Library News

Happy Spring! The Friends of SADL are gearing up for our Garden Sale and Free Plant Exchange Saturday, May 31 and we need your help! During spring clean-up of your ... READ MORE

  Shelby Area District Library has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in round three of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library ... READ MORE

Have you picked out your seeds from our new “Seed Library?” Spring is definitely in the air for the Friends of SADL. Thank you, Amanda Mazur and her volunteers who ... READ MORE

The Friends of Shelby Area District Library are planning for warmer weather by launching a new project this Spring, a “Seed Library!” This popular service is offered by libraries all ... READ MORE

The Friends of SADL are planning for warmer weather as we launch a new project this Spring, a “Seed Library!” This popular service is offered by libraries all over the ... READ MORE

The Friends of S.A.D.L. held our first meeting of the new year January 2 by Zoom with 11 members attending. We approved spending requests from Library Director Tiffany Haight for ... READ MORE

Happy New Year! The Friends of SADL are already making plans for 2025 having met January 2 for our first quarterly meeting of the new year. In addition to the ... READ MORE

A huge thank you to the community for your support for Celebration of the Holidays! The Silent Auction and sales from the Buy-it-Now Table raised more than $4,000 before expenses ... READ MORE

This month the Friends are busy creating displays to light up our Shelby Library and hope you will join us Nov. 19 – 23 to munch on home baked cookies ... READ MORE

The Friends of Shelby Area District Library are pleased to announce that the 29th annual Celebration of the Holidays (formerly known as Celebration of the Trees) is back! Holiday displays, ... READ MORE

Celebrate National Friends of the Library Week with us October 20th thru 26th with a special reception on Thursday, October 24 at 4:00 pm. The Shelby Library Board is providing ... READ MORE

The Friends of Shelby Area District Library were one of the Michigan libraries to receive a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to support good heart health! The grant ... READ MORE

Did you miss the August Good Buy Book Sale by the Friends of SADL?! You can still find some “good buys” before we pack up all of the leftover books. ... READ MORE

Looking for some good buys in books to finish off your summer reading? Want to stock up on puzzles, DVD’s, board games for those wintry snow days? The Good Buy ... READ MORE

The Friends of Shelby Area District Library are pleased to announce that we were one of the Michigan libraries to receive a grant from the American Heart Association (AHA) to ... READ MORE

The Friends of SADL kick off the summer with our Free Plant Giveaway and Garden Sale Saturday, June 1 on the grounds of the Shelby Library from 9am to noon. ... READ MORE

March 2023-February 2024   Added in 2023: 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program hoopla Streaming App   By the numbers: 16,173 Visits to the library 68 Programs offered 1,168 Public computer ... READ MORE

Our annual Free Plant Giveaway and Garden Sale will take place on June 1 from 9 am to Noon on the Library grounds and gazebo. We need your donations of ... READ MORE

April brings a lot of activity to our library, especially with National Library Week happening April 7 – 13. To help celebrate, the Friends of SADL will have a special ... READ MORE

The Shelby Area District Library is seeking feedback in a community survey made possible in part by the University of Michigan School of Information, the Library of Michigan, and the ... READ MORE