{"id":1886,"date":"2025-06-13T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2025-06-15T13:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T17:37:09","slug":"mblc-update-june-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2025\/06\/13\/mblc-update-june-13\/","title":{"rendered":"MBLC Update June 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/letter_from_senators_warren_markey_to_director_sonderling_on_the_gutting_of_the_institute_of_museum_and_library_services.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of letter_from_senators_warren_markey_to_director_sonderling_on_the_gutting_of_the_institute_of_museum_and_library_services.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bf2a6402-962e-45e2-abab-88f0af1ad741\" href=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?attachment_id=1887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter_from_senators_warren_markey_to_director_sonderling_on_the_gutting_of_the_institute_of_museum_and_library_services<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/letter_from_senators_warren_markey_to_director_sonderling_on_the_gutting_of_the_institute_of_museum_and_library_services.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bf2a6402-962e-45e2-abab-88f0af1ad741\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been a quieter-than-usual week on the federal front but I did want to share one important item. Yesterday, I received an email from the Regional Director for Senator Elizabeth Warren that said, in part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWanted to share this letter Senator Warren and Senator Markey sent last night to the Institute of Museum and Library Services Acting Director Keith E. Sonderling demanding answers on funding cuts to museums and libraries across the country. You can also read a full article with more context from&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2025\/06\/11\/warren-markey-imls-letter-federal-funding-cuts-massachusetts-museums-libraries__;!!CPANwP4y!VBvdb7YFdVwdrd7TSQbeVRisSKqxbKNaVD7T31inoFHmxS5H3QTQQpmnOL67LJ03WDaXjIiUGELUEiEERLrk4dhq9AFEBeQL6eY$\">this WBUR article<\/a>&nbsp;&#8230; We appreciate the work MBLC and others like it do to make Massachusetts the special place that it is and will continue to support you and fight for you as best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43f0e57e1d5ac6274e138b52311a8c9f\">The letter that the Senators sent is attached to this email <em>[see or download letter above]<\/em>. It is encouraging to know that our Massachusetts Senators are such strong and vocal supporters of libraries. They gave June 24 as the deadline for Mr. Sonderling\u2019s response. If he replies, I will share the information in a future update. Thank you for all you are doing to keep our state and federal legislators informed. It really makes a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Maureen Amyot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues, It has been a quieter-than-usual week on the federal front but I did want to share one important item. 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