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June 17 we're ending support for CloudLibrary and moving all titles to hoopla. By consolidating our resources, we can expand your hoopla access! You'll now have 10 flex borrows to use on a rolling basis, in addition to your 10 instant borrows per month!

Congratulations to the winners of our annual Writing Contest, co-hosted by the Community Writing Center & East Lansing Public Library! You can learn more about the authors and read their winning selections below.

Due to the recently rescinded federal funding that supported the MDHHS library testing program, we will no longer be able to provide free COVID-19 at-home test kits.

Check out what’s going on at the library in this month’s newsletter.

Check out what’s going on at the library in this month’s newsletter.

One of the things that makes East Lansing so special is how engaged and supportive this community is. Time after time, you show up for the library whenever we need you, and on April 11, you did it again! I’d like to extend a HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to our annual fundraiser, Books, Bites, and Bids!

National Library Week is April 6-12, 2025!

Check out what’s going on at the library in this month’s newsletter.

On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order stating that IMLS "shall be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law."   IMLS is the nation’s only federal agency for America’s libraries and provides critical funding to libraries across the country.