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California library consortium hustling hard to unlock the inherent value, impact and influence of libraries. Today. Tomorrow. Your birthday. All the time. Fiscal partner on state and federal grants. www.califa.org

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The IMLS Grant termination letters are coming after hours. This came at 7:24pm PT, 10:24pm ET. Do they feel better sending after 10pm like they can avoid the backlash? Fraidycats.
Letter from Keith Sonderling, acting director of IMLS. The letter says: “This memorandum authorizes the termination of federal grants administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), effective April 8, 2025, in alignment with the agency's updated priorities and the President's Exocutive Order 14238, Coninwing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, issued on March 14, 2025. Action: I bereby authorize the termination of the attached federal grant(s), effective April 8, 202S, pursuant to the terms in the attached exhibit(s). Attachment: See the attached Exhibit Gran Notice for the template of the individual grant termination notice to be issued to each of the grantees. Contact: Questions regarding this action may be directod to grant-notices@imls.gov.”
April 10, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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@support.bsky.team fyi this error on Discover list
Error message from Bluesky on the Discover page. Seeking help from Support
March 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Mark Your Calendars!
California eBook Summit: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 9:30-3:30 PT. Where? Zoom REGISTER HERE: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
California State Library, Califa. eBooks Summit. Save the Date. April 16, 2025. 9:30-3:30 PDT.
March 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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It’s Black History Month and your library has the AF version! Let’s read!
black af history: the un-whitewashed story of america
February 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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From the California State Library today 1/28/25 regarding gov funding freeze. Note, Califa just put in a payment request for one of our IMLS grants. Will advise if we get paid and/or what we hear back. From Greg Lucas:
To: CLAtalk@listserve.com <clatalk@listserve.com> Cc: Lucas, Greg@CSL <greg.lucas@library.ca.gov> Subject: [CLAtalk] President Trump's "Temporary Pause" of Federal Funding California Libraries & Librarians – As many of you may already know, President Trump has issued a directive ordering federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.” This “pause” becomes effective today at 2 PM, California time. At least one lawsuit already challenges the action and seeks a temporary restraining order. Several state attorney generals also say they will file suit. The State Library doesn’t yet know what the full effect on California will be but State Library operations will continue as they are now for the foreseeable future. Here’s what we’re doing: We have requested from the Institute of Museum and Library Services an immediate drawdown of the remaining funds due California this federal fiscal year to keep our budget whole. We are also seeking clarification from the institute on the short term and potential longer term impact on California of the president’s action. Given the freeze coming at this point in the state’s fiscal year, we believe that all recipients of federal grant funds from the State Library who already requested their second (40 percent) payment, will soon be provided all funds except the 10 percent reserved for payment at successful project completion. Here is a list of the programs the Institute of Museum and Library Services must freeze and then justify to the Office of Management and Budget: - Grants to States (California receives $15 million from this pot) - The Universal Service Fund/E-rate - American Latino Museum Internship and Fellowship Initiative - 21st Century Museum Professional Program - Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture - Museums for America - Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program - Museum Grants for Afric…
January 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Well it’s happened. TikTok has been booted. If the new guy reinstates it we should stay on rednote. Or use it to bring him grief. I prefer red over orange.
Image says “ sorry TikTok isn’t available right now … trump says he will work with tt to reinstate.” Tt prez going to inauguration. Nope. Niet. Nein. Let’s not support the actual wicked.
January 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM