I was in the middle of another post when a friend of mine (a librarian, natch) contacted me about this. He was majorly upset. Hell yeah. Me too.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is facing extermination, folks. That’s not good. Source: blog.theliteracysite.com

As someone who patronizes libraries, archives, research institutions and museums often (and requires her students to do likewise because it is IMPORTANT to know how to DO RESEARCH), this concerns me.

Read more about this here.

First, traditional books are on the decline and now, libraries?

What next? Geez.

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