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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"> Hi, folks. Below is an update from Wendy Cornelisen,
State Librarian, about the budget situation. As a reminder, the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant that she mentions is what funds OSLIS, the statewide databases (Gale), a chunk of OBOB, Answerland, competitive grants that we offer, most of the
staff in the Library Support division, and more. In the President’s initial budget, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was to be sunsetted, so there were no funds for its programs and grants. However, the Senate and House chose to fund the
IMLS and LSTA at level or slighter higher amounts than last year, and that portion of the federal budget was signed last night.
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#215E99">🎉</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99"> If you have questions, please ask. – Best, Jen
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#215E99">(Jen Maurer, School Library Consultant, State Library of Oregon,
<a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#215E99">jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="color:#215E99"><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">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> ola@memberclicks-mail.net <ola@memberclicks-mail.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Wendy Cornelisen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 4, 2026 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MAURER Jennifer * SLO <jennifer.maurer@slo.oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] LSTA 2026 funding secured!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Last night, the House passed and the president signed the Labor, Health and Human Services Act funding, which includes our favorite federal agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Federal fiscal
year 2026 funding for IMLS includes: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Office of Library Services (LSTA)<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Grants to States: $181,400,000 (+$1.4M over 2025)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Native American Library Services: $5,763,000 (level funded)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">National Leadership Grants: $15,287,000 (level funded)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Laura Bush 21<sup>st</sup> Century Librarian: $10,000,000 (level funded)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Total LSTA: $212,450,000 (+$1.4M over 2025)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Office of Museum Services (Museum Services Act): $42,850,000 (-$12.6M from 2025)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">African American History & Culture Act (Museum Grants): $6,000,000 (was previously under OMS, level funded)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">National Museum of the American Latino Act (Museum Grants): $6,000,000 (was previously under OMS, level funded)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Research, Analysis, Data Collection: $5,500,000 (-$150,000 from 2025)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Program Administration: $19,000,000 (-$3,650,000 from 2025)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Total IMLS: $291,800,000 (-$3M from 2025)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In summary, there’s a small ($1.4M) increase for LSTA, all for Grants to States. The Office of Museum Services and its programs, some of which are no longer under OMS but are under the greater IMLS umbrella,
have been reduced by $600,000. The Office of Research and Evaluation had a small reduction ($150,000) and IMLS Administrations the largest reduction ($3.65M).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LSTA funds are distributed by state population, and it will be a few more days before we have the updated (expected to be slightly higher) total for Oregon’s LSTA 2026 grant. <i>These are the funds that we
spend in FY2027, starting in July 2026.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a milestone to celebrate!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> The next step is for the State Library to receive the Award Letter, and then the LSTA Grant Assurances forms will be reviewed
and signed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please let me know if you have any questions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thanks,
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Wendy </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#215E99"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Wendy Cornelisen (she, her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Librarian<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">State Library of Oregon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">wendy.cornelisen@slo.oregon.gov</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%">Office: 503-378-4367| Mobile 971-375-3992<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/library"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.oregon.gov/library</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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