eli neiburger
@eli.aadl.org
Director of your Ann Arbor District Library!
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Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
A Ripple in Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor District Library
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday we premiered A RIPPLE IN ANN ARBOR, a 50-minute documentary about Ann Arbor's DNA Dragnet of the 90s, when hundreds of Black Men were profiled and accused of serial rape. It's now available to stream online at aadl.org/arippleinann... . Read on for thanks and acknowledgements!
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Washtenaw Area Pick Up Robotics returns! Come see local High School FIRST Robotics Championship teams play a fast, fun game with large robots, including crafts for kids and chances to meet the teams.
Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM at 265 Parkland Plaza.
⚙️ aadl.org/wapur
Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM at 265 Parkland Plaza.
⚙️ aadl.org/wapur
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Washtenaw Area Pick Up Robotics returns! Come see local High School FIRST Robotics Championship teams play a fast, fun game with large robots, including crafts for kids and chances to meet the teams.
Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM at 265 Parkland Plaza.
⚙️ aadl.org/wapur
Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM at 265 Parkland Plaza.
⚙️ aadl.org/wapur
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THIS WEEKEND: Printmaking Festival and A2 Community Bookfest at the Downtown Library!
Meet local artists, makers, and authors, and experience hands-on fun for all ages!
Double the festival fun and join us November 8-9!
→ aadl.org/printfest
→ aadl.org/bookfest
Meet local artists, makers, and authors, and experience hands-on fun for all ages!
Double the festival fun and join us November 8-9!
→ aadl.org/printfest
→ aadl.org/bookfest
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
THIS WEEKEND: Printmaking Festival and A2 Community Bookfest at the Downtown Library!
Meet local artists, makers, and authors, and experience hands-on fun for all ages!
Double the festival fun and join us November 8-9!
→ aadl.org/printfest
→ aadl.org/bookfest
Meet local artists, makers, and authors, and experience hands-on fun for all ages!
Double the festival fun and join us November 8-9!
→ aadl.org/printfest
→ aadl.org/bookfest
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@aadl.org’s Fifth Avenue Press imprint is launching 5 new publications by local authors during a Sun., Nov. 9, book-release reception at 1 pm in the Downtown location as part of the A2 Community Bookfest. Check out our interviews with the authors (thread below).
pulp.aadl.org/node/662362
pulp.aadl.org/node/662362
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@aadl.org’s Fifth Avenue Press imprint is launching 5 new publications by local authors during a Sun., Nov. 9, book-release reception at 1 pm in the Downtown location as part of the A2 Community Bookfest. Check out our interviews with the authors (thread below).
pulp.aadl.org/node/662362
pulp.aadl.org/node/662362
Collections department pumpkin coming in hot!
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Collections department pumpkin coming in hot!
Stugo is my favorite new cartoon to come along in years. So of course I knew who AADL deputy director Sherlonya and I would be for Halloween: Mad Scientist Dr. Lullah and her loyal mutant dog henchman Mr. Okay. Thanks to @gillizama.bsky.social @wolfhard.bsky.social and crew for such a great show!
October 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Stugo is my favorite new cartoon to come along in years. So of course I knew who AADL deputy director Sherlonya and I would be for Halloween: Mad Scientist Dr. Lullah and her loyal mutant dog henchman Mr. Okay. Thanks to @gillizama.bsky.social @wolfhard.bsky.social and crew for such a great show!
It’s gonna be a fun day at the Downtown Library! Join us for Dead Media Day from 11-3 Sunday and enjoy the vintage arcade. No tokens required!
October 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s gonna be a fun day at the Downtown Library! Join us for Dead Media Day from 11-3 Sunday and enjoy the vintage arcade. No tokens required!
We have a packed weekend planned @aadl.org!
SATURDAY: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Small & Indie Press edition, 11 AM - 5 PM Downtown
SUNDAY: Dead Media Day, 11 AM - 3 PM Downtown; 16mm films, tin types, arcade games &c.
Plus the Friends' Fall Bag Sale at 265 Parkland Plaza, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM!
SATURDAY: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Small & Indie Press edition, 11 AM - 5 PM Downtown
SUNDAY: Dead Media Day, 11 AM - 3 PM Downtown; 16mm films, tin types, arcade games &c.
Plus the Friends' Fall Bag Sale at 265 Parkland Plaza, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM!
October 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We have a packed weekend planned @aadl.org!
SATURDAY: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Small & Indie Press edition, 11 AM - 5 PM Downtown
SUNDAY: Dead Media Day, 11 AM - 3 PM Downtown; 16mm films, tin types, arcade games &c.
Plus the Friends' Fall Bag Sale at 265 Parkland Plaza, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM!
SATURDAY: Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival Small & Indie Press edition, 11 AM - 5 PM Downtown
SUNDAY: Dead Media Day, 11 AM - 3 PM Downtown; 16mm films, tin types, arcade games &c.
Plus the Friends' Fall Bag Sale at 265 Parkland Plaza, Sat 10 AM - 2 PM!
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Alive and Well:
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
pulp.aadl.org/node/647911
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
pulp.aadl.org/node/647911
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Alive and Well:
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
pulp.aadl.org/node/647911
@aadl.org's Dead Media Day celebrates the past in the digital age. The 10/12 event pays homage to retro media, entertainment, and ephemera. To get in the spirit of it, Pulp writer Lori Stratton shares five pieces of dead media from her personal collection.
pulp.aadl.org/node/647911
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It was so fun to give a Nerd Night talk this past June, and now it looks like I might get to do another one! Researchers, clinicians, and other Ann Arbor based nerds in my orbit, consider proposing a talk!
A Hundred Nerds:
Ann Arbor’s edition of Nerd Nite hit the century mark this summer. We spoke to event hosts and @aadl.org staffers Emily Murphy and Jacob Gorski about the informal talk series and its evolution ahead of an October 9 event at LIVE in Ann Arbor. pulp.aadl.org/node/647854
Ann Arbor’s edition of Nerd Nite hit the century mark this summer. We spoke to event hosts and @aadl.org staffers Emily Murphy and Jacob Gorski about the informal talk series and its evolution ahead of an October 9 event at LIVE in Ann Arbor. pulp.aadl.org/node/647854
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It was so fun to give a Nerd Night talk this past June, and now it looks like I might get to do another one! Researchers, clinicians, and other Ann Arbor based nerds in my orbit, consider proposing a talk!
“Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise.” Love it, so true! Thanks for talking about The Summer Game!
Yesterday I gave a Pecha Kucha talk for Bike Windsor Essex's Community Conversations event where I shared my love and admiration of @aadl.org's The Summer Game.
My talk was entitled "Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise" librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/10/01/l...
My talk was entitled "Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise" librarian.aedileworks.com/2025/10/01/l...
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise.” Love it, so true! Thanks for talking about The Summer Game!
If you’re a Hitch fan, (or even if not!) this long-running deep dive into every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents by @aadl.org’s own Al Sjoerdsma is a top tier listen. Loaded with media clips, source material, and exploring everything else each player in the episode appeared in. A+ podcasting!
In the latest installment of Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ronald Grimes gets letters from a man who claims he can see the future. But is such a thing possible? Plus, Donna Reed tries to see what's on the "Other Side of the Curtain."
Listen NOW: https://aadl.org/hitchcock
Listen NOW: https://aadl.org/hitchcock
October 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you’re a Hitch fan, (or even if not!) this long-running deep dive into every episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents by @aadl.org’s own Al Sjoerdsma is a top tier listen. Loaded with media clips, source material, and exploring everything else each player in the episode appeared in. A+ podcasting!
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
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Hey UM people of Bluesky! This is an amazing archival survey of past, big-name concerts at Crisler Arena complete with photos from the Ann Arbor News and quotes from reviews in the Michigan Daily
A perfect piece to get you thinking about this weekend's Zach Bryan/John Mayer show at the Big House
A perfect piece to get you thinking about this weekend's Zach Bryan/John Mayer show at the Big House
I thought it would be interesting to explore the history of shows at Crisler Center, U-M’s second-biggest venue, on the heels of the Zach Bryan and John Mayer concert at Michigan Stadium on September 27.
Here's what I found and wrote for @pulp.aadl.org:
pulp.aadl.org/node/647186
Here's what I found and wrote for @pulp.aadl.org:
pulp.aadl.org/node/647186
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hey UM people of Bluesky! This is an amazing archival survey of past, big-name concerts at Crisler Arena complete with photos from the Ann Arbor News and quotes from reviews in the Michigan Daily
A perfect piece to get you thinking about this weekend's Zach Bryan/John Mayer show at the Big House
A perfect piece to get you thinking about this weekend's Zach Bryan/John Mayer show at the Big House
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AADL was excited to sponsor Main Street Area Ann Arbor's first-ever Street Art Encounter and present the AADL Awesome Art Award to DeVaughn Collins for his Dune-inspired Afrofuturist piece!
View more photos from the event: https://bit.ly/3KmHkdE
View more photos from the event: https://bit.ly/3KmHkdE
September 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
AADL was excited to sponsor Main Street Area Ann Arbor's first-ever Street Art Encounter and present the AADL Awesome Art Award to DeVaughn Collins for his Dune-inspired Afrofuturist piece!
View more photos from the event: https://bit.ly/3KmHkdE
View more photos from the event: https://bit.ly/3KmHkdE
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⚠️ Due to a sewage emergency, the Downtown Library will be closed until further notice (Thursday, Sept. 25).
We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.
We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.
September 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
⚠️ Due to a sewage emergency, the Downtown Library will be closed until further notice (Thursday, Sept. 25).
We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.
We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.
Here are some photos from my visits to Gangdong Libraries. I was invited to read a story to kids at the opening of the new Gangdong Central Library, so I read Chico Chews a Tale, from AADL's own Fifth Avenue Press!
August 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Here are some photos from my visits to Gangdong Libraries. I was invited to read a story to kids at the opening of the new Gangdong Central Library, so I read Chico Chews a Tale, from AADL's own Fifth Avenue Press!
Today Mayor Lee Soo-Hee of Gangdong-gu and I signed a partnership agreement bringing collaboration, and exchange of ideas and materials between Gangdong in Seoul and AADL!
Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul!
n.news.naver.com/article/001/...
Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul!
n.news.naver.com/article/001/...
August 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Today Mayor Lee Soo-Hee of Gangdong-gu and I signed a partnership agreement bringing collaboration, and exchange of ideas and materials between Gangdong in Seoul and AADL!
Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul!
n.news.naver.com/article/001/...
Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul!
n.news.naver.com/article/001/...
I’m visiting Seoul this week as a guest of Gangdong-gu government, to participate in the opening ceremony for their new Central Library, and to celebrate a new partnership between Gangdong-gu and AADL. More photos of Gangdong-gu libraries to come!
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I’m visiting Seoul this week as a guest of Gangdong-gu government, to participate in the opening ceremony for their new Central Library, and to celebrate a new partnership between Gangdong-gu and AADL. More photos of Gangdong-gu libraries to come!
At the Game Over Gala we welcomed a new friend and AADL staffer: our new costumed mascot Akako G. Shins!
Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos!
aadl.org/akakogshins
Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos!
aadl.org/akakogshins
August 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
At the Game Over Gala we welcomed a new friend and AADL staffer: our new costumed mascot Akako G. Shins!
Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos!
aadl.org/akakogshins
Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos!
aadl.org/akakogshins
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August 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
A huge welcome to AADL’s new mascot Akako G. Shins, pictured here with artist @killtaupe.bsky.social who developed their design! aadl.org/akakogshins
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August 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A huge welcome to AADL’s new mascot Akako G. Shins, pictured here with artist @killtaupe.bsky.social who developed their design! aadl.org/akakogshins
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If SG Flamingopants could bid at the auction, he'd probably call dibs on the Star Wars terrarium.
He can't, but YOU CAN with your Summer Game points! Join us for the Game Over Gala 12 - 3 PM this Sunday at the Downtown Library.
View, print, or download the Auction Catalog: aadl.org/gameovergala
He can't, but YOU CAN with your Summer Game points! Join us for the Game Over Gala 12 - 3 PM this Sunday at the Downtown Library.
View, print, or download the Auction Catalog: aadl.org/gameovergala
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If SG Flamingopants could bid at the auction, he'd probably call dibs on the Star Wars terrarium.
He can't, but YOU CAN with your Summer Game points! Join us for the Game Over Gala 12 - 3 PM this Sunday at the Downtown Library.
View, print, or download the Auction Catalog: aadl.org/gameovergala
He can't, but YOU CAN with your Summer Game points! Join us for the Game Over Gala 12 - 3 PM this Sunday at the Downtown Library.
View, print, or download the Auction Catalog: aadl.org/gameovergala
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The Game Over Gala ends with a BIG reveal 🤭
Be there Sunday, August 24 at the Downtown Library to meet the newest member of AADL!
aadl.org/gameovergala
Be there Sunday, August 24 at the Downtown Library to meet the newest member of AADL!
aadl.org/gameovergala
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Game Over Gala ends with a BIG reveal 🤭
Be there Sunday, August 24 at the Downtown Library to meet the newest member of AADL!
aadl.org/gameovergala
Be there Sunday, August 24 at the Downtown Library to meet the newest member of AADL!
aadl.org/gameovergala