Applicants seeking federal museum grants directed to adhere to Trump vision.
Funding guidelines issued by the Institute of Museum and Library Services were also scrubbed of any mention of diversity.
The directive to hew to Trump’s preferences unnerved some grant writers, reviewers and former recipients accustomed to nonpartisanship from the agency, stirring debate over what it would mean to accept their funding.
https://archive.ph/UZsd0 #globalmuseum #museums #IMLS #Trump
"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
Ulrike Hahn
boosted
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
Ulrike Hahn
boosted
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.
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.
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!
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/