Temporary restraining order blocking evisceration of IMLS. Truly the best May Day gift.

https://www.wordsandmoney.com/court-temporarily-blocks-imls-destruction/

#SaveIMLS

From my State Librarian: "[we] received a notice [yesterday] from IMLS for a partial 2025 Grants to States award" in an amount that was one half of what we were allotted in 2024. My department thinks they will get the full amount which was allotted to them for 2025.

My question for the larger library community: does anyone else know if all the states got these notices, or just the 20 which sued?

#SaveIMLS

(graphic by Marc Fischer of Halfletter Press)

Today is National Library Workers Day. ALA and AFSCME are suing the IMLS (and others) in order to save the IMLS (and others)

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/97502-the-american-library-association-sues-over-scuppering-of-the-insitute-of-museum-and-library-services.html

#SaveIMLS