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For media inquiries, please contact:
Gillian Ream Gainsley
Communications and Development Coordinator
734-879-1303
ggainsley@ypsilibrary.org
Recent Press Releases
Information on YDL-Michigan’s Closing
Our Michigan Avenue location is closed after confirmed evidence of bed bugs. The library branch is scheduled to be inspected and treated on Friday, October 18. We plan to reopen on Saturday, October 19.
read moreYDL-Superior Closed Due to Power Outage
All YDL locations are closed today, on Wednesday, January 30. The bookmobile will be off the road all week.
read moreYDL’s TALK service recognized with John Cotton Dana Award
The Ypsilanti District Library has been awarded a John Cotton Dana Award, the most prestigious award of the American Library Association. The award recognizes YDL’s work on TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten, an early literacy text messaging service.
read moreMedia Coverage
Patrons share their Ypsilanti District Library stories on the library's 150th birthday
September 12, 2018
Concentrate profiles the people and families that use the library at YDL’s 150th birthday party.
Ypsi seeks to expand access to solar power through Department of Energy challenge
March 21, 2018
Solar Ypsi looks to duplicate the charitable funding model that brought solar power to the downtown library in 2015.
Women’s History Month: Establishing Libraries In Ypsilanti And Washtenaw County
March 13, 2018
150 years ago, women led the charge to establish Ypsilanti’s library.
Washtenaw County sheriff to speak on interaction with immigrants
March 6, 2018
YDL’s Police in the Community educational series focuses on immigration enforcement.