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A. Rivera<p>&gt; Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts <a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">federalnewsnetwork.com/workfor</span><span class="invisible">ce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/</span></a></p><p>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 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RepublicanLite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanLite</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PartyOfStupid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyOfStupid</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Entire staff at federal agency that funds <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> put on leave"<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-53344</span><span class="invisible">15/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p><p>"According to a statement from AFGE Local 3403, which represents <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> [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."</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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</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>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ExecutiveOrders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrders</span></a> from <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTheDeplorable</span></a> that are anti-<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and anti-<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> , such as gutting the 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 (the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> DC), will even have deleterious effects on rural schoolchildren in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>. <a href="https://www.newschannel5.com/news/federal-cuts-threaten-funding-for-learning-opportunities-in-tennessee" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newschannel5.com/news/federal-</span><span class="invisible">cuts-threaten-funding-for-learning-opportunities-in-tennessee</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AmericanCarnage2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCarnage2</span></a>.0 is all shock and no awe. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/50501movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501movement</span></a></p>
U.S. Elaine<p>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!!!). <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/@EDSerMark/114259148255379445" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.online/@EDSerMark/114</span><span class="invisible">259148255379445</span></a></p>
Chris Adams<p>“Today the entire <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> 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.”<br><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doge-decimates-institute-museum-library-services-imls-2626543" 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">-decimates-institute-museum-library-services-imls-2626543</span></a></p>
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez<p>re: <a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> and <a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>, specifically:</p><p>"New Jersey received approximately $4.5 million last year and the State Library used these funds to support vital services, including the Talking Book &amp; Braille Center, databases that everyone in New Jersey can access, and digital services, including web hosting and Internet access."</p><p><a href="https://gardenstate.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.njla.org/news/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-imls" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">njla.org/news/institute-of-mus</span><span class="invisible">eum-and-library-services-imls</span></a></p>
Daniel Carkner🥀<p>As a Canadian, this reminds me of when Stephen Harper made deep cuts to Library and Archives Canada, but even more drastic and lawless. And some services are just never restored even by other governments. <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-53344</span><span class="invisible">15/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p><p><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/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> staff put on *administrative leave*</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 has placed its entire staff on administrative leave.</p><p>The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> across the country.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-5334415/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/31/nx-s1-53344</span><span class="invisible">15/doge-institute-of-museum-and-library-services</span></a></p>
infoDOCKET<p>Report: "<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> Staff Placed on Administrative Leave" <a href="https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/31/report-imls-staff-placed-on-administrative-leave/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">infodocket.com/2025/03/31/repo</span><span class="invisible">rt-imls-staff-placed-on-administrative-leave/</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/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></p>
Data Rescue Project<p>Our thoughts go out to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IMLS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> employees today. We see you and know the importance of your work as the majority of our members are librarians. ❣️</p>
infoDOCKET<p>Just In: Statement From EveryLibrary:<br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> Staff Placed on Administrative Leave <a href="https://www.everylibrary.org/statement_imls_staff_administrative_leave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">everylibrary.org/statement_iml</span><span class="invisible">s_staff_administrative_leave</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> <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>
infoDOCKET<p>Word From Maria Kabas That <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> Staffers Have Been Placed on Administrative Leave <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llowvghols2b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3llowvghols2b</span></a> ||| Letter to Staff <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llozxlmhpc2b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3llozxlmhpc2b</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></p>
AnneArchy Anne<p>Hearing that all <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> staff have been put on leave as of today. Expecting that we'll be notified that already awarded grants are not happening pretty soon. I hate all of this! </p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryLife</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. The National Museum and Library Services Board (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/NMLSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMLSB</span></a>) just sent an open letter to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s acting director of 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>), Keith Sonderling.<br><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">publishersweekly.com/binary-da</span><span class="invisible">ta/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6639-1.pdf</span></a></p><p>"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."</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/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</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>Just Added to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMLS</span></a> Statement Roundup: "Sen. Jack Reed Leads Bipartisan Effort to Preserve Support for Public <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> &amp; Museums" &amp; "ALA Applauds Bipartisan Opposition To Attempt to Eliminate IMLS" <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>
infoDOCKET<p>We've Added a Statement From Lyrasis to Our Roundup of Statements re: Executive Order / <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/2025/03/17/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> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Lyrasis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lyrasis</span></a></span></p>
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>
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