I was in graduate school that year. Yikes!

YouTube video by Mainely Genealogy Telling genealogy stories: excerpts from my family

Using examples from my family in Scotland, Ireland, and the U.S., I talk about how I used both written records and DNA matches in this video to confirm and expand what I knew about one set of my Irish ancestors.

#irishgenealogy #scottishgenealogy #DNA #DNAmatches #genealogy

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I'd take this class ~ it's so true and so relevant today.

It’s #NationalLibraryWeek, so continuing to share this piece where librarians spoke about the impact of threats to library resources—and how the services, programming, and support libraries provide to communities is essential. I hope you’ll read what they shared:

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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

Not good! Not good at all!

With all that's going on, the last thing you need is the encyclopedia trying to fool you so we just hope you have a nice day.

And if you love your library, let your congresspeople know that IMLS needs to be reinstated ~ federal funding is what helps libraries do what they do.

She died in binary. That’s dedication. RIP.

In Maine, that "magical" includes ebook access, interlibrary loan, children's literacy programs, talking books for the visually/physically impaired, Internet access at small town libraries, and more ~ for less per year than one Trump golf trip.

Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS) covers 1/3- 1/2 of state library agency budgets. Do you know what your state library agency does? Here in RI ours covers programs to ensure our public libraries have online services, interlibrary loan, disaster planning, & data collection. 1/ olis.ri.gov

Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.

Established in 1996, the IMLS provides funding to libraries and museums in every U.S. state and territory—primarily supporting essential but low-profile functions such as database infrastructure and collections management.

Yes, IMLS funds go to supporting ebook access through libraries in many states, so today's move closing IMLS will almost certainly reduce access to Libby, CloudLibrary, Hoopla, and other such services.

They put the entire IMLS staff on leave. One thing the agency does is provide infrastructure or funding for many public libraries and tribal libraries to connect to the internet. In 50 states!

It's gonna suck when kids can't do homework, adults can't apply for jobs, and seniors don't get services.

Again, the IMLS is mandated to exist by statutory law.

there are so many amazing things IMLS does. just to take one:

more than 50% of public libraries get grants (known as e-rate grants) to help pay for their internet access.

more than 50%.

what will happen to those libraries now?

source for that statistic: www.ala.org/news/2024/07...

IMLS costs taxpayers about 75 cents per person per year, to fund library programs that help everyone: Internet at libraries, children's literacy programs, talking books for the visually/physically disabled, and much more.

Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts The Institute of Museum and Library Services is one of seven agencies President Donald Trump is looking to cut "to the maximum extent."

IMLS is the primary source of federal support for U.S. libraries and museums. The agency supports them through grants, research and policy development. The agency has about 75 employees. As of fiscal 2024, it had an annual budget of nearly $295 million. #IMLS

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Friendly reminder that like USAID and USIP, IMLS is authorized by an act of Congress and cannot be dismantled without a subsequent act of Congress directing as such.

At least, not in a time of routine constitutional order.

Statement on IMLS Staff Administrative Leave IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries. This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work. We cannot allow IMLS to be dismantled by executive action.

BREAKING: IMLS staff were just placed on admin leave!

IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.

This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work.

Take action today!

www.everylibrary.org/statement_im...

What does the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences do? The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is a federal agency in the United States that provides support to the nation's museums and libraries. Here's what they do: 1. They provide grants and funding to museums and libraries across the country 2. They conduct research and policy development related to library and museum services 3. They develop national initiatives to strengthen museum and library services 4. They support professional development for library and museum staff 5. They help museums and libraries innovate and adapt to changing community needs 6. They advocate for the role of museums and libraries in education, information access, and community engagement The IMLS was established by the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and operates as an independent federal agency. It administers various grant programs that help museums and libraries serve their communities, preserve cultural heritage, expand digital access, and improve professional

IMLS funding provides many services here in Maine for people with disabilities and in towns without libraries on a very shoestring budget. Some IMLS funding also supports the in-state interlibrary loan program.

What Happens to Libraries if IMLS Goes Away? On Friday night, March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that called for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and six other agencies. In FY24, the IMLS bu...

a primer on IMLS and implications of its closure.
www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-h...

Remembering my great-great aunt Fannie, and the 145 other victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire on this day 124 years ago. M

A diagram partially decoding the artwork Float Free, Bumblebee and its connection to Theorem 4.4. There are three sections of the diagram. The section in the lower left contains three large black and white grid diagrams with vertical repeating patterns. A big red X is overlaid, showing that these are the two-color frieze groups that are impossible in mosaic knitting. The other two sections show three depictions of the frieze patterns in the mosaic knit artwork: a set of square-gridded white strips with scattered squares marked in red (these show the distribution of slip stitches), a set of black and white grid patterns showing the schematic of the actual two-color designs, and a segment of the photograph of Float Free, Bumblebee showing the designs in yellow and black garter stitch mosaic knitting. The section at the top shows the two groups that can only be knit horizontally followed by the three that can be horizontal or vertical. The section in the lower right shows the nine groups that can only be knit vertically.

The graphical abstract for the paper, A Mathematical Analysis of Mosaic Knitting: Constraints, Combinatorics, and Color-Swapping Symmetries. Lining up the actual knitting parts of the diagram was tricky but super satisfying.

While many Bostonians think of it as city folklore, it was said you could smell molasses during a hot summer day for years afterwards 🟤💀

Map: Atlas of the City of Boston : Boston proper and Back Bay (1917)
Images: Digital commonwealth, Boston Globe (1919)

#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory