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The latest on the IMLS and why we need to be taking America 250 really damn seriously: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

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SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS...Michigan Humanities has already halted roughly $600,000 worth of planned local grants and other statewide programming, said Jennifer Rupp, president and CEO of Michigan Humanities. Without federal funding, she said the council will likely have to close by fall 2025.

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A big win in Michigan against book banning. www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...

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Thank you!

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We have an AG with a cape! Thank you @dananessel.bsky.social

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My retirement savings!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

submitted 28 days ago • 70 comments

In Latest Moves, Trump Administration Cancels IMLS Grants, Threatens Title I Funding www.slj.com/story/Trump-...

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NEW: In a letter sent to the Institute of Museum and Library Science's Acting Director, the Board of Directors for the IMLS demands answers about what's going on right now and what the agency's future responsibilities will include. bookriot.com/imls-board-o...

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

“We will not be lost forever.” In her poem Death or Life, Inside or Outside the Maze, Ma Thida reflects on repression and resilience in Myanmar. Her words, written during unrest and revisited after the earthquake, are a call for hope. PEN International stands with all those affected.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Questions I have about the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the firing of staff and termination of current contracts - Who will file the lawsuit? When will a lawsuit be filed? Sooner rather than later please! Anyone? Anyone?

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Anticipated, but still angry at the outcome.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.

submitted 31 days ago • 379 comments

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public

submitted 33 days ago • 670 comments

Rep. Titus and Rep. Bonamici are circulating a letter asking the administration to reconsider cutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 📢 ☎️ TODAY, please CALL your Representative to ask them to sign onto the letter. More info and example script at www.milibraries.org/imls

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MORE: Senators Jack Reed, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand, & Susan Collins all joined the letter to the interim director of IMLS. Library advocates are making their voices heard. Congress is listening. ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

submitted 36 days ago • 2 comments

In total, the state could see an annual loss of $10 million distributed among hundreds of public, school, and academic libraries as well as museums and historical organizations. #FUNDLibraries #SaveIMLS 📰🔗👇

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Keeping the dismantling of the IMLS in the media here in Michigan - our 11 library cooperatives are sharing the message loud and clear of the importance this agency provides for the benefit of all citizens!

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Uncertainty if staff or funding will still be there after the weekend for IMLS.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

"Library funding draws less than 0.003% of the annual federal budget yet has enormous impact in communities" @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social has a good FAQ about what is happening with/to IMLS; helpful as we decide what to say to our reps, what to put on our signs. www.ala.org/faq-executiv...

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

Modest funding from IMLS goes a long way to connect our communities. The impactful use of $4.8 Million of LSTA Federal Funding, allotted by IMLS through the Grants to States Program to the Library of Michigan.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Today, the Michigan Department of Education provided an official statement about the executive order to abolish IMLS. @milibraries.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @michiganpublic.bsky.social @debbiedingell.house.gov @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov Read more: tinyurl.com/btadh2ym

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency

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UPDATE: The Michigan Department of Education has officially spoken out against the executive order to abolish the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read the press release: www.michigan.gov/mde/news-and...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

So fortunate to have Lisa’s wisdom and passion at the helm! You go, girl!

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submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Very wise words.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

The Institute of Museum and Library Services - the only federal agency that provides resources to our nation’s libraries, museums, and archives - is at risk. Read the joint statement from Michigan Libraries, Museums, and Archives to learn more and get involved. #SAVEIMLS 🔗 ow.ly/vyZS50VkiI7

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

It’s storytime!🎙Check out the latest episode of our monthly podcast! In this episode, Amanda G, cataloger and technical services specialist at Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain shares her library journey and discusses the evolving role of libraries. Sponsored by Midwest Tape | hoopla ❤️

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Trump urged to reconsider order gutting agency that gives grants to libraries, museums kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/17/r...

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Free People Read Freely!

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

To our local arts and cultural organizations, artists, our libraries, our museums and festivals...funding from the NEA, NEH, IMLS is significant (they have always done more with less) but in the overall scheme of the overall budget of US, I agree, it is a "ridiculously measly pittance." Hands off!

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Read the full thread..

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This 👇

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They have turned their eye toward defunding our libraries. Join @everylibrary.bsky.social and take action: action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

Through the ineptitude of the current administration, we are seeing our public institutions decimated right before our eyes. Standing strong to support our libraries!

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Agree..this is a literal dismantling - it will be gone before we know it.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.

submitted 47 days ago • 16 comments

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. www.everylibrary.org/statementiml...

submitted 47 days ago • 10 comments

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

submitted 47 days ago • 60 comments

Here we go….knew it would be soon! Trump is coming after IMLS! Libraries take notice! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...

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