Michigan: "Court Rules Local Libraries Can Charge Nonresidents" & the Full Text of Court Opinion
The Michigan Court of Appeals has told state education officials that they can’t interfere with local libraries that charge fees to patrons who live in other communities.
In a unanimous decision released Wednesday, the three judges said the Michigan Department of Education had overstepped its role in 2009 when it passed rules saying local libraries could lose state funding if they didn’t treat all library users alike.
Here’s the full text of the opinion (13 Pages; PDF) direct from the Michigan Court of Appeals
HERRICK DISTRICT LIBRARY, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v
LIBRARY OF MICHIGAN and DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARTS, and LIBRARIES,
Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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