8,403 new library cards were issued during the fiscal year, and AADL saw a total door count of 909,101.

The library also offers access to databases and Libby, an online source of ebooks and audiobooks.

This branch is a unique model of sustainable design featuring solar heating, natural day lighting, a vegetated green roof, convection cooling, naturally captured and filtered storm water, native plants and grasses, and many uses of materials that are renewable resources.

This branch, along with its surrounding landscape, capitalizes on environmental principles, allowing the overall project to operate more in harmony with the ecosystem and the community in which it serves.

Sustainable design features include an innovative stormwater management system and the reuse of harvested ash trees from the building site.

By using sustainable design in the construction of each branch, the Library will teach, by example, responsible coexistence with the natural environment.

Formerly the smallest in the system, the Westgate Branch quadrupled in size to 21,000 square feet (2,000 m2), adding a cafe.

The Washtenaw Library for the Blind and Print Disabled (WLBPD at AADL) is a free service which loans books, magazines, and videos in alternative formats such as digital audiobooks, Braille, large print, or descriptive video to eligible individuals who live in Washtenaw County.

On November 6, 2012, Ann Arbor citizens voted "no" on a $65 million bond proposal for the construction of a new downtown library.