Report: “Trump’s Cuts to California State Library Lead to Hiring Freeze and Furloughs”
From The Sacramento Bee:
The federal government withheld the last 21% of a $15.7 million grant that the California State Library was slated to receive this fiscal year, Jeff Barbosa, a spokesperson for the library, said in an email. It’s not clear if the state library will receive funding from IMLS in the upcoming fiscal year, beginning July 1, which would “generally be in the same ballpark of the previous grant.”
The state library isn’t counting on receiving those millions from the federal government in the coming months, Barbosa said.
As a result, the state library instituted a hiring and spending freeze and furloughed temporary help, which included a retired annuitant and 21 student workers. Barbosa said the state library is not considering a layoff plan at this time. At the California State Library, 34 permanent positions are supported by federal funds, he added.
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See Also: California State Library Receives Notice of Termination of Federal Grant by IMLS (April 3, 2025)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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