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Library director warns proposed IMLS elimination would reduce resource sharing and cost Davenport about $85,000
3049897 · March 18, 2025
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Director Jeff Collins told trustees a potential federal cut to the Institute of Museum and Library Services would undermine statewide resource sharing and that Davenport benefits roughly $85,000 a year from related state programs.
Jeff Collins told trustees the library is monitoring federal action affecting the Institute of Museum and Library Services and that an executive order proposing to eliminate IMLS would have “an impact nationwide and definitely within Iowa.” Collins described IMLS as the primary federal funding source for libraries and…
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