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It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
April 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
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This #NationalLibraryWeek, when you donate $15 or more to the ALA Show Up for Our Libraries fund or your public library, you’ll receive an audiobook credit from Libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This #NationalLibraryWeek, when you donate $15 or more to the ALA Show Up for Our Libraries fund or your public library, you’ll receive an audiobook credit from Libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
Details at: blog.libro.fm/libraryweek/
Thank you, @libro.fm!
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NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
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Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
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encountering critters, both familiar and strange..
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
encountering critters, both familiar and strange..
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“What we are consistently hearing is that there is no data or evidence suggesting that federal funds allocated through the IMLS are being misused. In fact, these funds are essential for delivering vital services, often to the most underserved & vulnerable populations.”
www.wired.com/story/instit...
www.wired.com/story/instit...
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“What we are consistently hearing is that there is no data or evidence suggesting that federal funds allocated through the IMLS are being misused. In fact, these funds are essential for delivering vital services, often to the most underserved & vulnerable populations.”
www.wired.com/story/instit...
www.wired.com/story/instit...
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james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
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Bait and Switch.
April 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Bait and Switch.
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📚🚐 One week from today! Celebrate National #LibraryOutreachDay on April 9.
Let’s recognize the library professionals who bring resources beyond the library walls—meeting patrons where they are!
Find resources to celebrate at: www.ala.org/conferencese...
#NationalLibraryWeek
Let’s recognize the library professionals who bring resources beyond the library walls—meeting patrons where they are!
Find resources to celebrate at: www.ala.org/conferencese...
#NationalLibraryWeek
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📚🚐 One week from today! Celebrate National #LibraryOutreachDay on April 9.
Let’s recognize the library professionals who bring resources beyond the library walls—meeting patrons where they are!
Find resources to celebrate at: www.ala.org/conferencese...
#NationalLibraryWeek
Let’s recognize the library professionals who bring resources beyond the library walls—meeting patrons where they are!
Find resources to celebrate at: www.ala.org/conferencese...
#NationalLibraryWeek
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More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
March 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially."
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Take action: ala.org/showup
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[blind date]
Him: what are you looking for in a partner?
Her: someone with serious ink
Him: *opens coat to reveal a range of 19th century fountain pens*
Her: [whispering] holy shit
Him: what are you looking for in a partner?
Her: someone with serious ink
Him: *opens coat to reveal a range of 19th century fountain pens*
Her: [whispering] holy shit
March 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
[blind date]
Him: what are you looking for in a partner?
Her: someone with serious ink
Him: *opens coat to reveal a range of 19th century fountain pens*
Her: [whispering] holy shit
Him: what are you looking for in a partner?
Her: someone with serious ink
Him: *opens coat to reveal a range of 19th century fountain pens*
Her: [whispering] holy shit
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America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
"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.
www.salon.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically. www.salon.com/2025/03/30/r...
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect funding #ForOurLibraries. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
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In Alaska—and every state—communities need the services and programs that federal library funding supports. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Opinion: The president is dismantling an important program for Alaska libraries and museums — and Alaskans. Please help save it.
This funding supports critical infrastructure, technology, training and education and community programs for museums, cultural centers, and libraries.
www.adn.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In Alaska—and every state—communities need the services and programs that federal library funding supports. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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Check out congressman @tomsuozzi.bsky.social during a 🏠 ways & means committee hearing questioning
the vetting process 4 ketamine 👦 & his “DOGE” team, highlighting a lack
of transparency & oversight.
This display of badassery on 1 side & ignorance on the other should go viral.
Worth the 👀 .
the vetting process 4 ketamine 👦 & his “DOGE” team, highlighting a lack
of transparency & oversight.
This display of badassery on 1 side & ignorance on the other should go viral.
Worth the 👀 .
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Check out congressman @tomsuozzi.bsky.social during a 🏠 ways & means committee hearing questioning
the vetting process 4 ketamine 👦 & his “DOGE” team, highlighting a lack
of transparency & oversight.
This display of badassery on 1 side & ignorance on the other should go viral.
Worth the 👀 .
the vetting process 4 ketamine 👦 & his “DOGE” team, highlighting a lack
of transparency & oversight.
This display of badassery on 1 side & ignorance on the other should go viral.
Worth the 👀 .
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BREAKING: Full Leaked Signal Message Chain Just Released!
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BREAKING: Full Leaked Signal Message Chain Just Released!
Inside the Chat: Full Leaked Messages from the Signal Group Shared with The Atlantic
krassencast.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
BREAKING: Full Leaked Signal Message Chain Just Released!
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krassencast.com/p/breaking-f...
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MORE: Senators Jack Reed, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand, & Susan Collins all joined the letter to the interim director of IMLS.
Library advocates are making their voices heard.
Congress is listening.
ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Library advocates are making their voices heard.
Congress is listening.
ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
MORE: Senators Jack Reed, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand, & Susan Collins all joined the letter to the interim director of IMLS.
Library advocates are making their voices heard.
Congress is listening.
ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Library advocates are making their voices heard.
Congress is listening.
ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
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Not enough people are talking about this. Must be all that shock and awe they brag about. Can you imagine if any other president did this?
March 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not enough people are talking about this. Must be all that shock and awe they brag about. Can you imagine if any other president did this?
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Museums and libraries are the main places where members of the public engage in lifelong learning outside of any formal school.
Call your legislators. Tell them to protect library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
Call your legislators. Tell them to protect library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding (Gift Article)
An executive order has demanded that the Institute for Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Museums and libraries are the main places where members of the public engage in lifelong learning outside of any formal school.
Call your legislators. Tell them to protect library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
Call your legislators. Tell them to protect library funding. bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
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Congress is back in Washington this week. That means they need to hear from library advocates like YOU who care about federal funding for libraries.
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
March 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Congress is back in Washington this week. That means they need to hear from library advocates like YOU who care about federal funding for libraries.
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Use our easy tool and script to call your members of Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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New in @theguardian.com from the President of @ala-acrl.bsky.social:
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Trump’s attack on libraries was predictable. Its consequences could be devastating | Leo S Lo
The president wants to eliminate the agency backing libraries and museums. But the institutions do far more than lend books
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New in @theguardian.com from the President of @ala-acrl.bsky.social:
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
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Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Today, we sent a letter warning the new Institute of Museum and Library Services acting director not to cut library programs required by federal law. www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
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Please do support your local libraries.
We're losing 40 libraries a year.
They are such an essential part of our communities.
Please, if you can, contact your MP or councillors before its too late.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're losing 40 libraries a year.
They are such an essential part of our communities.
Please, if you can, contact your MP or councillors before its too late.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Library closures: What impact do they have on communities who lose them?
Research by the BBC finds libraries are being lost at a rate of about 40 each year.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Please do support your local libraries.
We're losing 40 libraries a year.
They are such an essential part of our communities.
Please, if you can, contact your MP or councillors before its too late.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're losing 40 libraries a year.
They are such an essential part of our communities.
Please, if you can, contact your MP or councillors before its too late.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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