Ann Arbor District Library

The Ann Arbor District Library is a public library system that serves the residents of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Downtown Library, located at 343 South Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, was dedicated in 1957 and had building additions in 1974 and 1991. AADL also includes four branch libraries: Malletts Creek, Traverwood, Pittsfield and Westgate. The library system holds over 490,000 materials – books, DVDs, compact discs, magazines, audio books and other formats – most of which are equipped with RFID tags. More than 1.5 million people came through the doors of the AADL system in 2011-12, and circulation of library materials topped 8.5 million. In 1997, the Library was named “National Library of the Year” by Library Journal, the first library in Michigan to receive the honor.Board of trusteesAll trustees are elected at large from the District. The Library District is the same as the Ann Arbor School District. Terms are four years long beginning July 1 of the year they are elected.Officers are elected by the Board at the Annual Board Meeting in July. Officers serve for a one-year term and for no more than two consecutive years in the same office. Board members are: Prue Rosenthal, President Barbara Murphy, Vice President Jan Barney Newman, Treasurer Rebecca Head, Secretary Nancy Kaplan, Trustee Margaret Leary, Trustee Edward Surovell, TrusteeBranches Malletts Creek Branch: 3090 East Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 Traverwood Branch: 3333 Traverwood Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Westgate Branch: 2503 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Pittsfield Branch: 2359 Oak Valley Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48103