Mar 27, 2025
DOGE/Trump are *targeting* IMLS...this endangers the Interlibrary Loan management system (ShareIt) for the ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS. If IMLS funds go away, the State of Texas would have to make up the difference. This is seriously fucked. If ShareIt is defunded, it will be incredibly disruptive and Libraries will be scrambling for an alternative or going to the Texas Legislature hat in hand to beg for replacement funds; meanwhile AutoGraphics might sue IMLS/the Federal Government for breach of contract because of DOGE mayhem. Worst case scenario, we have to go back to managing ILL on paper with filing cabinets and manually creating temporary bib records for each and every ILL book, as if it were the 1970s or 80s. Yay. [/sarcasm]
