EveryLibraryThe Institute of Museum and Library Services is the only Federal Funding for libraries and Trump's proposed budget guts it. Take action at saveimls.org
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JessamynTemporary restraining order blocking evisceration of IMLS. Truly the best May Day gift.
https://www.wordsandmoney.com/court-temporarily-blocks-imls-destruction/
From my State Librarian: "[we] received a notice [yesterday] from IMLS for a partial 2025 Grants to States award" in an amount that was one half of what we were allotted in 2024. My department thinks they will get the full amount which was allotted to them for 2025.
My question for the larger library community: does anyone else know if all the states got these notices, or just the 20 which sued?
(graphic by Marc Fischer of Halfletter Press)
Today is National Library Workers Day. ALA and AFSCME are suing the IMLS (and others) in order to save the IMLS (and others)
The ALA Sues Over the Scuppering of the IMLS
A lawsuit filed in federal court on April 7 by the American Library Association and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees alleges that the Trump administration’s recent “evisceration” of the Institute of Museum and Libra