The IMLS offers grant funding to museums and libraries across the country. Shannon Finney/Institute of Museum and Library Services hide caption toggle caption Shannon Finney/Institute of Museum and Library Services President Trump has appointed Keith E. Sonderling as the new acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The IMLS is an independent
Barack Obama’s plans to cement his legacy hit another hurdle as Elon Musk’s DOGE canceled the lease for a building in Chicago holding his presidential records. It was the latest setback for the former president as he and his wife Michelle are fighting back against rumors of divorce. The storage site being closed by Musk is at Hoffman
Three book events at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta were abruptly canceled late this week, raising questions about whether leadership changes at the National Archives and Records Administration were affecting programming at the 13 presidential libraries it oversees. The events, which featured authors of books on climate change, homelessness and the
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston was abruptly closed to visitors on Tuesday, and the federal agency that operates the site did not provide any explanation for the sudden disruption. Members of the Kennedy family said that Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency had fired members of the library’s staff,
A stunning California beach town is at war over plans to install a $7,000 bronze ‘MAGA’ plaque on their public library. Huntington Beach city panel voted 6-0 to approve the design of a new placard commemorating the library’s 50th anniversary on Tuesday night. Featuring the slogan: ‘Magical, Alluring, Galvanizing, Adventurous’ written in the style of an
Bolting billionaires. Ballooning budgets. A racial discrimination suit from a thwarted subcontractor. Who needs Jussie Smollett? The Obama Presidential Center (OPC) is turning out to be Chicago’s greatest hoax. Sprouting up on the city’s South Side in 2021 like an Egyptian funerary complex, the Taj Barack has already taken nearly twice as long to build
When the rioters came for Spellow Library, they used the nonfiction section as kindling. Deborah Moore, then the library’s manager, arrived the next morning to find that the shelves and couches purchased as part of a recent refurbishment had been stacked up to build a pyre. The books that had survived the riot, part of
Although “Wicked” exists in a fantastical world, Nathan Crowley wanted to make every set as real as possible. The production designer, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2021 for “Tenet,” prefers a practical approach — an idea he took to an extreme when creating the magical world of Oz. “I’m not interested in standing
Getty Images India used local currency to buy US grain, later funding book purchases for US universities. In 1996, Ananya Vajpeyi, a doctoral student, discovered the fabled South Asia collection of books at the University of Chicago’s Regenstein Library. “I’ve spent time in some of the leading South Asia libraries of the world, at Oxford
<img src=' alt='Paul Ninson of Ghana embraced photography as a career — and was inspired to create a library of photobooks about Africa. Above: Ninson in the Dikan Center in the capital city of Accra, which marked its second anniversary this month. He's holding a copy of the center's oldest book, The Gold Coast Yesterday