Complex sentence: The Ypsilanti District Library has been in operation since 1868 starting out with only 175 volumes, today it has over 309,354 volumes Colburn, Harvey C., The Story of Ypsilanti.
Split into simpler sentences: The Ypsilanti District Library has been in operation since 1868 starting out with only 175 volumes. Today it has more than 309,354 volumes Colburn, Harvey C., The Story of Ypsilanti.