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Despite DEI backlash, only 19% of companies are cutting diversity funding
Despite DEI backlash, only 19% of companies are cutting diversity funding
A new survey finds that even as employers pull back on some DEI programs, the budget for diversity work has not radically shifted at many companies.
·fastcompany.com·
Despite DEI backlash, only 19% of companies are cutting diversity funding
Reed Smith Abandons DEI Program Amid EEOC Scrutiny: What the Rebrand Really Means for Law Firm Diversity
Reed Smith Abandons DEI Program Amid EEOC Scrutiny: What the Rebrand Really Means for Law Firm Diversity
Introduction: From Gold Standard to “Culture & Engagement” For years, Reed Smith was celebrated as a diversity champion in BigLaw. The firm consistently earned accolades from the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) and touted its DEI milestones in public-facing content. But in a dramatic shift, the global firm has announced that it is “retiring” […]
·jdjournal.com·
Reed Smith Abandons DEI Program Amid EEOC Scrutiny: What the Rebrand Really Means for Law Firm Diversity
Libraries across Montana await grant confirmation amid turmoil at federal agencies
Libraries across Montana await grant confirmation amid turmoil at federal agencies
Montana State Library officials are cautiously optimistic that an annual grant that benefits public libraries across the state will be fully funded amid turmoil at the federal agency that distributes the money.
·montanafreepress.org·
Libraries across Montana await grant confirmation amid turmoil at federal agencies
Local opinion: Federal support is disappearing for Arizona's libraries and museums
Local opinion: Federal support is disappearing for Arizona's libraries and museums
What's at stake isn't merely buildings with books and artifacts, but our shared commitment to an informed society.
Local opinion: Federal support is
·tucson.com·
Local opinion: Federal support is disappearing for Arizona's libraries and museums
Research Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Home
Research Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Home
This guide will point to resources that identify and track steps taken by the Trump administration and Congress to scale back or eliminate access to federal government information. It also provides links to groups performing data and website rescue.
·libguides.umn.edu·
Research Guides: Finding Government Information during the 2025 Administration Transition: Home
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
·mississippitoday.org·
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED
What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED
For decades, the Internet Archive has preserved our digital history. Lately, journalists and ordinary citizens have been turning to it more than ever, as the Trump administration undertakes an ideologically-driven purge of government websites. But the Archive itself faces an existential threat. In this episode, Close All Tabs Senior Editor Chris Egusa joins Morgan to discuss his visit to the Internet Archive and its colorful founder Brewster Kahle, the legal battles that could shut it down perma
·kqed.org·
What Happens if the Internet Archive Goes Dark? | KQED
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
·npr.org·
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them
Reimagining the Penn Libraries | Penn Today
Reimagining the Penn Libraries | Penn Today
When Brigitte Weinsteiger became the vice provost and director of the Penn Libraries last year, she took the helm of what she characterizes as “one of the most consequential research libraries in the country.” With 19 libraries, 300-plus staff, a $95 million budget, and 10 million volumes across print and digital formats, she now leads an intellectual ecosystem that reaches across Penn’s campus and beyond.
·penntoday.upenn.edu·
Reimagining the Penn Libraries | Penn Today
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
·propublica.org·
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
Board Advising IMLS Tells Acting Director Mandates ‘Cannot’ Be Hindered
Board Advising IMLS Tells Acting Director Mandates ‘Cannot’ Be Hindered
In a March 24 letter, the National Museum and Library Services Board laid out the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ statutory obligations for its acting director, Keith Sonderling, as supporters continued to speak out on behalf of the embattled federal agency.
·publishersweekly.com·
Board Advising IMLS Tells Acting Director Mandates ‘Cannot’ Be Hindered
President Trump Signs Executive Order on American History
President Trump Signs Executive Order on American History
President Trump signed an executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” on March 27 directing action at the Smithsonian Institution and public monuments, including Independence Hall, to reverse and remove public scholarship and activity related to race and gender in particular, characterized in the order as “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
·arl.org·
President Trump Signs Executive Order on American History
American Library Association kicks off National Library Week with the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report | ALA
American Library Association kicks off National Library Week with the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report | ALA
The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List.
·ala.org·
American Library Association kicks off National Library Week with the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report | ALA
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!
Through clever usage of APIs, the Library Innovation Lab at Harvard Law School has created an archive of Data.gov, home to 311,000 public datasets
·spectrum.ieee.org·
Can We Trust Our Government to Safeguard Vital Research Data? Meet the Digital Archivists Battling to Keep Information Accessible!