eli neiburger
@eli.aadl.org
Director of your Ann Arbor District Library!
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I don't have much to share about Presidents Day, but two years ago @aadl.org commissioned me to create an electronics piece based on/using audio from LBJ's 'Great Society' speech (delivered as a UM commencement address)
So, I made "Condemned to a Soulless Wealth" - enjoy!
aadl.org/condemnedtoa...
So, I made "Condemned to a Soulless Wealth" - enjoy!
aadl.org/condemnedtoa...
Condemned to a Soulless Wealth: An Original Composition based on Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" Speech by Garrett Schumann | Ann Arbor District Library
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February 17, 2026 at 1:09 AM
I don't have much to share about Presidents Day, but two years ago @aadl.org commissioned me to create an electronics piece based on/using audio from LBJ's 'Great Society' speech (delivered as a UM commencement address)
So, I made "Condemned to a Soulless Wealth" - enjoy!
aadl.org/condemnedtoa...
So, I made "Condemned to a Soulless Wealth" - enjoy!
aadl.org/condemnedtoa...
Forklifting a pallet of McDonalds hashbrowns boxes full of VHS tapes of broadcast TV bound for @archive.org to make room for FIRST in Michigan’s swerve drive robotics training event in our warehouse this weekend while the local teams build their practice field. Just normal library director stuff.
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Forklifting a pallet of McDonalds hashbrowns boxes full of VHS tapes of broadcast TV bound for @archive.org to make room for FIRST in Michigan’s swerve drive robotics training event in our warehouse this weekend while the local teams build their practice field. Just normal library director stuff.
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AADL hosted a Groundhog Party today, featuring our own mascot and friend, Akako G. Shins! Buttons, stickers, coloring sheets, and plenty of photo ops!
Learn more about Akako at AADL.org/akakogshins
Learn more about Akako at AADL.org/akakogshins
February 1, 2026 at 7:18 PM
AADL hosted a Groundhog Party today, featuring our own mascot and friend, Akako G. Shins! Buttons, stickers, coloring sheets, and plenty of photo ops!
Learn more about Akako at AADL.org/akakogshins
Learn more about Akako at AADL.org/akakogshins
TONIGHT! A conversation with NFL punter, activist, gamer, and candidate @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and award-winning author, musician, and burritovator @scalzi.com at the @aadl.org Downtown Library! From 6-7 PM EST followed by a signing. Join us, or watch it live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBxG...
A Conversation with Former NFL Pro Chris Kluwe and Sci-Fi Author John Scalzi
YouTube video by Ann Arbor District Library
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January 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
TONIGHT! A conversation with NFL punter, activist, gamer, and candidate @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and award-winning author, musician, and burritovator @scalzi.com at the @aadl.org Downtown Library! From 6-7 PM EST followed by a signing. Join us, or watch it live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBxG...
@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Welcome to Ann Arbor! Looking forward to seeing you and @scalzi.com at the Library tonight. Some recs for stuff to do today:
Umich Computer & Video Game Archive: www.lib.umich.edu/locations-an...
Long Snapper Taybor Pepper's Ginza Marketplace: www.ginzatcg.com
Umich Computer & Video Game Archive: www.lib.umich.edu/locations-an...
Long Snapper Taybor Pepper's Ginza Marketplace: www.ginzatcg.com
Computer and Video Game Archive
The Computer and Video Game Archive (CVGA) acquires, maintains, and makes available an extensive collection of video games, consoles, board games, and more, from the 1970s to today.
www.lib.umich.edu
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM
@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Welcome to Ann Arbor! Looking forward to seeing you and @scalzi.com at the Library tonight. Some recs for stuff to do today:
Umich Computer & Video Game Archive: www.lib.umich.edu/locations-an...
Long Snapper Taybor Pepper's Ginza Marketplace: www.ginzatcg.com
Umich Computer & Video Game Archive: www.lib.umich.edu/locations-an...
Long Snapper Taybor Pepper's Ginza Marketplace: www.ginzatcg.com
So excited to have @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and @scalzi.com in the same building on the same stage @aadl.org in a few weeks! Don't miss this very unique event!
Former NFL player & social rights activist Chris Kluwe joins sci-fi author John Scalzi at AADL! This engaging conversation and Q&A will take you on a ride through the various worlds they both inhabit!
Join us, Thursday, January 29 at 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🗣️ https://aadl.org/node/645516
Join us, Thursday, January 29 at 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🗣️ https://aadl.org/node/645516
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
So excited to have @chriswarcraft.bsky.social and @scalzi.com in the same building on the same stage @aadl.org in a few weeks! Don't miss this very unique event!
I hope you’ll join us at the Downtown Library this very evening as we celebrate Miss Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a ball and period dancing! Capital!
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I hope you’ll join us at the Downtown Library this very evening as we celebrate Miss Jane Austen’s 250th birthday with a ball and period dancing! Capital!
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It's our favorite time of year—for favorites. These are the books, films, video games, songs, experiences, and more that caught our eyes and ears this year.
Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks:
➥ Words
➥ Screens
➥ Audio
➥ Pulp Life
pulp.aadl.org/node/663993
Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks:
➥ Words
➥ Screens
➥ Audio
➥ Pulp Life
pulp.aadl.org/node/663993
December 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's our favorite time of year—for favorites. These are the books, films, video games, songs, experiences, and more that caught our eyes and ears this year.
Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks:
➥ Words
➥ Screens
➥ Audio
➥ Pulp Life
pulp.aadl.org/node/663993
Here are the categories of AADL's 2025 Staff Picks:
➥ Words
➥ Screens
➥ Audio
➥ Pulp Life
pulp.aadl.org/node/663993
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All of this and more, THIS WEEKEND at Tiny Expo!
Join us this Saturday, December 13, 11AM - 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🌟 aadl.org/tinyexpo
Join us this Saturday, December 13, 11AM - 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🌟 aadl.org/tinyexpo
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
All of this and more, THIS WEEKEND at Tiny Expo!
Join us this Saturday, December 13, 11AM - 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🌟 aadl.org/tinyexpo
Join us this Saturday, December 13, 11AM - 6 PM at the Downtown Library.
🌟 aadl.org/tinyexpo
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
aadl.org
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
Reposted by eli neiburger
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