog system needs to be taken offline to run and finalize our annual statistics. The catalog and my account pages will be unavailable starting at 9 PM tonight, Tuesday June 30, and will be back up before 9 AM on Wednesday, July 1. Thanks for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience!

All locations of the Ann Arbor District Library will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday May 25.

Regular Library hours will resume on Tuesday, May 26.

Air handler at bottom of the pit: These workers are at the bottom of the pit as a crane lowers a new air handler to basement level. The photographer is inside the basement. Photo by Ken Raynor.

Delivery of the library's new air handlers raised passing interest and even mild titillation among the characteristically blase citizens of this teeming sub-metropolis. For the first time in half a century, patrons on the west side of the downtown branch quaffed un-handled air. Ken Raynor snapped a series of photographs to record the event for posterity.

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AADL needs teen volunteers to help sign up summer reading participants June 12-26. Interested? You need to:

-be in grades 6-12 in the fall,
-attend training Friday, June 12, 2:00-3:00 p.m.,
-work both weeks (June 12-June 26).

Stop by the branch (West, Malletts Creek, Pittsfield, or Traverwood) at which you are interested in helping. Go to the reference desk, sign up, and take forms to complete. Return completed forms by Friday, June 5.

The Traverwood Branch is again open today, Sunday 4/26, after a brief power outage. Thanks for your patience!

kids films

Looking for some family fun at the upcoming Ann Arbor Film Festival? We have a discount code set up for the AADL community to receive $2 off advance online tickets for the For Kids of All Ages program on Saturday, 3/28 at 1pm at the Michigan Theater. Order advance tickets on the Festival website by entering the discount code AADL2009. For Kids of All Ages will feature a colorful mix of shorts that will engage even the youngest film-goer with high-caliber indie films.

Barack Obama

The 2009 Presidential Inauguration will take place Tuesday, January 20 in Washington, D.C. All are invited to view the televised live broadcast of the events of the day from 10 am – 5 pm in the 4th Floor Meeting Room of the Downtown Library.

As specified by the 20th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. President-Elect Barack Obama will take the oath of office at 12:00 noon and then give his inaugural address as the 44th President of the United States.

Remember, wireless Internet access is available throughout AADL. Use your laptop while you watch Inauguration Day festivities!

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What are people saying about AADL?

Watch the 2007-2008 annual report video now available online. See for yourself!