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#imls

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A. Rivera

> Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts federalnewsnetwork.com/workfor

We always get the pedant mewling "it's an executive order, not law." True, but let me be blunt: who is going to stop him. It certainly ain't going to be you (so STFU with "it's just a memo") or the ineffectual #RepublicanLite.

Federal News Network · Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cutsBy Jory Heckman
#PartyOfStupid#libraries#USGovernment
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petersuber

Update. "Entire staff at federal agency that funds #libraries and #museums put on leave"
npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-53344

"According to a statement from AFGE Local 3403, which represents #IMLS [Institute of Museum and Library Services] workers, the agency's staff was notified by email about being placed on paid administrative leave for 90 days after a "brief meeting between DOGE staff and IMLS leadership." Employees had to turn in government property, and email accounts were disabled."

#DefendResearch#Trump#USPol
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U.S. Elaine

Your county museum or historical society has almost certainly applied for IMLS funding for integrated pest management materials (Integrated!!! OMG!!!), or for acid-free archival storage materials to protect your donation of grandma’s records of establishing the first local swim center (OMG!!! They let anybody swim in the same pool!!!). #IMLS mastodon.online/@EDSerMark/114

MastodonMark Martino (@EDSerMark@mastodon.online)“The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave. The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to museums and libraries across the country.” #libraries #museums https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services
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Chris Adams

“Today the entire #IMLS staff is being placed on administrative leave. They also plan on canceling all 900 open awards to museums across the country. As of the end of March there were 891 open awards to museums with $180 million in federal funds (appropriated in prior fiscal years to support multiyear projects) matched with $185 million of non-federal cost share.”
news.artnet.com/art-world/doge

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Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

re: #IMLS and #NewJersey, specifically:

"New Jersey received approximately $4.5 million last year and the State Library used these funds to support vital services, including the Talking Book & Braille Center, databases that everyone in New Jersey can access, and digital services, including web hosting and Internet access."

#libraries

njla.org/news/institute-of-mus

www.njla.orgInstitute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Executive Order - New Jersey Library Association
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petersuber

Update. The National Museum and Library Services Board (#NMLSB) just sent an open letter to #Trump's acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (#IMLS), Keith Sonderling.
publishersweekly.com/binary-da

"It is our considered determination that the Museum and Library Services Act of 2018, as codified in Title 20 of the U.S. Code, outlines specific statutory mandates that cannot be paused, reduced, or eliminated without violating Congressional intent and federal statute…All such statutory obligations may not be discontinued or delayed under an Executive Order or other executive action."

#DefendResearch#Libraries#Museums
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Preston MacDougall

The #ExecutiveOrder issued by #DonaldTheDeplorable slashing the budget and mission of the #Washington DC-based Institute of #Museum and #Library Services (#IMLS ) will probably have a devastating impact on the museum or library wherever you LIVE!

Here's how parents and #science center staff are reacting in the #Nashville region: wsmv.com/2025/03/25/museum-lea

#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

WSMV 4 · Museum Leaders share concerns for federal cutsBy Sharon Danquah
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