Did you know that the East Lansing Public Library is a prized example of mid-century modern architecture? Visit the MSU Museum to see ELPL and many more examples of East Lansing buildings that highlight this very popular form of architecture.  

Exhibit:

East Lansing Modern, 1940 - 1970
MSU Museum Ground Floor,  April 28 - August 18, 2013

Upcoming programs:

Tuesday, May 14, 5 p.m.

Film screening: “East Lansing: The City We Know,” 30-minute documentary on the history of the city; followed by exhibition tour

Saturday, June 9, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Workshop: “How to Research Your Home,” led by Whitney Miller, University Archivist at MSU and author of “East Lansing, Collegeville Revisited.”

Check out MSU Museum's website and Michigan Modern for more information about modern architecture in East Lansing and beyond.

 

Interested in historical East Lansing architecture? Have information about architects that built homes in East Lansing during the past century? If so, the East Lansing Public Library and MSU's Art History department welcomes you to join us at an information seeking meeting. This is part of a larger program MSU is working on with the Michigan Modern project whose web site is michiganmodern.org. For more information about the meeting please contact Jill at jabood@cityofeastlansing.com.

 Join us to welcome MSU international students and families to the East Lansing community!  

The event will feature food, live music, children's activities, community information, mingling and more.

Community ambassadors are needed to help set up and greet students and families as they arrive.  If you are interested in being a community ambassador, please contact Mary H. at mhennes@cityofeastlansing.com or Jennifer at jamormi@cityofeastlansing.com.

It's supposed to be over 100 degrees today-- yikes!  If you need a cool (in so many ways) place to hang out, come to the library.  The A/C is kicked up and it's definitely a nice reprieve from the blistering weather we've been having these past weeks.  

Sunday, March 13
Hannah Community Center
819 Abbot Rd., East Lansing

Activities from 1-4 pm

Stage Shows at 1:30 and 3 pm

Literacy goes live at the Hannah Community Center!  Join us for an exciting stage show headlined by Deb Diesen - author of The Pout-Pout Fish  books, music by Ronda Coon, storytelling with Jean Bolley as The Cat in the Hat and former Michigan Teacher of the year Rob Stephenson as Magneto Man.

Meet and greet favorite storybook characters Curious George, Froggy, Olivia and Mittens! Bring your camera!

Other activities will be provided by agencies and local libraries in the tri-county area (including East Lansing Public Library) which are members of the Early Childhood Literacy Coalition.

This event is brought to you in part by a grant from Target.

On January 18th the East Lansing Public Library will welcome Kristin Shelley, ELPL's new Director, to East Lansing.  Ms. Shelley was most recently the Deputy Director of the Worthington Libraries, located in Worthington, Ohio.  The Friends of the East Lansing Public Library will be hosting a welcome reception for Ms. Shelley Friday, January 28th, from 4-6pm in the Library's meeting room.

Listen to Kristin's interview with Scott Pohl from WKAR!

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Following a nationwide search, Shelley was selected from a pool of more than 25 applicants to serve as the new ELPL director. A search committee made up of community stakeholders, East Lansing City Councilmembers and members of the East Lansing Public Library Board of Trustees conducted interviews and came to a unanimous consensus earlier this fall. Shelley’s start date is January 18, 2011.

East Lansing residents can now get their books, DVDs, city trash bags and yard waste bags all in the same place.  Starting Wednesday, September 8th the following are available for sale at the Circulation Desk:

• City issued yellow refuse bags
• Yard waste bags
• Stickers (for non-City paper bags and rigid plastic containers)

Refuse bags are sold in packages of 5 for $7.50.  Yard waste bags and stickers are sold for $1.50 each.

ELPL is happy to welcome back all the new and returning MSU students, faculty, staff and alumni to East Lansing.  If you need eBooks, free Wi-Fi, community information, movies, fun stuff to do, or the answer to a really tough research assignment, we've got you covered.