Jamie Loftus

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.

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.

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.

So even smaller states that maybe have a million people in it might see a couple million dollars of these grants per year. And so what that would mean is that the things that, maybe not all of them, but most of the thing that these grants cover would not be there. So that means that there wouldn't be summer reading in some places.

So even smaller states that maybe have a million people in it might see a couple million dollars of these grants per year. And so what that would mean is that the things that, maybe not all of them, but most of the thing that these grants cover would not be there. So that means that there wouldn't be summer reading in some places.

So even smaller states that maybe have a million people in it might see a couple million dollars of these grants per year. And so what that would mean is that the things that, maybe not all of them, but most of the thing that these grants cover would not be there. So that means that there wouldn't be summer reading in some places.

That means that they wouldn't be able to buy the hotspots that they lend out to people who don't have internet at home. That means that maybe there wouldn't be the class that teaches your grandma how to not get caught in a phishing scam.

That means that they wouldn't be able to buy the hotspots that they lend out to people who don't have internet at home. That means that maybe there wouldn't be the class that teaches your grandma how to not get caught in a phishing scam.

That means that they wouldn't be able to buy the hotspots that they lend out to people who don't have internet at home. That means that maybe there wouldn't be the class that teaches your grandma how to not get caught in a phishing scam.

So all sorts of things, those things just wouldn't be there because there's probably not, especially in red states, other funds that are going to come to cover that.

So all sorts of things, those things just wouldn't be there because there's probably not, especially in red states, other funds that are going to come to cover that.