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Sharing resources for library workers at bit.ly/librariesresist since 2017.
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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...
April 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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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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, ...
go-to-hellman.blogspot.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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
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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
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www.bannedtogetherdoc.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
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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
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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
Download the full report now ➡️ archive.org/details/vani...
🕳️ #VanishingCulture
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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...
April 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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...
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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.
www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...
Federal Funding is what allowed it to scale so quickly.
www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...
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
www.digitalinclusion.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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.
www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...
Federal Funding is what allowed it to scale so quickly.
www.digitalinclusion.org/blog/cancell...
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Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here?
Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)
#medlibs 📚
www.everylibraryinstitute.org/academic_lib...
Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)
#medlibs 📚
www.everylibraryinstitute.org/academic_lib...
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.
www.everylibraryinstitute.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Academic Libraries and Threats to Intellectual Freedom, Where Do We Go From Here?
Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)
#medlibs 📚
www.everylibraryinstitute.org/academic_lib...
Wednesday, April 16 at 12 pm (Eastern)
#medlibs 📚
www.everylibraryinstitute.org/academic_lib...
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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.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
IMLS Matters
Responses to this form will be published at https://imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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.
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
forms.gle/MAocZZMsoUu7...
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
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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...
“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.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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...
“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...
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Live in Ohio? You need to get on the phone and in inboxes ASAP.
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*
bookriot.com/ohios-republ...
This is *devastating*
bookriot.com/ohios-republ...
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.
bookriot.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Live in Ohio? You need to get on the phone and in inboxes ASAP.
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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
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
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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
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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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
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
PBS NewsHour story on the impact of the destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). youtu.be/-0Bi9dXqA-g?...
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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.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
Find in here links to what this federal money supports in (almost) each state, too.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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.
bookriot.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
Find in here links to what this federal money supports in (almost) each state, too.
bookriot.com/imls-gutted/
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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!
This is updated regularly!
November 10, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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!
This is updated regularly!
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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
March 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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
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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
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
March 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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
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
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Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
March 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump is threatening Federal Funding for Libraries; learn more and take action at saveimls.org.
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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.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY.
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.
bookriot.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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.
IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE MONEY.
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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.
kentuckylantern.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Trump urged to reconsider order gutting agency that gives grants to libraries, museums kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/17/r...
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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. 🗃️📚📜
March 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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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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
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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 📚
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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.
bookriot.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Librarian Criminalization Bills Are Growing, But They’re Not New 📚
bookriot.com/librarian-cr...
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