As you know an executive order issued Friday, March 14th, 2025, calls for the reduction and elimination of functions of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is an independent federal agency that supports libraries and museums in all 50 states and U.S. territories. This decision will greatly impact Manchester residents and Granite Staters.
On March 31st, 2025 most of IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave. As of now our State Library is still operating as normal and still has access to federal funds to run the programs with the $1.5 million of IMLS they currently are allocated.
How you can continue to help?
We thank the thousands of Granite Staters who completed the petition to save IMLS! Our Congressional Delegation heard us and issued a supportive statement. Please continue to express your opinion to our Congressional Delegation and we hope our concerns will be heard and acted upon.
Thank you for supporting the power of libraries and we will keep you posted with updates and other ways to help!
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