by Lakeland News | Sep 30, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, Patmos Library
Imagine a town without a library. In August, people in Jamestown, Mich., just outside Grand Rapids, signaled with their votes that they would rather defund — and possibly shutter — their only public library than keep books with LGBTQ themes on the shelves. The impact...
by Lakeland News | Sep 1, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, Loutit District Library, Program News
GRAND HAVEN. (WOOD) — The Loutit District Library in Grand Haven is hosting a Banned Books month in September promoting works that have been challenged or outright banned over the last 100 years. Librarian Chelsea McCoy says she was inspired to put the exhibit...
by Lakeland News | Aug 29, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, Patmos Library
It could make a great final chapter of a book: A doomed library is saved by the small checks of book lovers, and one huge donation from an internationally known author whose novels are among the most popular on the library’s shelves. Romance novelist Nora...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
An Ottawa County library will ask voters for funding for a second time, in November, after residents in this small town voted last week to reject a millage because of the continued presence of LGBTQ-themed books on library shelves. The library board voted Monday...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A message was delivered from Jamestown Township residents to Patmos Library board members Monday night — keep the library open. But a failed millage at the Aug. 2 election, surrounded by a resident-driven campaign to remove LGBTQ materials...
by Lakeland News | Aug 9, 2022 | Intellectual Freedom, Library News, News, Patmos Library
In Ottawa County, voters in Jamestown Township will have another chance to decide funding for a library, after a unanimous vote Monday night by the library board. The millage to fund the library failed in the August primary. Monday’s meeting at Patmos Library...
