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Library staff warn of possible impacts after executive order affecting IMLS funding
Summary
Staff said an executive order to close the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) could affect federal pass-through grants that support programs such as instrument purchases, databases and interlibrary loan; the state librarian was due to brief staff.
Library staff updated the Municipal Library Board on March 25 about potential effects from a recent executive order that would close the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Staff said the library has benefited from IMLS-supported funding passed through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Examples included a grant that helped start the music instrument lending…
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