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Opinion: Have we forgotten what a public library is for? (The Washington Post)

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...

Controversy inspires Banned Books Challenge at Grand Haven library (Wood TV 8)

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...

Romance author Nora Roberts helps save MI library defunded over LGBTQ books (Bridge MI)

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...

Defunded over LGBTQ books, Michigan library will try tax again in November (Bridge MI)

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...

Patmos Library will pursue another millage amid controversy over LGBTQ books (MLive)

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...
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