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See #Trump’s executive order to eliminate “non-statutory components & functions” of the following entities “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law”:
•Federal #Mediation/Conciliation Service
• US Agency for Global #Media
• Woodrow Wilson Int’l Center for Scholars inthe #Smithsonian Institution
• Institute of #Museum & #Library Svces
• US Interagency Council on #Homelessness
• Community Devel Financial Institutions Fund
#Minority Business Devel Agency whitehouse.gov/presidential-ac /2

The White House · Continuing the Reduction of the Federal BureaucracyBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose. 
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In addition to #USAGM, #Trump's order also targeted the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service [#FMCS], the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [#WilsonCenter], the Institute of #Museum & #Library Services [#IMLS], the US Interagency Council on #Homelessness [#USICH], the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund [#CDFIfund], & the Minority Business Development Agency [#MBDA] for cuts.

Ik kan er echt niet bij! Hoe haal je het in je hoofd om bibliotheken te sluiten ("to reduce") ?! In de VS is het nu zo ver, en daarmee geeft Trump de blauwdruk voor Nederland. Bezuinigingen op het onderwijs zijn al gepland! Waar gaat dit heen?!
This is not what democracy looks like.
whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/202

#libraries #library #books #politics #ExecutiveOrder #USA #VS #bibliotheken @bibliotheken

#Trump has eliminated the #IMLS, which pays my husband's salary as Rare Collections Librarian for PA's State #Library. Mike saved thousands of dollars by revising maintenance contracts. He hand-sewed copies of the PA #Constitution for legislators to swear their oaths on, rather sending them out to be expensively rebound. He goes into work whenever security alarms and climate monitors blip, to make sure Ben Franklin's original printings are safe. Yeah, he was really "waste, fraud, and abuse." 😒

Hello from Dublin!

Yesterday we went to Marsh’s Library, a reference library with some of the oldest printed books in the world! We couldn’t touch the books, but photos were allowed.

This library was also caught in the crosshairs of the rebellion in 1916, so some of the books have bullet holes in them (none shown).

Such a cool place! 😍

Other things we did:
-Dublin Castle
-St. Patrick’s Cathedral
-Various gardens
-Tasty food

@securingdev
#library #OldBooks #Books #Ireland #WritingCommunity

Public #libraries should host #Mastodon servers. I really think this could be a good thing.

The county (or city/town depending on how it works in your area) IT department could host it, and people would use their library card to access the server. Or, alternatively, perhaps some kind of private-public partnership could be arranged where a non-profit organization handles the hosting and library staff can administer it.

My thinking is: #fediverse platforms like Mastodon offer a high quality, ad-free social media experience, but there are barriers to entry that will keep most people from benefitting from it. It’s been discussed ad nauseam, but there are the technical barriers. I don’t see financial barriers discussed as often though. It costs money to maintain your own server, and even with many people chipping in, most people aren’t going to pay a few bucks or more a month to use a social media platform. There are of course free client apps, but the best ones cost money, at least in my opinion.

Maybe this isn’t the strongest point to make at a time when libraries are struggling to stay funded and are likely at risk of losing a significant amount of funding, but assuming that’s a problem with a solution, allocating funds to #library budgets to run a Mastodon server (I’m guessing a relatively small line item) seems doable. Content moderation is another issue to be dealt with, but again, I think one not without a solution.

Thoughts?

Die Kolleg:innen vom #BalticUKH Projekt (u.a. an der @stabihh) haben mit vielen Beteiligten (zu denen ich gehöre) einen Artikel zum Thema "**Engaging Users in Creating the Next Library Space"** in @obibJournal veröffentlicht, der jetzt auch online ist:
o-bib.de/bib/article/view/6091

www.o-bib.deEngaging Users in Creating the Next Library Space: Innovative and Experimental Design | o-bib. Das offene Bibliotheksjournal / Herausgeber VDB

Tweebronnen Public Library, Leuven, Belgium.

This library occupies the former Leuven Technical School compound, designed by renowned Modernist architect Henry van de Velde and built between 1937 and 1940. When the school closed in 1984, the building stood vacant until a grassroots campaign managed to save it. Since 2000, it serves both the Leuven city library and the town archives.

📷: Fuji X-T20 + XF14mm f/2.8 R
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography #modernism

"What I'm trying to do above all is be patient with myself (and with the process), forgive myself when I'm having a hard time, and remember how far I've come and all the great skills and experiences I've acquired over time." #LIS #GLAM #Libraries #Library

hiringlibrarians.com/2025/03/1

Hiring Librarians · “The right opportunity will come – but not if I just curl into a ball and give up”
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