State Library tells Appropriations Committee IMLS funding uncertain; highlights services and cuts to supplies
The Department of Libraries told the House Appropriations Committee that federal IMLS funding remains uncertain while the department maintains ABLE services, an interlibrary courier and a $90,000 annual grant to Vermont Law and Graduate School. The department noted a roughly 23% cut to supplies tied to flat federal dollars and rising personnel costs.
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A representative of the Department of Libraries (identified in testimony only by role) told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27 that the department continues to provide statewide services — including the ABLE Library for patrons with qualifying print disabilities, the CLOVER interlibrary-search platform and a statewide courier network — while operating under flat federal grant assumptions and rising personnel costs.
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