Many of our patrons are asking how the recent Executive Order directing the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to eliminate non-statutory programs and reduce its functions and personnel to the minimum required by law will affect the Royal Oak Public Library and our residents. We will lose statewide Inter-Library Loan. (MeLCat). We will lose access to statewide databases. And more. Rather than restating all that has been written, the joint statement from seven library and museum associations in Michigan summarizes it best.
You can always reach out to me, Library Director Sandy Irwin, if you have questions.