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petersuberUpdate. "<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Executive Order Targets <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> for Closure" <a href="https://www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-executive-order-targets-imls-for-closure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wordsandmoney.com/trump-executive-order-targets-imls-for-closure/</a>"In a March 14 Executive Order, President Donald Trump has targeted seven more federal agencies for permanent closure, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services.If some parts of IMLS are "statutorily required" and cannot be shut down by an executive order, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMB</a> has seven days to show it."EveryLibrary is hosting a petition [to keep IMLS open]…The American Library Association has…weighed in with a statement."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funding</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Molly Whiteevery damn time<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

Molly Whiteget library cards and use them often (online e-book and audiobook rentals count!). sign up to volunteer at your local library. donate money to your library’s general fund. run for a spot on the library board.join and participate in your local “friends of the library” group. donate books (if your library accepts book donations). set up your own little free library. vote for library funding when it’s on your local ballot.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

Molly Whitefill out comment cards to leave positive comments. request new materials that you’d like to see added to the stacks. like and share your library’s social media content.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

Trevor BurrowsThe Executive Order yesterday re: Institute of Museum and Library Services is huge.IMLS funds a lot of special *and* ongoing programming and projects through IMLS grants.Special state library portals like <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indiana</a>'s Inspire portal, which provides access to residents to a range of subscriptions including scholarly journals, are often funded significantly through IMLS.Local library projects to make local historical resources more accessible through digitization are often IMLS funded. Local libraries and related institutions depend on this funding both directly and indirectly. These are dollars that often have visible, real impacts in local communities across the country.Here is the EO: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/</a><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GLAM</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IMLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IMLS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Museums</a>

Nina BernsteinThe Guerrilla-Librarian Resistance“My dad’s from Bosnia, and that’s informed my outlook on what can be irretrievably lost,” he said, citing the destruction of nearly two million books when Sarajevo’s National Library was shelled in 1992. Now he’s teaching dozens of Americans to save data from their own rogue government <a href="https://journa.host/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RESIST</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-data-hoarders-resisting-trumps-purge</a>

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:A little library humor to brighten your day. Seen at my local library.Thank you, mysterious Cathy.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Librarians</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funny</a>

petersuberUpdate. "A Call for Harm Reduction Strategies" <a href="https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/a-call-for-harm-reduction-strategies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/a-call-for-harm-reduction-strategies</a>"The new US presidential administration has launched an unprecedented assault on research and higher education. This isn’t just collateral damage from wide-ranging realignment of budgets, which would be bad enough, but an orchestrated attack on academic freedom, research funding, and the institutional autonomy that underpins intellectual progress…Resistance is most effective when collective action amplifies individual efforts rather than occurring in isolation. This means fostering more frequent and open dialogue across all sectors of the academic and research community [e.g. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishers</a>]."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Preston Maness ☭Lasted edited... SIXTEEN YEARS AGO? Well obviously that's getting updated tomorrow.<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#osm</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gis</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

CiaraI know it's rude to brag, but that's my library.<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Aarhus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aarhus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Bibliotek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bibliotek</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a>

Joe OrtizAs I and many others widely expected, the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> has formally decided not to take the book publishing lawsuit to the SCOTUS, thus giving <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> a massive blow as I mentioned already.<a href="https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/04/end-of-hachette-v-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.archive.org/2024/12/04/end-of-hachette-v-internet-archive/</a>Plus, this officially starts the clock to the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a>'s inevitable demise as more lawsuits are coming their way and what a sad day that will be when I read their shutdown post down the road.Scroll down from this post for more thoughts:<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/113080680465983569" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodon.sdf.org/@joeo10/113080680465983569</a>

Joe OrtizThis from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@molly0xfff</a> is a very good as well making a case into why publishers hate libraries and how this ruling basically puts the existence of libraries at risk. <a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.citationneeded.news/hachette-v-internet-archive/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#print</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

Joe OrtizHere's a very good op-ed from Public Knowledge CEO Chris Lewis on what this ruling means for the future of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> which sadly doesn't look good unless Congress acts, which I feel it's unlikely to come anytime soon if not ever. I love to be wrong though. <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/kuKT5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/kuKT5</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisis</a>

Joe OrtizHere's <a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mmasnick</a> on this hugely bad ruling for not only the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digitalpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalpreservation</a>, but for <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> as a whole. <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/05/second-circuit-says-libraries-disincentivize-authors-to-write-books-by-lending-them-for-free/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2024/09/05/second-circuit-says-libraries-disincentivize-authors-to-write-books-by-lending-them-for-free/</a>Read it and weep.

Joe Ortiz"If <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> were created today, they won't be allowed to exist thanks to publishers and the copyright cartel."Still rings true.

Joe OrtizAs far as <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> go, what a blow this is for them as a whole as I expect major ramifications for the future of libraries which really doesn't look good. A notable example:<a href="https://ninelives.karawynnlong.com/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ninelives.karawynnlong.com/the-coming-enshittification-of-public-libraries/</a>h/t <a href="https://wandering.shop/@karawynn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@karawynn</a>

Joe OrtizThis ruling is a HUGE blow to not only the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> (<a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a>) but <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digitalpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalpreservation</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> as a whole. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/</a> <a href="https://archive.ph/9irhZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/9irhZ</a>Official document is here: <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988.306.1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988.306.1.pdf</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#print</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

Joe OrtizHere's the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a>'s post on this past Friday's Second Circuit appeals court hearing, where you can listen to the full hearing. <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/01/what-happened-last-friday-in-hachette-v-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/01/what-happened-last-friday-in-hachette-v-internet-archive/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#print</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

Joe OrtizHere's the best paywall-free piece I could find in terms of what went down at the Second Circuit hearing yesterday as the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> fights for its survival in all likelihood. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/appeals-court-seems-lost-on-how-internet-archive-harms-publishers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/appeals-court-seems-lost-on-how-internet-archive-harms-publishers/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#print</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

Joe OrtizAhead of the Second Circuit appeals court hearing tomorrow, the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@internetarchive</a> gives once final push plea. <a href="https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/26/were-fighting-for-library-rights-in-court-this-friday-join-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/26/were-fighting-for-library-rights-in-court-this-friday-join-us/</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/print" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#print</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

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