Trump admin. terminates California State Library's $15.7M grant
The California State Library said that a $15.7 million grant was terminated on April 1 by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The federal grant, worth $15,705,702 to be exact, was awarded under the Library Services and Technology Act for the 2024-25 fiscal year.
@aprilfollies
It's important to remember how many people weren't able to attend & wanted to. Service workers have a hard time taking Saturdays off, so I was representing a LOT of my #Library co-workers today
I'd guess everyone we see in the streets today is representing a similar number of wanna-be-theres
Some books online are noted as “library markings”
Now they’ll have to add a new one: “Stolen from a Free #Library markings”
Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration.
They Think You Should Be, Too.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/librarians-trump-administration-cuts_n_67e59789e4b0455df70b3aa2
From How to Be an Antiracist to Implementing Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The full list of #books removed from the Naval Academy #library
Via the Literary Saloon:
https://www.complete-review.com/saloon/archive/202504a.htm#hh7
#reading #writing #diversity #libraries #censorship #USPol #Trump #bookstodon @bookstodon
NLS funding
Claire Stanley is putting out some amazingly helpful advocacy emails from the ACB. This one is from her email about NLS.
For all the sighties reading this, NLS is the US national library service for the blind.
I am providing you with an important update. The information below is now confirmed.
I wanted to bring to your attention a critical development regarding the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grants to States funding. Late last evening, conversations with West Coast State Librarians revealed that funding for this program has been abruptly halted. This decision appears to have been made strategically during late hours, when most states were winding down for the day.
Efforts to obtain clarity from the new IMLS director regarding the fulfillment of statutory obligations have been met with limited success. Even members of Congress have sought assurances, but the situation remains uncertain. Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), co-authors of the reauthorization bill, wrote a letter<https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-leads-bipartisan-effort-to-preserve-support-for-public-libraries-and-museums> to Sonderling last week, "to remind the Administration of its obligation to faithfully execute the provisions of the law as authorized."
The full link to the article is listed here. https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-leads-bipartisan-effort-to-preserve-support-for-public-libraries-and-museums
Alarm bells were first sounded by Washington State, where the IMLS Contract Hearing for Grants to States was immediately canceled, along with the contract notice. Early indications suggest that no funds from IMLS program will be allocated to The Washington State Library, at this time. We also are hearing reports that other states may receive updates about their funding this week, as well.
This news has triggered widespread concern among a few state libraries and related entities. We have confirmed this specific situation with our contacts who are closest to the conversation, which includes those within local, state, and federal governments, regarding the Washington State Library. While the full scope of the impact is still unclear, it is evident that network libraries across the country may face significant challenges.
I wanted to alert you to this situation promptly, as it may require us to consider contingency plans sooner rather than later. I will continue to monitor developments and share any additional information as it becomes available
За що боровся Тарас Бульба-Боровець? Слава і трагедія українського повстанського руху
"Землянка УПА" як Героїка українського повстанського руху. Книга Тараса Бульби-Боровця - "Армія без держави. Слава і трагедія повстанського руху" (1981).
https://spadok.org.ua/ukrayinskyy-vyzvolnyy-rukh/za-shcho-borovsya-taras-bulba-borovets
#history #books #Ukraine #russianinvasion #library #Україна #історія
Ein bedeutendes Stück Luzerner Mediengeschichte ist neu online zugänglich. 
Der Entlebucher Anzeiger ist die älteste noch existierende Zeitung des Kanton Luzern. Dank eines gross angelegten Digitalisierungsprojekts, bei dem die ZHB Luzern mitbeteiligt war, ist die Zeitung neu auch digital verfügbar. 
https://www.zhbluzern.ch/news/digitalisierung-entlerbucher-anzeiger-b445b550 #dienststellekulturluzern #luzern #digitalisierung #kulturgeschichte #mediengeschichte #bibliothek #library
Par la fenêtre feutrée de l'école Estienne #window #photo #photography #light #lumiere #library #bibliotek #bibliotheque #paris #secret
Hi! We are the Kathryn & Shelby Cullom Davis #Library of the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, aka #IHEID / #GVAGrad.
We specialise in international affairs (history, politics, economics, sociology, law) and publish news and updates from our blog. Feel free to ask us questions! #Introduction #AcademicLibrary #HigherEducation
Trésors multilingues à l'école Estienne – #Paris Aujourd’hui, j’ai eu la chance de feuilleter des ouvrages rares conservés à la bibliothèque de l’école Estienne. Ici un dictionnaire multilingues du XVIIe siècle, petit vertige temporel, entre latin, néerlandais, espagnol, italien, portugais, anglais et français…Et toujours, cette émotion intacte face au grain du papier ancien. #biblio #livresanciens #typographie #histoireduLivre #rare #books #oldbooks #library
Look at this awesome resource my friend put together for library fans to take action and support local libraries in the US!
Each year during the American Library Association’s “Banned Books Week,” librarians display famous books that have been challenged in the past as well as the most frequently challenged books in the present day. This book-centric approach seems to be the standard. By focusing on the books themselves, however, do librarians tacitly concede that these books are indeed controversial?
https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2025/rethinking-banned-books-exhibits/
#censorship #bookbans #usa #library #libraries #bibliotheques #censure
Masha Gessen in the New York Times (ICE = Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
#library #libraries #publiclibrary #publiclibraries #US #unitedstates #trump #trumpadministration #democracy
Mit einem Blick in den Lichthof der Stabi wünschen wir einen guten Start in den Donnerstag. #bibliothek #hamburg #welovehamburg #library #stabihh
The #DOGE Axe Comes for #Libraries and #Museums
The Institute of #Museum and #Library Services has long received #bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald #Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
#Musk
https://www.wired.com/story/institute-museum-library-services-layoffs/
I voted today! Here's my sticker to prove it.
It wasn't easy. Before walking to vote, I checked the county clerk's website to make sure that our polling place hadn't changed. They listed the usual location, but when we got there, it was closed & locked. I think they couldn't find enough judges, & they hadn't updated the website. We called the public #library, & they said we could vote there, so we did.
I hope that the bad info didn't suppress the vote.
There's a very famous quote from a French movie that says: "Les cons ça ose tout. C'est même à ça qu'on les reconnaît."
In English: "Morons, they do anything they feel like doing. Actually that's how you spot them."
Republicans certainly fit the definition.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/new-book-bans-library-schools
#USpol #republican #freedom #Books #science #knowledge #education #library #maga #bigot #sex
#ExecutiveOrders from #DonaldTheDeplorable that are anti-#science and anti-#education , such as gutting the Institute of #Museum and #Library Services (the #IMLS in #Washington DC), will even have deleterious effects on rural schoolchildren in #Tennessee. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/federal-cuts-threaten-funding-for-learning-opportunities-in-tennessee
#AmericanCarnage2.0 is all shock and no awe. #Resist to #SaveAmerica.
#50501movement
