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CADL is having a Big Birthday!
CADL’s first birthday, Lansing State Journal Jan 3, 1999. Capital Area District Libraries is having a big birthday soon! CADL first opened on January 2, 1998. Several of us working here today were...
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January 2 1998: A Big Day for CADL!
CADL director Sue Hill and staff prepare for the debut of the district library. Lansing State Journal December 26, 1997. Yesterday marked our exact 20th birthday! On Friday January 2 1998, CADL first...
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Looking for Award Winning Movies?
Movie award season is upon us! The library has you covered with our DVDs/Blu-ray, streaming service hoopla and drumroll…streaming service Kanopy beginning January 15. Academy Awards on DVDS and BluRay:...
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A Rare Look at the Queen’s Coronation
Lansing State Journal June 2, 1953 This is quite the royal year, with the wedding of Prince Harry, a new baby Prince or Princess in May, and the 65th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. She...
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Show Me the Money!
The annual Capital region Show Me the Money Day is this Saturday, February 3 from 10:00am-2:00pm at the Asset Independence Coalition 2500 S. Washington Ave. All events are FREE to the public. Show Me...
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Patty Hearst and Research Then and Now
What the Lansing Public Library looked like when I did research there in Jr. High. There is a really good special about Patty Hearst on CNN running now. I thought back in the day (and now) that she...
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What in Heck are Digital Downloads???
So at the top of the library’s home page, you may have noticed Digital Downloads. If you click on it, you will land on a great page that is a portal to our online services. This is also where the help...
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The Oscars are 90!
The 90th Academy Awards ceremony airs live on ABC March 4, 2018. To find Oscar nominated or winning films/actors on DVD, Blu-Ray and our streaming services, go to Search under Movies & TV and enter...
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Women in Lansing History
L. Margaret Groves, announced as Lincoln Center Secretary, Lansing State Journal Mar 31, 1950 March is Women’s History Month and I thought it would be interesting to focus on a few notable women in...
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The Library in Your Pajamas
My mother at her nursing school graduation. As I write this, I am recovering from minor surgery. It got me thinking about all of the great library services you can get from home. I realized as I was...
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