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Alt National Park Service: RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Musk placed the staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on administrative leave after his staffers took control of the agency’s offices and gained access to its computer systems.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Following several additional visits by Musk staffers, approximately 70 IMLS employees were informed by their supervisors that they would be placed on 90-day administrative leave
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
and barred from accessing the agency’s premises or systems. The move appears to be part of a broader plan to dismantle the primary source of federal support for the nation’s museums and libraries.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Established in 1996, the IMLS provides funding to libraries and museums in every U.S. state and territory—primarily supporting essential but low-profile functions such as database infrastructure and collections management.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
Its largest initiative, the Grants to States program, distributes roughly $160 million annually to state library agencies, covering between one-third and one-half of their operating budgets.
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Musk placed the staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) on administrative leave after his staffers took control of the agency’s offices and gained access to its computer systems.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Following several additional visits by Musk staffers, approximately 70 IMLS employees were informed by their supervisors that they would be placed on 90-day administrative leave
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
and barred from accessing the agency’s premises or systems. The move appears to be part of a broader plan to dismantle the primary source of federal support for the nation’s museums and libraries.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
10h
Established in 1996, the IMLS provides funding to libraries and museums in every U.S. state and territory—primarily supporting essential but low-profile functions such as database infrastructure and collections management.
Alt National Park Service
@altnps.bsky.social
Its largest initiative, the Grants to States program, distributes roughly $160 million annually to state library agencies, covering between one-third and one-half of their operating budgets.
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Its largest initiative, the Grants to States program, distributes roughly 0 million annually to state library agencies, covering between one-third and one-half of their operating budgets.
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-04-01T02:05:08.743Z
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