What does the IMLS fund, you ask? You can look up grants to your state, but just for example, in 2022 they helped Iowa libraries with summer reading programs, broadband access, online resources, job training, and more. /2 www.imls.gov/grants/award... - ThreadSky

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What does the IMLS fund, you ask? You can look up grants to your state, but just for example, in 2022 they helped Iowa libraries with summer reading programs, broadband access, online resources, job training, and more. /2

https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/ls-252460-ols-22

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libraryfutures.bsky.social•7 days ago

DOGE doesn't want you to read books. They don't want kids to read books. They don't want people to have internet access or job training or trained librarians or accredited libraries. /3

https://www.ala.org/news/2025/03/ala-statement-white-house-assault-institute-museum-and-library-services

libraryfutures.bsky.social•7 days ago

When state libraries lose that funding, it makes everything libraries do more costly—including the already overly costly ebooks they have to rent from publishers and the fees they pay to for-profit platforms like Overdrive/Libby. /4

https://ebooksforus.com

libraryfutures.bsky.social•7 days ago

American Libraries provides ongoing coverage of the Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on libraries and library funding. /5

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/03/19/tracking-the-trump-administrations-attacks-on-libraries/

libraryfutures.bsky.social•7 days ago

DOGE destroys agencies that help people. The IMLS helps libraries. Libraries help people. Contact your reps with this handy script and keep the unelected, unconfirmed barbarians from the gates of our libraries. /6

https://5calls.org/issue/institute-museum-library-services-imls-ala/

libraryfutures.bsky.social•7 days ago

We’ll keep providing updates as we learn more – we’re fighting for libraries’ right to lend. Join us. /end

https://www.libraryfutures.net/

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