U.S. libraries are experiencing severe funding cuts due to the Trump administration's proposed dismantlement of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to layoffs and program suspensions. Maine has seen a fifth of its library staff laid off, while libraries in Mississippi have halted a popular e-book service and South Dakota has suspended interlibrary loans. The executive actions taken have sparked federal judicial intervention, but these funding cuts threaten the growing demand for digital resources, which many libraries find economically unfeasible to maintain.
I think everyone should know the cost of providing digital sources is too expensive for most libraries. It's a continuous and growing need.
It came as quite a surprise to all of us, said Spencer Davis, a library generalist at the Maine State Library who is one of eight employees who were laid off.
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