Brenda Standiford
@bkstand.bsky.social
SD State Jackrabbit, vegetarian librarian, 🌏 traveler, college 🏈. Living blue in a red state.
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Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
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Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an e...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
South Dakota citizens and libraries have access to databases, interlibrary loan resource sharing, and talking books for the visually impaired. All through funding from IMLS.
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
South Dakota citizens and libraries have access to databases, interlibrary loan resource sharing, and talking books for the visually impaired. All through funding from IMLS.
I think the stress of SD legislative session finally got to me. I ate a whole bag of Easter M&Ms tonight.
March 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I think the stress of SD legislative session finally got to me. I ate a whole bag of Easter M&Ms tonight.
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Kristi is appalling, Example 6,583.
Boston Globe reports antics of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Vermont/Quebec library that sits on Canada-U.S. border. She repeatedly stepped over taped boundary marker in middle of the library, referring to Canada as the "51st State" every time she stood in Canada.
March 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Kristi is appalling, Example 6,583.
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In a move that one lawmaker said would lead to “locking up #librarians,” South Dakota legislators advanced a bill 38-32 that would remove legal protections for #libraries and other institutions if children view books that meet the legal definition of “harmful to minors.”
South Dakota House advances bill that lawmaker slams as ‘locking up librarians’ • South Dakota Searchlight
In a move that one lawmaker said would lead to “locking up librarians,” South Dakota legislators advanced a bill that would remove legal protections for libraries and other institutions if children…
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February 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In a move that one lawmaker said would lead to “locking up #librarians,” South Dakota legislators advanced a bill 38-32 that would remove legal protections for #libraries and other institutions if children view books that meet the legal definition of “harmful to minors.”
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Blog post from Duke University about the efforts! blogs.library.duke.edu/data/2025/02...
Preserving data access - Duke Libraries Center for Data and Visualization Sciences
Federal data access plays a fundamental role in advancing Duke research. We encourage you to contact askdata@duke.edu or your library subject specialist if you need advice on appropriate data sources ...
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February 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Blog post from Duke University about the efforts! blogs.library.duke.edu/data/2025/02...