by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
In the days after an Ottawa County community defunded its public library in a spat over LGBT-themed graphic novels, more than $50,000 in donations have poured in to help keep the doors open. The donations to support Patmos Library in Jamestown Township, made to two...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
In Jamestown, Michigan, the local public library has about six months until funding runs out and it may be forced to shut down. Last week, residents voted against passing a millage, which raises property taxes, to fund the Patmos Public Library. What could make a town...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
Voters in a fast-growing West Michigan township on Tuesday defunded their public library amid a campaign against LGBTQ materials on the shelves. Officials with Patmos Library in Jamestown Township say the library’s future is now uncertain after voters shot down the...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
A small West Michigan library was essentially defunded in this week’s primary election in a dispute over the LGBTQ+ material in its collection, although advocates say it represents more than just a dispute over books, but an assault on personal liberties. What is...
by Lakeland News | Aug 8, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
The Michigan Library Association stands in solidarity with the Patmos Library Board of Trustees on the decision to retain a small collection of LGBTQIA+ materials on their library shelves. We are equally disheartened to learn that continued funding for the library was...
