Welcome to the home of the Branch District Library System on the Internet. The library's six branches serve the Branch County area in South-Central Michigan.

On this page you'll find stories important to all our library branches. Be sure to check out the individual branch pages for the latest at your favorite branch.

On November 17, 2008, at 6 p.m. in the Board Hearing Room, 10 East Chicago Street, Coldwater, MI the Branch District LibraryBoard shall conduct a public hearing on its proposed 2009 budget of estimated revenues and expenditures.

Copies of the budget are available for public inspection at the entrance to the Library Headquarters, 10 East Chicago Street, Coldwater, and at each branch location - Algansee, Bronson, Quincy, Sherwood and Union City.

You may also download a copy here.

We are happy to announce our new digital archive for Branch County History.  We have started off by digitizing a collection of old audio cassette recordings of interviews conducted by the Branch County Historical Society.  Over time, we'll be digitizing documents and images related to our local history.  These items will come from collections at our branches in Coldwater, Bronson, Quincy, and Union Twp.  This will be an ongoing project, and special thanks to Nola Baker for helping to make this project happen.

You can view the digital archive here:
www.branchdistrictlibrary.org/branch

I hope you have had a chance to take a look at our new library system, EVERGREEN. We are proud at Branch District to be the first library in Michigan to run this open-source product.

As with any change this major, it will take both you and us a little while to get used to the new functions. This is where we need your help.

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Tomorrow night our conversion to Evergreen begins! This process should be finished by Monday morning.  We'll still be open on Saturday, but operating in "offline" mode.  Please be patient with us, and make sure you bring your library card with you, since we won't be able to look up your account details.