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Sean Blinn 🇺🇦<p>IMLS UPDATE: a letter is being circulated in the House, urging the administration not to cut the IMLS. House members have until Friday to sign on, so AAM is asking everyone to call Congress ASAP! </p><p>This is our moment to save museums and libraries around the US! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/imls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imls</span></a> </p><p>Details at <a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2025/03/26/march-advocacy-updates-imls-update-and-take-action/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aam-us.org/2025/03/26/march-ad</span><span class="invisible">vocacy-updates-imls-update-and-take-action/</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> issued by <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> slashing the budget and mission of the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> DC-based Institute of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Services (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> ) will probably have a devastating impact on the museum or library wherever you LIVE! </p><p>Here's how parents and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> center staff are reacting in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Nashville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nashville</span></a> region: <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2025/03/25/museum-leaders-share-concerns-federal-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsmv.com/2025/03/25/museum-lea</span><span class="invisible">ders-share-concerns-federal-cuts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotComply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotComply</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DoNotCollaborateWithFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoNotCollaborateWithFascists</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>.</p>
infoDOCKET<p>Just Added to Roundup: Asian Pacific American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> Association (APALA) Statement on Executive Order to Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services <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> <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> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/APALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APALA</span></a></p>
Jeannette Ho<p>The American Alliance of Museums website includes links to various scripts and templates that can be used to reach out to members of Congress and urge them to save the IMLS.</p><p><a href="https://www.aam-us.org/2025/03/17/urgent-act-now-to-save-imls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aam-us.org/2025/03/17/urgent-a</span><span class="invisible">ct-now-to-save-imls/</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> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GLAM</span></a></p>
🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦<p>What's so terrible about all of the DOGE/Trump victim agencies is that they are the parts of government like <a href="https://toad.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> which have a huge ROI. </p><p>We're going to save a few million dollars a year at a cost of billions in economic activity. <a href="https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/114208239275225453" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/11420823</span><span class="invisible">9275225453</span></a></p>
mariedmartel<p>Les <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/biblioth%C3%A8ques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bibliothèques</span></a> américaines en danger : cela nous concerne aussi <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/veilleinternationale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veilleinternationale</span></a> <br><a href="https://bibliomancienne.ca/2025/03/24/ce-qui-se-passe-au-sud-de-la-frontiere-des-attaques-repetees-contre-les-bibliotheques-la-memoire-collective-et-la-recherche/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bibliomancienne.ca/2025/03/24/</span><span class="invisible">ce-qui-se-passe-au-sud-de-la-frontiere-des-attaques-repetees-contre-les-bibliotheques-la-memoire-collective-et-la-recherche/</span></a></p>
Melissa<p>Thanks to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/publishersweekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishersweekly</span></a> for this article about letter to new acting director of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/imls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imls</span></a> from The National Museum and Library Services Board.</p><p>"In its letter, the board characterized the IMLS’s “core statutory<br>obligations that are not discretionary” as all programs that have been<br>“authorized by law and funded by Congressional appropriation.”&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/97403-board-advising-imls-tells-acting-director-mandates-cannot-be-hindered.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top</span><span class="invisible">ic/industry-news/libraries/article/97403-board-advising-imls-tells-acting-director-mandates-cannot-be-hindered.html</span></a></p>
skry<p>“The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and...Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down...“Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby...955 L’Enfant Plaza...quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. ...Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries.”</p><p>// Fascists attack books and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> while screaming about free speech the rest of the time. </p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/193015/elon-musk-doge-library-musem-imls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/193015/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-doge-library-musem-imls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/imls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imls</span></a></p>
Rich Stein (he/him)<p>"DOGE Descends on the Institute for Museum and Library Services" <br><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doge-imls-institute-museum-library-services-2623286" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.artnet.com/art-world/doge</span><span class="invisible">-imls-institute-museum-library-services-2623286</span></a><br>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@tjowens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tjowens</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@misty" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>misty</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://digipres.club/@tjowens/114207230309377899" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">digipres.club/@tjowens/1142072</span><span class="invisible">30309377899</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>Latest Addition to Roundup: Joint Statement on the Threat to the Institute of Museum and Library Services From ALISE &amp; ASIS&amp;T <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> <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/infosci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosci</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk’s DOGE Moves to Gut Local Libraries While No One Is Looking</p><p>DOGE is seizing the Institute of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> Service.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/193015/elon-musk-doge-library-musem-imls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/193015/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-doge-library-musem-imls</span></a></p><p>"There are [Dept] of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a>.”</p><p>“There is no efficiency argument when <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> represents just 0.0046% of the federal budget, while museums generate $50 billion in economic impact”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
azteclady<p>Via Kelly Jensen: "The Institute for Museum and Library Services is now a propaganda machine"</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/romancelandia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>romancelandia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Romancelandia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romancelandia</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://romancelandia.club/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> </p><p><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></p>
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>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>DOGE Hits the Institute of Museum and Library Services<br><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><p>"DOGE showed up at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> offices today and started sending employees home. This was presaged in an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> from last week which ordered it to shut down to “statutory minimum” levels. A new “acting” director was sworn in in the lobby... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> operatives immediately starting canceling contracts/grants."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</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/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</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>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries! <br>"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." </p><p>Please join me in signing the petition and learning how you can support libraries and museums.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EveryLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EveryLibrary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.everylibrary.org/saveim</span><span class="invisible">ls2025</span></a>?</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>
infoDOCKET<p>"Ohio <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a>, Museums Could Lose Millions In Federal Funding From Trump Executive Order &amp; More National/Local Coverage re: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/18/roundup-library-funding-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/18/roun</span><span class="invisible">dup-library-funding-cuts/</span></a></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>
Justin D-Z<p><a href="http://www.imls.gov/imls-dashboard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">imls.gov/imls-dashboard</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If you are in the US, you can see how much funding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> in your state will lose when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> is closed.</p><p>At least while the website still exists.</p>