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On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS budget was $294.8 million, of which more than $211 million was dedicated to library services through the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA), the leading source of federal funding for America’s libraries. According to a statement from the American Library Association (ALA), “Libraries translate .003 percent of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people each year.”
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Latest UPDATE (March 17): “What Happens to Libraries If IMLS Goes Away?” (by Hallie Rich, Library Journal) On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS budget was $294.8 million, of […]
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Full Text of an EveryLibrary Statement re: IMLS Funding: In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. The Executive Order states that IMLS must be reduced to […]
From a Coalition For Networked Information Post by Cliff Lynch: Today, we release inaugural CNI Senior Scholar Donald J. Waters’s final report: Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems. Written with extensive community input, the report explores how research universities can tackle complex societal challenges, particularly climate change, a “wicked” problem involving […]
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From the Arkansas Advocate: The Arkansas State Library Board approved a motion to create “non-binding policies to protect children” in the state’s public libraries at a special meeting conducted via videoconference Thursday afternoon. Lupe Peña de Martinez of Mabelvale, the board member who proposed the motion, said she spoke “at length” with Republican state Sen. […]
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