Bicycle race at the fairgrounds, 1895 – From the Local History Collection Bicycling magazine—digital edition available in Libby by Overdrive Maintenance & Repair Bicycling guide to complete bicycle maintenance & repair : for road and mountain bikes. — Todd Read More …
Category: News
Our New Strategic Plan!
We surveyed. We listened. We discussed. And now, we’re proud to present our new strategic plan! This plan is based on 400+ community surveys (submitted through the open survey form on our website) as well as 100+ individual interviews (from Read More …
3 to 5 Questions for Authors
In Which a Librarian asks a Talented Author a Small Number of Questions: I started reading Lauren Willig’s Pink Carnation series when I just could not get into the epic complexity of Outlander but wanted to understand the whole “moving Read More …
Dial-A-Story, for Adults! (and kids)
Remember the simpler times when you were a kid and rules were meant to be broken, summertime curfew was when the street lights came on and a bedtime ritual was a story being read to you? Well, we are back Read More …
Juneteenth Resources
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United Read More …
NEA Big Read to Kickoff This Fall – An American Sunrise:Poems by Joy Harjo!
TRAVERSE AREA DISTRICT LIBRARY RECEIVES A NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS BIG READ GRANT Grand Traverse Region to Read and Celebrate An American Sunrise:Poems by Joy Harjo From August 2021-June 2022 June 9, 2021—Traverse City—Traverse Area District Library (TADL) is Read More …
Our May 2021 Newsletter
Click here to read our May newsletter – there’s lots of exciting happenings at TADL!
New page, new project, new bookmobile!
We’re thrilled to announce that we are a 2021 Rotary Charities Assets for Thriving Communities grantee! You can find out more about our bookmobile project here!
May–Mental Health Awareness Month
National Mental Health Awareness Month in May focuses on bringing tools, resources, and education to the general public. We often misunderstand mental health because it is hard to define. Additionally, mental health includes several areas. These areas involve one’s social, Read More …
Local History Collection Changes
Due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols in place at TADL, and to prepare for new compact shelving (partially funded by a grant from The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians), the Local History Collection (LHC) will operate under strict Read More …