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Jen Redford
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Boise + libraries + inside activities + naps.
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A Timeline and Update on the Institute for Museum and Library Services: buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
A Timeline and Update on the Institute for Museum and Library Services
We are a little over two months into the dismantling of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries, and the news has been coming at a pace no one could...
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May 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy, where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”
- Dr. Carla Hayden

We stand with Dr. Carla Hayden 💚

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May 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.

They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Here’s a New Year’s Resolution:

Be on the side that reads books — not the side that bans them.
January 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Libraries are an investment. Not an expense
November 28, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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November 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM