Rhode Island libraries face deep cuts in Trump’s budget - TPR: The Public's Radio

Trump’s cuts force the elimination of Mass. library access to academic databases and The Boston Globe

Photo via PickPik The Trump administration’s war on access to knowledge will result in the end of public library access in Massachusetts to a number of academic databases and The Boston Globe. The cuts take effect on July 1. The dispiriting news is reported in a memo issued May 20 by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners that is weirdly titled “MBLC Maintains some Databases, Support for eBooks, and ComCat.” I don’t mean to be critical…

Rhode Island libraries face deep cuts in Trump’s budget - TPR: The Public's Radio

President Trump’s new budget proposal calls for cutting the main source of federal funds for state and local libraries. The president’s budget outline, released earlier this month, would eliminate a little known federal agency called the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The proposed cuts weren’t exactly a surprise. Executive Order 14238, signed by […] The post Rhode Island libraries face deep cuts in Trump’s budget appeared firs…