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stephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸The worst part of a Public Library "Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's website."Fuck the Fund! Tax the Rich Instead! Put the Public Back in Public Libraries<a href="https://union.place/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/publiclibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publiclibrary</a>

sorcinaVStartet in die Woche <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a> mit der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@bib_info" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bib_info</a> Fortbildung "Inklusion und Barrierefreiheit in Bibliotheken: Teilhabe aktiv gestalten" mit Christiane Felsmann.Freu mich schon sehr drauf!

NodamiBona diada de Sant Jordi 🌹 <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/libraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#libraryLife</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/QueFemAlesBiblios" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#QueFemAlesBiblios</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Biblioteques" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Biblioteques</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SantJordi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SantJordi</a>

Stephan SchweringGuten Morgen. Nach kleiner Osterpause geht’s auf in eine neue Woche <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a>. 🐰

Serhii NazarovetsJust read a beast of a review on US academic libraries & open science::doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103054" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103054</a> Open Access? Dominating (52%) Open Data? Respectable (23%) OER? Still breathing (15%) Citizen Science? On life support (<1%) But the real black hole? Open Innovation 🫠<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenInnovation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a>

Stephan SchweringGuten Morgen. Los geht’s in eine neue Woche <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a>. 🥰 📚.

SabrinaWeiß hier jemand ob man sich für die Händs in Labs bei der <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/bibliocon25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bibliocon25</a> extra anmelden muss? Ich weiß es gab schon Mal eine Tagung bei der es so war aber ich hab nichts dazu gefunden. <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a>

AnneArchy Annethis will affect just about every community! Virtually every tribal library relies on this funding and it has abruptly been cut off<a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grants</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/1002518/hundreds-of-museum-and-library-grants-terminated-overnight/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hyperallergic.com/1002518/hundreds-of-museum-and-library-grants-terminated-overnight/</a>

stephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸Things I have observed at the library happening or I guessed witnessed. Today I won the trifecta of bodily fluids in order of experience 1. Someone squatting and pooping 2. Someone masturbating to completion 3. Someone squatting and peeing <a href="https://union.place/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a>

sorcinaVZum Start in den Tag <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a> heute mit <a href="https://openbiblio.social/@somebib" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@somebib</a> und der Expertin aus der Organisationsentwicklung der letzte Feinschliff für den Führungskräfteaustausch zum Geschäftsprozessmanagement nächste Woche. Das wird richtig gut werden 🤩

sorcinaVGuten Morgen zusammen 🙂 Frisch auf in eine neue Woche <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a> 🥳

SabrinaDie Nacht der Bibliotheken hab ich in meiner "Heimatbibliothek" verbracht. Der Stadtbibliothek Reutlingen. Der Ort der mich zu dem gemacht hat was ich bin. Danke für den schönen Abend <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a>

stephen m 🍞🌹🇵🇸<a href="https://union.place/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a>

Mx Kestrel ᓚᘏᗢFinally got some extended thoughts together about the IMLS destruction, mostly about the services about to be taken from communities, focused here in <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a>. <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a><a href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/04/01/national-emergency-the-dismantling-of-the-institute-of-museum-library-services/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://onequeerlibrarian.com/2025/04/01/national-emergency-the-dismantling-of-the-institute-of-museum-library-services/</a>

kestrelward<h2>National Emergency – The Dismantling of the Institute of Museum & Library Services</h2>The <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-institute-museum-library-services-00262784" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services</a> (IMLS), the major federal funding agency for all libraries and museums in the US, has been going on for a week and a half now amid mild public outcry. Yesterday’s news that they finally put all IMLS staff on admin leave (probably because they can’t legally fire them all yet) is just the latest blow to the library world. The independent journalist Marisa Kabas has been following this story on social media and providing timely updates. She reports that the IMLS employees are sounding the alarm about this as they go into their offices and clear them out.<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llr5yw4tvk2t" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3llr5yw4tvk2t</a>I haven’t written about this so far mainly because I’m in such a state of despair that I have nothing particularly new or interesting to say about this except “Folks, this is real real bad”. Which is not really enough to base a whole blog post on. But today I thought I might provide a little insight into some of the things which are going to go away now that they’ve made an end-run around Congressional funding of the IMLS. These things are specific to Florida, and I’m going to provide an explainer, but Florida is hardly unique in this area, and many of the poorest and most rural regions of the country are going to be hit the hardest by the severe reduction to outright elimination of library services in their areas. So below are just a small sliver of all the services about to be lost in Florida:<ul><li>Tampa Bay Library Consortium – This organization entirely funded by IMLS and administers the statewide sharing of books between libraries, allowing people in public libraries to have access to academic collections and vice-versa as well as allowing academic libraries to share resources between themselves</li><li>Statewide Ask A Librarian – This is a service that allows patrons to chat with a live library worker (NOT an AI Bot!) to ask questions, everything from “what are the library hours” to “I need to find articles on [X] subject” and beyond. </li><li>The <a href="https://flelibrary.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florida Electronic Library</a> – This is a resource that allows any Floridian to access high quality information across a huge variety of topics electronically. Used extensively in primary and secondary schools</li><li>E-Rate program – this is a federal program that provides affordable broadband to library patrons who may not otherwise have access to the internet in their homes, often rural populations</li><li><a href="https://rightservicefl.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Right Service at the Right Time</a> – A service to help librarians guide patrons to finding available government assistance and social services. It is specific to individual counties in Florida, and contains access to things like the Florida Department of Children & Families, Social Security, Florida KidCare and Housing assistance. </li></ul>The above are just a fraction of the things IMLS funds in this state, and similar programs are in existence in all 50 states through the state library systems. The IMLS does all this while taking up a tiny <a href="https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-happens-to-libraries-if-imls-goes-away" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">.003% of the Federal Budget</a>. That hardly seems like government waste to me, serving as it does millions of Americans every single day. Which gives the lie to DOGE’s claim to be cutting government waste and reveals it as the ideological project it is to eliminate social goods which allow Americans freedom and stability. The project is to keep people poor, uneducated, and afraid so we will not rise up and overthrow the oligarchical overlords running our government. They are making great strides in that project, and libraries have long been one of the institutions standing in their way. Libraries are overwhelmingly popular with the public, even after years of smear campaigns by conservative groups like so-called Moms for Liberty calling librarians “groomers and pedophiles”, and our Congresscritters know this. Hence why Congress has never allowed the elimination of the IMLS. But Trump/Musk are attempting to do by fiat what they could not do democratically. This is just the latest in a long line of national emergencies since January 20th, but it is one that has the least amount of chatter around it and will affect huge swathes of the population every bit as much as breaking Social Security or stopping crucial health research. I hope you will pay attention and lift up your voice to decry this illegal elimination of a vital agency of the federal government. Call your Congresscritters, email them, fax them, attend a protest in your area, join an organizing group, attend library board meetings and run for the open seats, attend city council meetings talking about library budgets, and join the ALA’s “<a href="https://www.ala.org/advocacy/show-up-for-our-libraries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Show Up For Our Libraries</a>” movement in any way you can. People standing together have power, let’s remind the fascists among us that we will not stand for our necessary government being dismantled and sold off to the highest bidder.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/academic-libraries/" target="_blank">#academicLibraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/archives/" target="_blank">#archives</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/doge/" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/institute-of-museum-and-library-services/" target="_blank">#instituteOfMuseumAndLibraryServices</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/library-life/" target="_blank">#libraryLife</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/politics/" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://onequeerlibrarian.com/tag/us-government/" target="_blank">#usGovernment</a>

AnneArchy AnneHearing that all <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> staff have been put on leave as of today. Expecting that we'll be notified that already awarded grants are not happening pretty soon. I hate all of this! <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Resist</a>

rowmyboatFuck yeah, a member of my staff just won election as an officer in her <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#union</a>! She & some pals ran a whole slate & they all won, with record voter turnout! <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LibraryLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibraryLife</a>

Sabrina<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/maithinkx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maithinkx</a> Folge über die Publikationskosten in der Wissenschaft ❤️ das Thema das wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken schon seit Jahren beschäftigt endlich etwas prominenter im Fernsehen 😍 <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/worklife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worklife</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/librarylife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#librarylife</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/waskosterwissenschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waskosterwissenschaft</a>

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