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The New Normal: Annual Library Budgets Survey 2012
Library budgets trend downward, though 52 percent expect an increase. Lack of support at state level adds to strain Library Journal’s annual budget survey reveals that many public libraries are, at...
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Michigan Libraries Seek To Curb Guns
On July 11, the Michigan Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case over whether a library can ban weapons. The case, Capital Area District Library (CADL) v. Michigan Open Carry Inc., was decided...
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Bravo to MeL and what it says about libraries | Backtalk
From left: Susan Hildreth, IMLS Director; Nancy Robertson, Michigan State Librarian; George Needham, former Michigan State Librarian; Christie Pearson Brandau, former Michigan State Librarian This...
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Update: MI Court of Appeals: No Gun Ban for Libraries
This article has been updated to include comment from CADL. Michigan district libraries, like other Michigan public libraries, may not ban guns, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled today. The ruling...
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Community Angered by Tossed Black History Collection
Residents of Highland Park, MI, are still enraged that a selection of books and other materials from a Highland Park Renaissance High School collection devoted to global black history was thrown away...
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Bill in MI Would Limit Info to Voters; Librarians Protest
Update: On January 6, Gov. Snyder signed SB 571 into law. It is now Public Act 269 of 2015. Snyder is requesting that the Legislature pass clarifying legislation on the provision in question in time...
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