Ludington Library (Ludington, Michigan)

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The Ludington Public Library started with the Ludington Library Association on April 9, 1872. A meeting was announced for those that were interested in organizing a library. At the time there was interest in a public reading room for the attainment of mental improvement. The meeting was held at Ludington Hall over the Pere Marquette Lumber Company store at the southwest corner of Main Street (now Gaylord Avenue) and Ludington Avenue to effect a permanent organization of a library association. Articles of association were filed April 12, 1872. It was brought up then at an official city meeting on the evening of April 24, 1872 at this same location at the Pere Marquette Lumber Company store (later bought by Pierce Manufacturing Company). The organization was perfected and officers were elected in 1872 and 1874.

The library was opened on March 1, 1906, remodeled and expanded in 1975 and again in 2008.

On June 15, 2008 the library officials suspended a librarian Sally Stern-Hamilton for writing a tell-all book on patrons "The Library Diaries" under the pen name Ann Miketa, which describes a range of unpleasant patrons that took place in this town's library. She was fired later on June 25, 2008.

The "Flights of Learning" sculpture, located at the front exterior entrance of the library, was dedicated on June 29, 2012. It was designed by Utah artist Bryce Pettit and took 6 months to complete. There were dozens of people in attendance. John and Anita Wilson were presented with a scale model of the sculpture they had donated to the library. The "Flights of Learning" sculpture at the library is a continuation of the Mason County Sculpture Trail that started with nine sculptures at Waterfront Park near downtown Ludington, Michigan.

217 E Ludington Ave.
Ludington, MI 49431
Ph: (231) 843-8465
Fax: (231) 843-1491
Web: www.masoncounty.lib.mi.us/

Hours
Sun: 12pm-4pm (closed between June 1 and August 31)
Mon-Wed: 9am-8pm
Thurs & Fri: 9am-6pm
Sat: 9am-5pm

Closed on New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & New Year's Eve

External links
www.visitludington.com/stories/mason_county_district_li...
www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/08/ludin...
www.wnd.com/2008/08/72228/
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/director-library-diaries-...
blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/08/ludington_librarian_fi...
michiganexposures.blogspot.com/2012/12/random-sights-ar...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3417460/Police-search-...
www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan/library-settles-la...
librarians-on-youtube.blogspot.com/2014/12/case-study-n...
nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010486.html
sjlibrarian.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/free-speech-and-pa...
www.businessmanagementdaily.com/6040/ludington-libraria...

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