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The revised and updated version of my book is available from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. It includes anecdotes from my U.S. Judiciary Committee testimony and a new chapter on the library in Metropolis, IL. Please ask your library to purchase it! www.bloomsbury.com/us/book-bann...
Books on carpet
Second edition showed up
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.
In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.
"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
The liar's dividend.
"We are hiring" graphic, with the iSchool building in the background in a blue overlay.
The #iSchoolUI has 🔸FOUR🔹 open faculty positions in the areas: Information Sciences, Information, Culture & Society, Information Behavior/HCI/UX, and Early Literacies!
Submit your application by December 15 ▶️ bit.ly/iSchoolatIllinoisJobs
**Podcast appearance:** I’m on the *Raising Us* show with Elise Hu this week talking about Banned Books. If you’re navigating big conversations with kids, give it a listen and snag the free Conversation Kit. Stream wherever you get podcasts →https://swap.fm/l/C4cZAGmiLelXgmKn9X28
Second edition comes out soon. Book Banning in 21st-Century America: : Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series Emily J. M. Knox Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited - Bloomsbury share.google/YD1APcN0t6XM...
Altgeld Hall and Alma Mater, the beloved bronze mother figure that has greeted generations of University of Illinois students, graces the entry way to the campus.
Congratulations to nine of our incredible #iSchoolUI faculty on receiving promotions and new appointments at #ILLINOIS! 👏
More details here ▶️ bit.ly/472uM4C
Join our team! graphic. Photo of the School of Information Sciences in the background with a blue overlay.
Join the Dean’s leadership team at the #iSchoolUI! We are hiring an Assistant Dean for Communications and Marketing. Learn more and apply by July 7 ▶️ bit.ly/4jX8cNs
There was a 4-fold reduction in deaths in Champaign County because of the SHIELD program. I had no idea: "More importantly, Champaign County was the county with the greatest reduction in deaths, reducing mortality more than 4.3-fold over expected. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some Star Wars music. m.youtube.com/watch?v=ydIa...
My IMLS grant with @soltmann.bsky.social Shannon Oltmann as PI went to $0. www.instagram.com/reel/DIK_xeG...
Bloomington, IL
Update! ischool.illinois.edu/news-events/...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...
Our consolidated election is Tuesday, April 1. I voted early yesterday. Vote in each and every election! www.zinnedproject.org/news/teach-t...
Screenshot of a reddit post on r/fednews that reads: DOGE is at the Institue of Museum and Library Services right now, AM 03/20, to shut down the agency The Institute of Museum and Library Services is being raided by DOGE and the new Acting Director (also somehow DepSec of Labor) Keith Sonderling with the express intent to shut it down. Sonderling was sworn-in in the lobby of the office building (955 L'Enfant Plaza) and they are proceeding with quickly and quietly dismantling the agency. There is no major reporting on the death of IMLS. There are Deparment of Homeland Security personnel present - to bully a bunch of civil servants who administer grants to museums and libraries. IMLS offices are on the 4th floor of 955 L'Enfant. There is no media present to document this efficiency saving of .004% of the federal budget. Every library system in the country receives these grants. Museums in every state depend on them. Every penny disbursed is American tax dollars back in American communities. This is one of the 7 federal agencies offered up as a needless sacrificial lamb in the catastrophic resolution and last week's EO.
Screenshot in case the main post gets taken down
apnews.com/article/trum...
my WIRED subscription renewal is coming up and I couldn't be happier to keep supporting them. Also I get the print magazines delivered, and grandmas were right, clipping out articles and giving them to people you love RULES.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/w...
Trump signed an Executive Order attacking Federal Funding for Libraries.
Please send an email to your legislators and governors before it's too late!
action.everylibrary.org/emaileo2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
