Library of Michigan

Community Engagement Librarian Adam Oster was in Athens yesterday visiting the Athens Community Library and the Athens Area Historical Society Museum. The society also had a donation of 2 boxes of Athens High School yearbooks for the #LibraryofMi.

#ThrowbackThursday Former #MiStateLibrarian Loleta Fyan participating in the anniversary celebrations of Jackson County Library (now #MyJDL) in 1939. 📰: 3/19/1939 Jackson Citizen Patriot p. 4

Check out the many promotional graphics for highlighting the 2026 #MiNotableBks list as well as tools for #MiLibraries hosting #MiNotableBks authors: michigan.gov/libraryofmichi…

On Friday, March 13, 2026 - #WinterHasReturned to #Michigan. #GuardiansOfKnowledge #GameOfThrones

Celebrate the #313 with one of several past and present #MiNotableBks selections set in #Detroit and other surrounding communities!

#ThrowbackThursday Reader Services Division Director (at later #MiStateLibrarian) Francis Scannell highlighting the #LibraryofMi's Dime Novel collection and the public call for donations. 📰: 3/12/1964 The Niles Daily Star p. 16

Looking forward to partnering with our friends at @cadl in their Virtual Family History Series this coming Saturday. Registration is required. Call 517-367-6350 or visit cadl.org/event/16307480.

Community Engagement Librarian Adam Oster hit the road this week to talk about digitizing family history material at Clarkston Independence District Library.

Interim #MiStateLibrarian Michelle Bradley visited Edwardsburg last week to help celebrate the opening of the new Edwardsburg Branch of #CassDistrictLibrary - the first newly constructed library building in Cass County since 1978.

Watch out when the librarians show up for trivia games 😉. #LMstaff Lindsay Borman and Diane Donham took 3rd place and 1st place during the @mieducation staff Jeopardy game as part of Employee Appreciation Week. 🏆🏆

#ThrowbackThursday Former #MiStateLibrarian Mary Frankhauser speaking to the Albion Three Quarters of a Century Club about the history, collections, and services of the #LibraryofMi. 📰: 3/5/1935 Marshall Evening Chronicle p. 5

@GovWhitmer has officially proclaimed March 2026 as March is Reading Month! Read the proclamation: michigan.gov/.../03/01/marc…

Explore your community's greatest resource during #NationalReadingMonth - #MiLibraries

#ThrowbackThursday The Ironwood Times highlighting all the ways @migovernment benefited from the resources of the #LibraryofMi in 1937. 📰: 2/26/1937 The Ironwood Times p. 2

A hint of sun hitting #CarlTheTree today, but still cloudy and cold outside. Are we in 2nd winter or 3rd winter? 🌲🌥️🌨️

The #GreatMichiganRead is a wonderful program from our friends at @mihumanities. Be sure to check out the events featuring writer/director @Curtischin - a past #MiNotableBks recipient. Learn more at: michiganhumanities.org/great-michigan…

Over the weekend, a donor from #WestMichigan contributed a collection of 68 Kelloggsville High School #kvrockets yearbooks to the #LibraryofMi to insure the "memories never fade" 😊

#ThrowbackThursday Highlighting the value of the #LibraryofMi's traveling library system and discussing the reading needs of younger readers in #Michigan. 📰: 2/19/1901 The Washtenaw Times p. 4

Blue skies and sunshine immediately improve your day - especially when you share it with #CarlTheTree 😉🌲

Celebrating #PresidentsDay with a book about Michigan's own, President #GeraldFord (1974–1977).