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Despite an outpouring of opposition in recent weeks, the Montana State Library Commission voted 5-2 Wednesday to eliminate a requirement that directors of the s

The Montana State Library Commission voted Wednesday to strike a longstanding professional requirement applied to the directors of Montana’s eight largest libraries, one that dictates whether those libraries qualify for

The Montana State Library Commission voted Wednesday to strike a longstanding professional requirement applied to the directors of Montana’s eight largest libraries, one that dictates whether those libraries qualify for state funding.

Under a proposed rule approved by the library commission, Montana’s eight largest public libraries would no longer have to employ directors with graduate degrees.

In 1990, a children’s book on the shelf of a small public library in Purcell, Oklahoma, began to cause a stir. It told the illustrated story of a young girl’s

Missoula County commissioners signed a letter to the State Library Commission expressing “deep disappointment” with its decision to leave the American Library Association.

(MONTANA FREE PRESS) – A seven-member commission voted Tuesday to immediately withdraw the Montana State Library from membership in the American Library Association, a national nonprofit founded in 1876 that advocates for and provides services to tens of thousands of libraries across the country. The Montana State Library Commission’s decision came in response to a…

The Montana State Library Commission voted to withdraw from the American Library Association following comments made by the ALA's new president, a self-described socialist who identifies as a "Marxist lesbian." 

The Montana State Library Commission to leave the American Library Association because the ALA’s president described herself as a “Marxist lesbian."

Montana State Library Commission votes to withdraw from national association