Events

September is Library Card Sign Up Month and we have a fun month planned. A big thank you to the Friends of the Shelby Library for funding all our events ... Read more about September is Library Card Sign Up Month!

The popular annual Friends of the Shelby Area District Library Good Buy Used Book Sale returns this weekend! Gently used books, puzzles, movies, and music will be available at discount ... Read more about THIS SATURDAY: Good Buy Used Book Sale

Celebrating 30 years since our group was formed in 1995 to support the Shelby Library, the Friends of SADL are planning a Garden Party to celebrate this special anniversary! Friends ... Read more about Notes from Friends: July 2025

  The 2025 Collaborative Summer Library Program theme is “Color Our World” and we have a summer of fun planned from June 23 to July 25. We offer reading programs ... Read more about Color Our World: 2025 Summer Reading Program

  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 about Shelby Area District Library Receives National Grant for Small and Rural Libraries

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 about Introducing: SADL’s Seed Library

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 about 29th Annual Celebration of the Holidays to Take Place November 19-23

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 about Friends of Shelby Area District Library Receives American Heart Association Grant

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 about Notes From Friends: July 2024

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 about 2023 Year In Review

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 about Take the Community Survey before April 15!

Across the country, libraries and schools come together to encourage children’s literacy during the month of March. Kicking off with Dr Seuss’ birthday on March 2nd, children (and readers of ... Read more about Celebrate March is Reading Month with Us