"220,000 Fewer Workers: How Trump’s Cuts Affected Every Federal Agency."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/09/upshot/trump-workforce-cuts-table.html

Eye-opening, stomach-turning table of the staff cuts to 500+ federal agencies, Nov 2024 - Nov 2025. Plus a search engine to find the cuts for a given agency. Some examples:

#NASA, down 6%
#NIH, down 18%
#HHS, down 18%
#NOAA, down 20%
#CDC, down 22%
#OSTP, down 26%
#NSF, down 29%
#NEA, down 34%
#IMLS, down 59%
#NEH, down 73%

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts.
A Rhode Island District Court judge ruled that the Trump administration's actions were unlawful. Now, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/04/nx-s1-5633347/libraries-museums-federal-funding-imls-trump-cuts #globalmuseum #IMLS #museums #Trump

The #IMLS just announced that it has "reinstated all federal grants."
https://www.imls.gov/news/statement-agencys-reinstatement-terminated-imls-grants

The #ALA welcomes the news with an important caveat. “We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not finished. The administration can appeal court decisions. Congress can choose to not fund IMLS in future years."
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/ala-welcomes-reinstatement-all-federal-imls-grants-libraries

#DefendResearch #Funding #Libraries #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

"Court permanently blocks Trump’s executive order to dismantle federal agency for America’s libraries."
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/11/court-permanently-blocks-trumps-executive-order-dismantle-federal-agency-americas

"Today [Nov 21], the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services ( #IMLS). The decision was issued in response to a lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General of 21 states."

#DefendResearch #Funding #Libraries #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Trump is way ahead of past presidents in raising money for his presidential library.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/trump-library-foundation-expects-to-raise-50-million-this-year.html

PS: But he wants to lay down the #IMLS.
https://www.ala.org/faq-executive-order-targeting-imls

#Libraries #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH#IMLS#NSF
https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html

This semester, all of my federal grants were terminated. In a new blog post, I write about the importance of federal funding for academic research and the impact of these cuts.
@WebSciDL #NEH#IMLS#NSF
https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2025/05/2025-05-08-thank-you-to-neh-imls-dod.html

Update - it looks like ALA is collecting information on cancelled grants - https://airtable.com/appxJfQhg4BLfns0s/pagpTpAGWuFERJPJN/form

This includes, but not limited to, IMLS grants.

#IMLS #libraries

Update - it looks like ALA is collecting information on cancelled grants - https://airtable.com/appxJfQhg4BLfns0s/pagpTpAGWuFERJPJN/form

This includes, but not limited to, IMLS grants.

#IMLS #libraries

Is anyone building a database or otherwise collecting data on the canceled IMLS grants?

ACH has a database with the cancelled NEH grants - https://impact.ach.org/ - and having a similar database for IMLS grants could provide folks with more information about impacted positions, services, and community populations, bonus if hard numbers for all three can be collected!

#IMLS #libraries #museums

Update. Gary Price (@infodocket) is collecting statements opposing the #Trump admin's attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services (#IMLS). Thanks, Gary!
https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/17/roundup-statements-in-response-to-executive-order-impacting-the-institute-of-museum-and-library-services-imls/

#DefendResearch #Libraries #LIS #USPol #USPolitics