News - MLA
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00 AM |
Note From Debbie
March 28, 2024
How do you show your community your value and importance? How do you know your local libraries have impact? How do you document the economic benefits, the educational benefits, the social benefits and the health and well-being benefits that your library contributes into making your community the thriving and dynamic places that they are?
As Kate Pohjola Andrade from the Woodlands Library Cooperative stated at our most recent Advocacy Hour, collecting appropriate data is the key to knowing the answer to any of these questions – from a national, statewide or local perspective.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00 AM |
Meet the Candidates for the MLA 2024 Board Election
The MLA Board election will open on Monday, April 1 and close on Monday, April 22 at midnight. This year, MLA members will vote for an MLA President-elect and four Member-at-Large Board positions for terms beginning in July 2024 and ending in June 2027. Election results will be announced in MLA’s Primary Source newsletter on Thursday, April 25. Meet the candidates!
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News - Advocacy
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00 AM |
February Election Results
Check out our roundup of the February 27, 2024 election results for millage issues on ballots around the state. We are proud of the library boards, staff, and supporters for their work on these campaigns and their dedication to supporting their libraries. The Library of Michigan provides a listing of Public Library Millage Election Results from 2010 to the present. View the Michigan Public Library Millage Results 2010 to February 2024 (pdf).
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News - Advocacy
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00 AM |
ALA Releases 2023 Censorship Data, Reports Record Number of Unique Book Titles Challenged in 2023
The surge in book censorship and the number of titles targeted for censorship during 2023 reached unprecedented levels. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there was a 65 percent increase in the number of titles targeted for censorship compared to the previous year. In 2023, 4,240 unique book titles were subject to censorship efforts, surpassing the previous high of 2,571 titles in 2022.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00 AM |
MLA 2024 Annual Conference Call for Proposals: PRESS PLAY!
The MLA 2024 Annual Conference workgroup seeks proposals for breakout sessions to be presented in person, October 16 -18, 2024 at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Acme, Michigan.
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News - Advocacy
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Thursday, February 22, 2024 12:00 AM |
More Ways to Support Libraries and the Freedom to Read
We need your help to spread the message for Michigan Library Advocacy Day! Order shirts to wear on April 16th and/or record a 30-second clip asking your legislator to support intellectual freedom and First Amendment rights by supporting the Freedom to Read Legislation.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024 12:00 AM |
Local Library Funding From Voter-Approved Millages Facing Opposition
What Would Happen if Libraries Were No Longer Funded by Property Taxes?
A small group in Michigan is questioning if property taxes should be eliminated by changing the Michigan Constitution and is actively working to get this question onto the November ballot. Over 446,000 valid voter signatures are needed by July 8, 2024, to make this a reality. And then it would be left to the voters.
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