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Molly White<p>If Keith Sonderling truly wanted to “ensure we preserve our country’s core values”, he would not be placing libraries “in lockstep with this Administration” and ordering them to “focus on patriotism” or “promote American exceptionalism”.</p><p>Ministry of Truth shit.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Lisa Schiff<p>Anyone who cares about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>, but more importantly <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/intellectual_freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectual_freedom</span></a> and critical thinking, must read this latest piece by Kelly Jensen<br><a href="https://bookriot.com/imls-propaganda/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bookriot.com/imls-propaganda/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/defendlibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defendlibraries</span></a></p><p>Then 1) call on your elected officials to do everything they can to retore IMLS as an independent entity; 2)stand against <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> by signing the Declaration to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> Against U.S. Gov Censorship! Add your name and make your voice heard! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NoTimeForSilence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTimeForSilence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> tinyurl.com/3bwuc38f</p>
Melissa<p>I'll call my oblivious rep etc, but meanwhile I'm angry and upset about the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> takedown.</p>
Chris Adams<p>It’s sad seeing <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> savaged, at a maximum possible savings of 3 F-35s:</p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-hits-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/d</span><span class="invisible">oge-hits-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p>
griffey<p>Hey Librarians…Talking Points Memo is looking for information about anything that might have been cancelled today by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> doge takeover. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-hits-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/d</span><span class="invisible">oge-hits-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p>
Becky Yoose<p>""I am committed to steering this organization in lockstep with this Administration... We will revitalize IMLS and restore focus on patriotism, ensuring we preserve our country's core values, promote American exceptionalism, and cultivate love of country in future generations," said Acting Director Sonderling."</p><p>Why burn libraries when you can put them in a stranglehold long enough for them to either die or comply? </p><p><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/keith-e-sonderling-sworn-in-as-acting-director-of-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-302407432.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prnewswire.com/news-releases/k</span><span class="invisible">eith-e-sonderling-sworn-in-as-acting-director-of-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-302407432.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>More on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> shutdown:</p><p>On March 14, 2025,… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> …issued an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EO</span></a> that called for the dismantling of 7 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>…. They ranged from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>, which oversees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>, to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MBDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBDA</span></a>.</p><p>The Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Services was also on the list. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> created the IMLS in 1996 through the Museum &amp; Library Services Act. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> merged the Inst of Museum Services, which was established in 1976, w/the Library Prgms Office of the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-seeks-to-starve-libraries-and-museums-of-funding-by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/trump-admi</span><span class="invisible">nistration-seeks-to-starve-libraries-and-museums-of-funding-by-shuttering-this-little-known-agency-252455</span></a></p>
AnneArchy Anne<p>Bracing for today's news about IMLS. Pray for mojo</p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. Gary Price (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@infodocket" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>infodocket</span></a></span>) is collecting statements opposing the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin's attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>). Thanks, Gary!<br><a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/17/roundup-statements-in-response-to-executive-order-impacting-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-imls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/17/roun</span><span class="invisible">dup-statements-in-response-to-executive-order-impacting-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-imls/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Bagolina<p>Trump élimine l’agence dédiée au financement des bibliothèques et musées, qu'il juge inutile <a href="https://www.archimag.com/bibliotheque-edition/2025/03/18/trump-elimine-agence-dediee-financement-bibliotheques-musees-juge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archimag.com/bibliotheque-edit</span><span class="invisible">ion/2025/03/18/trump-elimine-agence-dediee-financement-bibliotheques-musees-juge</span></a><br>L'American <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Association <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> principale organisation professionnelle des <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/biblioth%C3%A9caires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibliothécaires</span></a> aux <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/%C3%89tatsUnis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ÉtatsUnis</span></a> s'oppose à la décision de <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, qui met en péril le financement des 125000 <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/biblioth%C3%A8ques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibliothèques</span></a> du pays après la signature d'un décret qui supprime 7 agences dont l’Institute of Museum and Library Services <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> dédié au financement des bibliothèques et <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/mus%C3%A9es" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musées</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>🚨 NOW is the time to speak up for museums and save IMLS!<br>Congressional offices are open, and it's time to flood their phone lines and inboxes. Contact your elected officials right now using our templates as a guide: congressweb.com/aam/95/ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCongress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocacy</span></a></p>
Melissa<p>Just called my U.S. representative's office to express my strong request that he NOT support any move to cut <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> funding.</p><p>It is a small amount of the federal budget but it means a lot to some special services libraries provide, including funds for the National Library Service for the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.loc.gov/nls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">loc.gov/nls/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Anne Deschaine<p>My former colleague Michelle Moon, with a defense of IMLS and illustration of some of the many benefits its funding provides.</p><p>Call your representatives.</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michellenmoon_late-last-night-trump-issued-an-executive-activity-7306741903637573632-xwR3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/michellenmo</span><span class="invisible">on_late-last-night-trump-issued-an-executive-activity-7306741903637573632-xwR3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archives</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Executive Order Targets <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> for Closure"<br><a href="https://www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-executive-order-targets-imls-for-closure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wordsandmoney.com/trump-execut</span><span class="invisible">ive-order-targets-imls-for-closure/</span></a></p><p>"In a March 14 Executive Order, President Donald Trump has targeted seven more federal agencies for permanent closure, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</p><p>If some parts of IMLS are "statutorily required" and cannot be shut down by an executive order, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> has seven days to show it.</p><p>"EveryLibrary is hosting a petition [to keep IMLS open]…The American Library Association has…weighed in with a statement."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>American Library Association (ALA) Statement on White House Assault on the Institute of Museum and Library Services <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/15/ala-statement-on-white-house-assault-on-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/15/ala-</span><span class="invisible">statement-on-white-house-assault-on-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In addition to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s order also targeted the Federal Mediation &amp; Conciliation Service [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FMCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FMCS</span></a>], the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WilsonCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilsonCenter</span></a>], the Institute of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Services [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a>], the US Interagency Council on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homelessness</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USICH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USICH</span></a>], the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDFIfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDFIfund</span></a>], &amp; the Minority Business Development Agency [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MBDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBDA</span></a>] for cuts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a></p>
Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂<p>Executive Order "Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy" gives in Section 2 a laundry list -<br>(iv) is the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)</p><p>Do you use digitized newspapers at a site maintained by your state library, like North Carolina's <a href="https://www.digitalnc.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">digitalnc.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or Georgia Historic Newspapers at the Digital Library of Georgia <a href="https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.u</span><span class="invisible">sg.edu/</span></a> </p><p>Tell your Congress Critters that you support these resources.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>genealogy</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
AnneArchy Anne<p>call your senators and tell them to fight for the IMLS!</p><p>if you need any more information about why this is important to literally every community throughout the entire country, let me know, or talk to your local library staff </p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a></p>
Trevor Burrows<p>The Executive Order yesterday re: Institute of Museum and Library Services is huge.</p><p>IMLS funds a lot of special *and* ongoing programming and projects through IMLS grants.</p><p>Special state library portals like <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a>'s Inspire portal, which provides access to residents to a range of subscriptions including scholarly journals, are often funded significantly through IMLS.</p><p>Local library projects to make local historical resources more accessible through digitization are often IMLS funded. </p><p>Local libraries and related institutions depend on this funding both directly and indirectly. These are dollars that often have visible, real impacts in local communities across the country.</p><p>Here is the EO: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac</span><span class="invisible">tions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>EveryLibrary: “Statement on Trump’s Attack on Federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a>” <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/15/everylibrary-statement-on-trumps-attack-on-federal-funding-for-libraries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/15/ever</span><span class="invisible">ylibrary-statement-on-trumps-attack-on-federal-funding-for-libraries/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@everylibrary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>everylibrary</span></a></span></p>