All Branches Closed, 1/26/26
Due to the current weather situation, all branches are closed Monday, January 16, 2026.
The Numbers are In! The Most Borrowed Items of 2025
Hot off the presses, here are the most borrowed physical items of 2025:
Fiction:
Where are the New Books?
Baker & Taylor, Branch District Library's primary vendor for purchasing books, shared that it will soon cease operations after more than 200 ye
Hoopla Intermittent Outages
Hoopla Digital is experiencing technical issues and is working to get the platform fully functional as soon as possible.
National Geographic Now on MeL!
The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce that MeL now includes the National Geographic Archive – with full magazines from October 1888 throug
Celebrating Branch County Bookmobiles, Past and Present
This week the Library celebrated the launching of our new bookmobile with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Branch
8 Years of Being Fine Free
In August of 2017, the BDL Board of Trustees voted to eliminate late fees on library materials.
