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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · May 12

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Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library

Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.

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#LibrariesResist @librariesresist.bsky.social · May 14

Pride and Protection: Queer Library Workers in a Polarized Cultural Landscape

Thursday, June 12, 2025

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Nicole Pagowsky @nope4evr.bsky.social · Apr 2

Hope you'll join us next week on Zoom when we talk with authors in the @cjalrcbu.bsky.social special issue on Libraries and/as Extraction! Link to register and details on authors participating at: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

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Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · Apr 2

There's a very demoralizing thread on the code4lib list where all the libraries describe how they're getting hammered by AI crawlers who behave basically like bot-nets trying to DDoS servers. (Along these lines: go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-b... ) 1/2

AI bots are destroying Open Access

There's a war going on on the Internet. AI companies with billions to burn are hard at work destroying the websites of libraries, archives, ...

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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · Apr 2

Watched powerful book ban doc #BannedTogether thanks to UCL iSchool/CILIP School Libraries Group www.bannedtogetherdoc.com In addition to supporting better institutional policies & evidence, CILIP's new #IntellectualFreedom Committee will launch in April to explore other options

Home | Banned Together

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 2

From the essay, “Cultural Preservation and Queer History,” by Brooke Palmieri, part of the Vanishing Culture report.

Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...

🕳️ #VanishingCulture

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Internet Archive @archive.org · Apr 2

History isn’t just what survives—it’s what we choose to remember. Too often, queer & trans stories have been erased, forgotten, or hidden away. But archives help reclaim that history, ensuring that future generations can find themselves in the past. blog.archive.org/2025/04/02/v...

“Most queer publishing from the 1960s onward was issued in small, independent presses that have disappeared.”
Brooke Palmieri
Artist & writer

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Apr 2

"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries

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"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically.

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thirty-nine states and territories included digital navigator programs in their state/territory digital equity/opportunity plans, many of whom included libraries as key community partners.

Federal Funding is what allowed it to scale so quickly.

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Cancellation of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Is Drastically Impacting the Delivery of Digital Inclusion Services for Millions Nationwide - National Digital Inclusion Alliance

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Apr 2

Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here?

Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)

#medlibs 📚

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Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here?

EveryLibrary Institute is a 501c3 organization that supports library funding in the United States.

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Thomas Padilla @thomaspadilla.bsky.social · Apr 1

Like many others I am dismayed by the effort to end IMLS. I know IMLS matters to so many people. I put together the following site to collect and share stories of how "IMLS matters" to people. Please consider submitting a story.

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IMLS Matters

Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

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Brittany Wong @brittanywong.huffpost.com · Apr 1

Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries

“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...

Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.

"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Apr 2

Live in Ohio? You need to get on the phone and in inboxes ASAP.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Apr 2

The new Ohio House budget would change the public library funding model, slash $100 million from libraries over the next two years, require relocating all trans/gender related books from eyesight of those under 18, and so much more.

This is *devastating*

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Ohio's Republican Budget Proposal Destroys Library Funding, Restricts LGBTQ+ Books, Targets Library Trustee Terms

Ohio House Republicans would require libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from sight of those under 18 while also slashing $100 in public library funding.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · Apr 2

IMLS Matters.

Read the stories (reload gets a new story).

imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/

Tell your story.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.

#SaveIMLS

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Sarah, Librarian and Forest Witch @sarahfaery.bsky.social · Apr 2

PBS NewsHour story on the impact of the destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). youtu.be/-0Bi9dXqA-g?...

PBS News Hour full episode, April 1, 2025

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Apr 1

DOGE has just completely gutted the IMLS, firing all staff, closing down their email addresses, and leaving any funding for 2025 in question.

Find in here links to what this federal money supports in (almost) each state, too.

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The Institute for Museum and Library Services Was Just Gutted

DOGE fired all IMLS employees and closed down their emails. It is assumed all funding for 2025 coming from the federal agency will not be happening.

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Nov 10

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.

This is updated regularly!

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

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Carolyn Foote @technolibrary.bsky.social · Mar 17

In a new executive order, Trump has targeted the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state libraries and to library, museum, and archives program grant recipients. 📣SPEAK UP for libraries at: www.everylibrary.org/statementiml... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Statement on Trump's Attack on Federal Funding for Libraries

www.everylibrary.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA.

The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out.

Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding.
bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Trump is trying to gut libraries. Fight back with ALA. Show up for our libraries. ALA American Library Association

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · Mar 17

Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.

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carolyn @papersquared.bsky.social · Mar 17

A point made in this piece: "IMLS is but a fraction of a fraction of the federal government’s budget, 0.0046% of the overall budget."

IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · Mar 17

Library Funding Targeted in New Trump Executive Order: What It Means & What To Do Now

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Library Funding Targeted in New Trump Executive Order: What It Means & What To Do Now

What the Executive Order slashing the Institute of Museum and Library Services means, how it will impact you, and what you should do right now to stop the cuts.

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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · Mar 18

Trump urged to reconsider order gutting agency that gives grants to libraries, museums kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/17/r...

Trump urged to reconsider order gutting agency that gives grants to libraries, museums • Kentucky Lantern

President Donald Trump’s dismantling of an agency that serves as a federal funding source for libraries and museums prompts questions.

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Jocelyn @historygirl.bsky.social · Mar 18

From am email from NEMA: This executive order would essentially gut IMLS within 7 days. IMLS is an agency that is already operating at a min financial level, making up only 0.0046% of the federal budget. IMLS efficiently provides critical resources to libraries&museums in all states/territories. 🗃️📚📜

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Caroline Ball @heroicendeavour.bsky.social · Mar 17

My latest @timeshighered.bsky.social piece on the unintended (or perhaps entirely intended) consequences for academia and research of a seemingly laudable terror financing tax bill… #AcademicSky 📚

US anti-terror legislation must not be weaponised against libraries

The terror financing bill’s broad language may require international efforts to defend academic freedom, says Caroline Ball

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Colleen [Redacted] @librarycolleen.bsky.social · Mar 15

Librarian Criminalization Bills Are Growing, But They’re Not New 📚
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Librarian Criminalization Bills Are Growing, But They're Not New: Book Censorship News, March 14, 2025

With several bills that would criminalize librarians across the country, here's a recent history of this legislation and what it means. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

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