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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 1d

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!

pulp.aadl.org @pulp.aadl.org · 1d

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

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 4d

How exotic! I’ll try the bender egg brunch with a Rombouts and a roll and butter if you can spot me a ha’penny.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 6d

Perhaps in the Summer Game points shop someday... stay tuned!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 6d

“Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise.” Love it, so true! Thanks for talking about The Summer Game!

Mita Williams @copystar.bsky.social · 6d

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...

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 6d

This is great, Mita, thank you for sharing your talk! I particularly like tying it back to the Mechanic’s Institute Chess Club, brilliant. Thanks for playing!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 6d

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!

Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 6d

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

Silhouette of a Alfred Hitchcock profiled in a square frame, with text reading "New Episode" and icons indicating Spotify and a microphone, set against a dotted gradient background.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 8d

I had barely walked in the door and @cap10nemo.bsky.social is quoting you at me. 😂

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 8d

From the library’s undesignated fund balance.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 8d

Ha, this is between you and the Observer staff!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 8d

That’s very kind of you to say, but the luck is all mine!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 8d

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

The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library

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Dr. Garrett Schumann @garrt.bsky.social · 12d

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

Lori Stratton @loriastratton.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 12d

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

Library Director Eli and staff member pose for a photo in front of a Dune-inspired Afrofuturist art piece by artist DeVaughn Collins, the winner of the AADL Awesome Art Award at Main Street Ann Arbor's first-ever Street Art Encounter.

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Ann Arbor District Library @aadl.org · 12d

⚠️ Due to a sewage emergency, the Downtown Library will be closed until further notice (Thursday, Sept. 25).

We hope to reopen as soon as we can and apologize for any inconvenience.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · 22d

Starts like the former, ends like the latter.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 30

Here are some photos from my visits to Gangdong Libraries. I was invited to read a story to kids at the opening of the new Gangdong Central Library, so I read Chico Chews a Tale, from AADL's own Fifth Avenue Press!

Eli posing with a copy of Chico Chews a Tale, published by Fifth Avenue Press, and Korean children that have just heard him read the book, along with Gangdong-gu Mayor Lee Soo-hee.

The science book display wall at the Gangdong Forest Library, featuring science books donated by a scholar.

A shelf of books from AADL now available to Gangdong Library Patrons, including a handwritten note from Eli that says: "Congratulations on the opening of the Gangdong Central Library! Such a beautiful place for the people of Gangdong-gu. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of it!" An Akako G. Shins sticker is next to my signature.

The "Smiling Book Small Library", a small community library next to a playground.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 30

I am at the meeting, opening ceremony of a new library in Seoul. At the end of the ceremony they played…. Summer Lovin’. 😱

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 29

Today Mayor Lee Soo-Hee of Gangdong-gu and I signed a partnership agreement bringing collaboration, and exchange of ideas and materials between Gangdong in Seoul and AADL!

Thank you to the team here in Gangdong-gu for making me feel so welcome in Seoul!

n.news.naver.com/article/001/...

Eli is wearing a black suit! And he is standing next to Mayor Lee Soo-hee of Gangdong, an autonomous district in Seoul. They are holding copies of the partnership agreement, in front of a sign reading "Gangdonggu - The Ann Arbor District Library Partnership Ceremony" in Korean and English.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 27

I’m visiting Seoul this week as a guest of Gangdong-gu government, to participate in the opening ceremony for their new Central Library, and to celebrate a new partnership between Gangdong-gu and AADL. More photos of Gangdong-gu libraries to come!

view of morning over Lotte World, Lotte Tower, and Lotte World
Fantasy Forest

me in the airport holding the banner my Korean colleagues brought to welcome to me! It reads Welcome to Korea Eli Neiburger!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 26

At the Game Over Gala we welcomed a new friend and AADL staffer: our new costumed mascot Akako G. Shins!

Akakojiishiins means "Little Groundhog" in Ojibwe, and while they're not exactly little, they'll be making a big impression at AADL festivals and expos!

aadl.org/akakogshins

An enormous furry costumed groundhog mascot wearing glasses, a blue puffer vest, a mustard yellow beanie, hiking boots, and an AADL staff badge, standing in front of an AADL Summer Game banner in the lobby of the Downtown Library with AADL Communications & Marketing Manager Rich Retyi and Library Director Eli!

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Eric J. Klooster @ej-k.bsky.social · Aug 25

Game Over, Ann Arbor. Well Played.

259,313,199 points from 17,415 players.
#SummerGame2025

Checkbox turning off the Summer Game

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 25

I am about to depart for 3 weeks in Seoul!

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 24

We did run other games during the early years of the pandemic; a “Bummer Game” that started with lockdown and a Winter Game that ran through the Omicron wave. What we learned is that it really takes a whole year to plan a Summer Game, and it’s at its best when it’s a special summer thing.

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 24

A huge welcome to AADL’s new mascot Akako G. Shins, pictured here with artist @killtaupe.bsky.social who developed their design! aadl.org/akakogshins

(paging @mondomascots.bsky.social =)

eli neiburger @eli.aadl.org · Aug 24

*breaks down closet door clutching boxed shrink wrapped copy of logical journey of the zoombinis*