To The Daily Sun,
Please note that President Donald Trump put through a presidential action titled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy” on March 14. This is an executive order announcing cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The New Hampshire State Library allocates these federal funds to support our interlibrary loan (ILL) services (van and ILL system), and Talking Books, a program for the blind and physically disabled, and these funds support the Libby platform that allows us to access downloadable books, magazines and audiobooks.
1. In 2024, 1,071 books came into our library for our patrons (media rate is $5.38=$5,762) and 658 were lent to other libraries (media rate is $5.38=$3,540).
2. The platform fee for the Overdrive system or downloadable books and audiobooks (Libby) through the New Hampshire State Library is funded by the Library Services Technology Act and IMLS administers those funds. Sanbornton patrons checked out 6,385 downloadable books on Libby.
3. The Talking Books program for the blind and physically disabled. The New Hampshire Talking Books Services is a member of a national network of cooperating libraries that provide free library service to those unable to read standard print materials. This may be due to a temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that prevents them from using regular print materials.
4. Grants for programming and staff training.
As the trustee chair at the Sanbornton Public Library, here is what readers can do: Sign the EveryLibrary petition at Everylibrary.org/statementimls2025; fill out EveryLibrary’s form that will come up after signing the petition (this will automatically send a message to our governor and our Congressional delegation). Readers should contact their senators and representatives. Let them know readers support the services IMLS provides to the NH State Library and to their local library.
Virginia Blackmer
Sanbornton
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