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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To echo what is being said, we are hearing of termination of Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup> Century Grants that were awarded to library agencies in Illinois.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:#9C884B">Karen Egan</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002C4C">Associate Director, Library Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002C4C">Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#002C4C">Gwendolyn Brooks Building, 300 S. Second Street, Springfield, IL 62701</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Announce@carli.illinois.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> External: <Announce> FW: IMLS grant termination<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Also sent to
<a href="mailto:governingdirectors@carli.illinois.edu">governingdirectors@carli.illinois.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear CARLI members and colleagues:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Today brings troubling news.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CARLI received a termination notice last night cancelling our IMLS 2024 LB21 Planning Grant, “<span style="color:black">Consortial Collaboration for Academic Library Leadership Success”
(CCALLS), </span>to plan possible extension of CARLI Counts to other US library consortia:
<a href="https://www.carli.illinois.edu/carli-receives-imls-grant-consortial-collaboration-academic-library-leadership-success-ccalls">
https://www.carli.illinois.edu/carli-receives-imls-grant-consortial-collaboration-academic-library-leadership-success-ccalls</a>. For authority, the notice references
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/__;!!DZ3fjg!9Zp1n0ROCqQNElFrF7l8ryEhD20Vy-bagjLZk12qgbcbyK2uuIql3B4_bRgkShrG6Mwz3HS8r2ib2300B_thqvBdxQ$">
President Trump’s Executive Order 14238</a>, “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” issued on March 14, 2025.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Illinois Fire Service Institute also received notice that the grant, “Libraries as Partners for Emergency Preparedness and Response in Times of Crisis,”
<a href="https://imlsgrant.web.illinois.edu/">
https://imlsgrant.web.illinois.edu/</a> on which CARLI is a partner organization, is terminated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Like countless other US libraries and library organizations, CARLI members and the students and faculty we serve have benefited immeasurably from the work of the Institute of Museum and
Library Services since its 1996 creation. Programs and services supported by the funding IMLS administered have provided wonderful, worthwhile opportunities for learning and enrichment for Illinois residents.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are working with our partners and the University of Illinois System on next steps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please let me know if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Anne</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Anne Craig (she/her)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Senior Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1704 Interstate Drive</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Champaign, Illinois 61822</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:abcraig@uillinois.edu">abcraig@uillinois.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">217-300-0375</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#3E4547">Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), any written communication to or from University of Illinois employees regarding U of I business is a public
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