A recent presidential Executive Order calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provides funding for libraries, archives, and museums.
In addition to grants to individual libraries for specific projects, Massachusetts uses this funding for programs available to everyone in the state, including the statewide database collection and Commonwealth Catalog.
The loss of federal funding threatens the availability of these and other services. You can help by explaining how these decisions would affect you.
Responses are being collected and will be shared with legislators.