The Brighton District Library is situated in the heart of Brighton. (Click here for library map.) The library building, opened in May 1996, is adjacent to a wetlands nature preserve. The library boasts state-of-the-art computer facilities, special equipment for the vision and hearing impaired, reading room, public meeting rooms, children's activity area and "cuddle corner" with easy reading books, and a variety of circulating multi-media material such as audio books (cassette and CD-ROM), videos and DVDs.

This is a Class V library serving over 39,000 patrons in the city of Brighton and Brighton, Genoa and Green Oak Townships. The library's total collection consists of nearly 104,000 items. The online catalog not only lists titles owned by the Brighton District Library but includes titles owned by 45 other libraries in southeast Michigan. These libraries, part of The Library Network consortium, have reciprocating borrowing privileges with library card holders so that patrons may borrow from the collections of many other libraries.

The BDL provides Internet access at all public workstations and to Microsoft Office and a collection of reference CD-ROMs and article databases.