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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 1d

Heads up! The Michigan eLibrary catalog (MeL) will be offline starting *tonight* at 9pm. Patrons will not be able to use the catalog or place new requests through mel.org or elibrary.mel.org until the maintenance is complete. 😱 Please plan ahead if you need to request anything for the weekend!

Michigan eLibrary announcement graphic with fall leaves and megaphone. Text states mel.org and elibrary.mel.org will be offline starting 9pm Friday, October 10, with maintenance completed by Monday morning. Users cannot search MeLCat or place requests during this time.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 1d

HAPPENING TONIGHT! 🍫 Teens, drop everything—MINDO Chocolate Makers is here for chocolate tasting & truffle-making at 6pm. Free dinner, STEM activities, and gift card raffles included. This is the ~sweetest~ Friday night plan you'll find.

RSVP: ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=214...

Brown and cream poster with chocolate drip border. Text reads 'Teen S.T.E.A.M. Café, Ages 12-18. Enjoy chocolate tasting and truffle making with MINDO Chocolate Makers. Friday, Oct 10, 6-8pm, YDL-Michigan. Register at ypsilbrary.org.' Chocolate bars and pieces shown at bottom.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 2d

BIG NEWS: Bestselling author Beverly Jenkins is coming to the Ypsilanti District Library! Learn about her trailblazing work promoting diversity and hear excerpts from her latest novel, "Calling All Blessings." See you Saturday, November 1 at 2pm at YDL's Whittaker branch.

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S.A. McNaughton @writermcnaughton.bsky.social · 3d

When I titled this story, it didn’t occur to me how funny it would be to see person after person post “Have You Looked In the Couch?”

Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 3d

Our judges have picked three semi-finalists for the HAUNTINGS category of the YDL Short Horror Story Competition. The rest is up to you. Comment with the title of your favorite. The author with the most votes will move on to the Finalist round. Submissions are open for the BODY HORROR category!

Vintage computer monitor displaying text on a peach-colored screen with dark green background and floating particles. Title reads 'Mirror Echo' by 'Ember Henderson @vapid.liminal'. The text on screen reads: 'My reflection lingers a half second too long after I look away. She's learning how to move without me.' A beige computer keyboard is visible at the bottom of the frame

Vintage computer monitor with black starry background displaying text in a yellow-bordered text box. Title reads 'Have You Looked In The Couch?' by 'S.A. McNaughton @writermcnaughton'. The text describes a horror story about a parent using a ouija board that reveals a mirrored message from their deceased thirteen-year-old son Marcus, spelling out 'M-O-M-H-A-V-E-Y-O-U', 'S-E-E-N-M-Y', and 'R-E-T-A-I-N-E-R'.

Vintage computer monitor with dark burgundy/purple background and floating particles, displaying text in a cream-colored box with gold border. Title reads 'Porcelain' by 'Amel Mahmoud @a.h.hudson'. The text describes a horror scene about hearing a voicemail of endless screams and finding a blood-smeared porcelain doll that dialed 9-1-1. A beige computer keyboard is visible at the bottom

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 3d

Our judges have picked three semi-finalists for the HAUNTINGS category of the YDL Short Horror Story Competition. The rest is up to you. Comment with the title of your favorite. The author with the most votes will move on to the Finalist round. Submissions are open for the BODY HORROR category!

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 3d

NOW OPEN. Week 2 of our short horror story competition focuses on body horror: transformation, destruction, or decay of the human body Send in your most spine-tingling tales for a chance to win a deluxe movie night package.

Promotional graphic with a glitchy VHS-style blue background featuring horizontal scan lines and digital distortion. White pixelated text displays 'PLAY' with a triangle play button in the top left corner. The main text reads 'YDL SHORT HORROR COMPETITION' in a retro video game or digital font with chromatic aberration effects (red and cyan color splitting). Below that, it states 'WEEK 2: BODY HORROR' and 'OCT 8 - 14' in the same stylized font

A vintage CRT computer monitor displaying an Urban Accents 'Movie Night' popcorn gift set. The product box shows '3 Non GMO Kernels' and '5 Premium Seasonings' with colorful seasoning packets labeled as Buttery Caramel Corn, Spicy Chili Lime, Chili Lime, Sizzlin' Spicy Sriracha, and Kettle Corn. Below are three clear containers with different types of popcorn kernels: Fluffy White Gold, Cranberry Ruby Red, and Sweet Tricolor Blend. A computer keyboard is visible at the bottom of the frame

$A heavily distorted, glitched image with digital scan lines and static effects overlaying what appears to be a dark doorway or entrance. Text overlay displays 'HTTP.\SCHEDULE' at the top in corrupted white lettering, followed by a schedule listing: 'OCTOBER 1-7 HAUNTINGS', 'OCTOBER 8-14 BODY HORROR', and 'OCTOBER 15-21 MONSTERS' in the same glitched font style.$

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 3d

Check out the prize baskets! 👀

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 3d

Banned books swag? Yes please. 🎟️

Our Banned Books raffle is open! Enter for a chance to win your choice of themed prize baskets (Baby, Kids, Teen, or Adult) celebrating your freedom to read. Visit our Banned Books Week exhibit at Whittaker (open through Oct. 31) to enter!

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

We love you back! ❤️

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

Your support is everything @berkeleypubliclibrary.org 🥺💋

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

Wow!! We try not to play favorites, but..... ♥️ 🐸 ♥️

Arielle Elise Riggins @liseysatelier.bsky.social · 9d

My entry for the @ypsilibrary.org Smeet Fest! 🐸♥️

#cryptid #artistsonbluesky #mixedmedia

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

We're obsessed with these, Geneva! 🐿 😍

Geneva Langeland @genevalangeland.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for the fun autumnal vibes at today's needle felting class, @ypsilibrary.org!

A white person holds palm full of small woolen felted acorns in blues and greens

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

Our Banned Books exhibit is up at the Whittaker branch through the end of the month! Learn what's at stake when materials are challenged, see what authors think of their work being banned, and share your thoughts on our feedback board.

Learn more about Banned Books Week: www.ala.org/bbooks/banned

Banned & Challenged Books

ALA compiles data on book challenges from reports filed by library professionals in the field and from news stories published throughout the United States.

www.ala.org

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

Big Brother called. We sent him to voicemail. 💪

It's Banned Books Week (Oct. 11), and we're not subtle about where we stand. Your library card represents your freedom to read widely, think critically, and decide for yourself what ideas deserve space in your brain.

Red strike-through over the word "censorship" above text reading "is so 1984" with red and blue stars, followed by "Supporting Libraries is so 2025." Bottom text reads "Read for your rights. Give for our libraries."

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 4d

Our October visit from Michigan Works! Southeast has moved to Oct. 15 (was Oct. 8) from 1-3pm. November will be back to its regular week and time (Nov. 12 11am-1pm).

flyer with Michigan Works Southeast Community Outreach visit details. Sept. 10, Oct. 15*, Nov. 12. 11am-1pm* "1-3pm on Oct. 15

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 5d

Do you like your boogie with a side of woogie? The Boogie Woogie Kid is coming to YDL-Whittaker on Sunday! This toe-tapping jazz pianist has more than 5 million views on YouTube and is performing a family-friendly concert at 2pm: ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=208...

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 5d

Our Banned Books Week display is up through the end of the month! Tag us in any photos you post with your literary crime so we can be your accomplice: www.ypsilibrary.org/2025/10/bbw2....

Man and woman posing with Banned Books Week fake jail signs.

Man and woman posing with a cutout of the Statue of Liberty and shirts promoting the freedom to read.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 6d

Share a gasp with one of our horror flicks! Spooky DVD selections for kids, teens, and adults are available at YDL-Whittaker.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 7d

The books are free here. No shame. 📚

Shared post that says I take my coffee like I take my books: shamelessly purchased for a little burst of happy brain tingles even though I already have plenty at home.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 7d

Have you signed up for our Reading Readiness Book Club? Kids and parents work on reading skills together, and take home a free book, courtesy of the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor! The next session is Wednesday (Oct 8): ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=208....

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 7d

We're not superstitious, but we are a LITTLE stitious. Check out all the spooky stuff on display at YDL-Michigan!

Colorful chalk sign that says Happy Autumn

Books, including Recipes for Murder and The Wicca Cookbook, displayed on a shelf

Woman posing with a canning pot next to a flyer that says Fresh out of the Coven.

Books on display by a sign that says Kiss and Spell

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 8d

Do you visit the library? You aren't alone! Half of all Americans living within a library service area did in 2023. Check out these stats from the IMLS about library visits in 2023.

Stats sheet with library visit information. 155 million registered users in 2023. 4.37 physical items checked out per person. 93 million people attended 4.6 million library programs.

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 8d

This is not a drill. Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" is available on hoopla. If you need a note for your boss/significant other/teacher/whoever, let us know. www.ypsilibrary.org/collections/...

album cover for Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 8d

We've dreamt this conversation 🔑 🚪

Books in the background with a quote that reads "Nice library. Is one of these a trick book?" How so? "Like you pull it off the shelf and a hidden door opens." "Oh. Yeah, all of them"

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Ypsilanti District Library @ypsilibrary.org · 9d

A word to describe this book display? Epic. Check out our collection of books with one-word titles at YDL-Superior.

Bookshelf of books with "Just One Word" in letters at the top

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