Jamie Loftus

Again, it should be up to Congress because Congress created this institution and Congress funds it. But the executive order and the commentary on it does say that they would like to dissolve it Kind of as soon as possible, definitely next year.

So it's really up in the air about how fast things would move, what exactly would happen, if it would be this year, if it would be next year, whether anyone's going to listen to Congress.

So it's really up in the air about how fast things would move, what exactly would happen, if it would be this year, if it would be next year, whether anyone's going to listen to Congress.

So it's really up in the air about how fast things would move, what exactly would happen, if it would be this year, if it would be next year, whether anyone's going to listen to Congress.

Yeah. So it's, as I said, the Institute of Museum and Library Services. And so basically they're allocated money by Congress every year. And then they hand it out to states, especially then who kind of break it down into other grants. They give grants to states and libraries and institutions. for things that museums and libraries do.

Yeah. So it's, as I said, the Institute of Museum and Library Services. And so basically they're allocated money by Congress every year. And then they hand it out to states, especially then who kind of break it down into other grants. They give grants to states and libraries and institutions. for things that museums and libraries do.

Yeah. So it's, as I said, the Institute of Museum and Library Services. And so basically they're allocated money by Congress every year. And then they hand it out to states, especially then who kind of break it down into other grants. They give grants to states and libraries and institutions. for things that museums and libraries do.

So that includes things like on the museum side, maybe putting together programming or doing big digitization projects. I used to work at an institution where we had a grant that did a lot of digitization of historic documents. And on the library side, they do all sorts of stuff, especially for public libraries. They

So that includes things like on the museum side, maybe putting together programming or doing big digitization projects. I used to work at an institution where we had a grant that did a lot of digitization of historic documents. And on the library side, they do all sorts of stuff, especially for public libraries. They

So that includes things like on the museum side, maybe putting together programming or doing big digitization projects. I used to work at an institution where we had a grant that did a lot of digitization of historic documents. And on the library side, they do all sorts of stuff, especially for public libraries. They

end up funding things like summer reading programs, equipment, especially for internet access, you know, all this stuff related to job training and those services that libraries offer. And interlibrary loan is a big one so that people can access materials that their library doesn't hold, but it's held by other libraries.

end up funding things like summer reading programs, equipment, especially for internet access, you know, all this stuff related to job training and those services that libraries offer. And interlibrary loan is a big one so that people can access materials that their library doesn't hold, but it's held by other libraries.

end up funding things like summer reading programs, equipment, especially for internet access, you know, all this stuff related to job training and those services that libraries offer. And interlibrary loan is a big one so that people can access materials that their library doesn't hold, but it's held by other libraries.

And rural libraries and tribal libraries, especially really, really benefit from this. Every single state and territory in the country gets these funds.

And rural libraries and tribal libraries, especially really, really benefit from this. Every single state and territory in the country gets these funds.

And rural libraries and tribal libraries, especially really, really benefit from this. Every single state and territory in the country gets these funds.

Yeah. Well, you know, depending on your library, some libraries will fund it from their operations budget, but if, you know, especially for small rural public libraries where that might be very expensive, that is one thing that these grants go to is interlibrary loan. Okay.

Yeah. Well, you know, depending on your library, some libraries will fund it from their operations budget, but if, you know, especially for small rural public libraries where that might be very expensive, that is one thing that these grants go to is interlibrary loan. Okay.

Yeah. Well, you know, depending on your library, some libraries will fund it from their operations budget, but if, you know, especially for small rural public libraries where that might be very expensive, that is one thing that these grants go to is interlibrary loan. Okay.

So I first want to mention that the entire budget of IMLS for 2024 was something like $266 million. We're not talking about huge sums of money in terms of the federal government. It comes out to about 75% per person in the country. So we're not going to be saving on our taxes if this goes away. But that money makes a really big difference.