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Lowell library staff warn council of federal IMLS cuts after $4,000 grant rescinded
Summary
A Pollard Memorial Library employee told the council a $4,000 grant was rescinded after the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was targeted for elimination, and urged the city to monitor and consider steps to replace lost statewide database and program funding.
A representative of the Pollard Memorial Library told the Lowell City Council that the library is already feeling the effect of uncertain federal funding after a $4,000 IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) grant was rescinded.
Caitlin Baker, a library assistant at the Pollard Memorial Library, said IMLS is the primary federal funder for libraries and museums and that the March executive order to eliminate IMLS “to the fullest extent of the law” threatens programs statewide. She said the lost…
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