Friends of the Milan Public Library

05/07/2019

TODAY til 4:00! The Michigan Secretary of State Mobile Office is at the Milan Public Library. You can renew driver's licenses and ID cards; obtain plates and tabs; title and register vehicles and watercraft; register to vote and more! Pay with MC, Visa or Discover. You can renew up to six months in advance.

03/04/2018

10/15/2016

Very exciting opportunity next week!

Looking for your next great read? Looking to get a jump on your holiday shopping? Stop by the Friends of the Library’s BIG sale next week, October 17-October 22! We have hundreds of new items going out all week! Most hardcovers $1, paperbacks .50, specially priced gift items, and kids items cost even less!). Also many really excellent VHS movies and TV shows. Many, many $1/bag books!

09/07/2016

Book Sorting Bee!

Saturday, September 24

10 am—4 p.m.

Help!

The Friends of the Milan Public Library have a large backlog of donations and need help sorting books into various categories!

If you can help for an hour or two, please RSVP to [email protected] or just come by when you can -- light refreshments will be available all day!

08/16/2016

Thank you to the following for supporting our youth Summer Reading Program with donations for our prize packets and/or prize drawing:
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
Bel-Mark Lanes
Clonlara School
Collins Center
Friends of the Milan Public Library
Hungry Howie's Pizza Milan
Marco's Pizza
Milan Dairy Barn
Splash Universe Dundee
The Morning Owl Coffee Corp.
Zap Zone Ann Arbor

08/05/2016

Milan Summer Fest starts tomorrow! To celebrate, the Friends Book Sale will feature boxes of free paperbacks and Buy One/Get One (except kids books) in the regular sale! Stop by Friday or Saturday and scoop up some good reads!

08/03/2016

Thank you Milan voters!

08/02/2016

Indeed!

08/02/2016

To all of our Milan residents who have already gone out to vote today, we send our congratulations for your commitment to civic engagement.

To those of you who have not yet voted, we hope you take the few minutes it will take to head down to the Senior Center and cast your ballot. We hope you will choose to support the Milan Library and vote YES for the millage.

Thank you!

08/02/2016

There is a millage for the Milan Public Library coming up tomorrow, Tuesday, August 2, 2016.

In summary, the proposal is asking 0.25 mils for 7 years, which will provide the library with an additional $38,125 annually.

Reasonably, you may ask "Why does the library need this?"

Well, quite simply, tax revenue has been dropping annually for the
past decade. At the same time, the library has encountered significant infrastructure costs— the replacement of the roof, the air conditioning system, the boiler and black mold remediation from the staff work area.

In the 2006/2007 budget year, the tax revenue that Milan Public Library received was $410,702. In 2016/2017 budget year, the library is projecting tax revenue of $237,647 -- a drop of 58% in the primary source of the library’s funding.

Numbers-wise, If your house has a taxable (assessed) value of $80,000 (market value, $160,000) the cost to you would be $20 per year, or approximately 38 cents per week.

We know that Milan is proud of its library and wants to keep it as the great community resource it is. As Friends of the Milan Public Library, we ask, humbly, that you vote yes for the Library Millage tomorrow, Tuesday, August 2, 2016.

A full version of the Millage fact sheet can be found at this link:
https://goo.gl/IYXGdW

07/29/2016

A friendly reminder that we'll be meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. at the Library -- hope to see you there!

07/21/2016

Milan Public Library provides the following to our community:

Open six days (54 hours) weekly.

Free WiFi & 17 public computers with internet access and Microsoft Office software.

Books, e-books and magazines for all ages.

Audiobooks, e-audiobooks, music CDs, movies, & documentaries for all ages.

WiFi Mobile Hotspots (small cost recovery fee).

Programs throughout the year for all age groups.

Partnership with the Milan Area Schools to promote early literacy and summer reading.

Reference staff assistance with research and instruction with technology and software.

Loans from other Michigan libraries (MEL).

Michigan Activity Passes.

Local History and Genealogy Resources.

Partnership with Washtenaw Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled.