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🚨 Today, a federal court granted a temporary restraining order to halt the administration’s dismantling of IMLS—a direct result of the lawsuit filed by ALA and @afscme.bsky.social.
www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
May 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Today ALA mourns the loss of Representative Raúl Grijalva.

Rep. Grijalva was a fiercely committed champion of libraries, library workers, & everyone we serve, fighting time and again in Congress to protect library funding.

Our thoughts are with his family and community. apnews.com/article/raul...
Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona, champion of environment and progressivism, dies at age 77
Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona has died. He championed environmental protection and progressive ideals during his 12 terms in Congress.
apnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
LIBRARIANS…need a little help promoting your resources? 👇 This thread is phenomenal!

LIBRARY LOVERS… don’t forget to tell your elected officials to leave libraries be to do their amazing work and fund them well.
This is your reminder to

USE YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

THERE'S BOOKS THERE
AND MOVIES
MUSIC
PUBLIC COMPUTERS W/ INTERNET

IT'S ALSO FREE
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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🎬 Last week, “The Librarians” had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read more about the big day, film updates, & what you can do to #UniteAgainstBookBans in @technolibrary.bsky.social’s UABB blog post: uniteagainstbookbans.org/book-banning... @librarianjones.com @becalzada.bsky.social
"The Librarians" is a Documentary, Not a Hoax
A new documentary film that explores record-breaking rates of U.S. book banning debuted at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival—on the same day that the U.S. Department of Education declared book bans a "h...
uniteagainstbookbans.org
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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🤝ALA Gives Back is a community initiative that allows #LibLearnX25 attendees an opportunity to support the host city. 🌱❤️ This year, participants helped assemble seed packets for the 2025 Seed Library, which provides a variety of fruit, vegetable, and perennial seeds to library patrons.
January 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM