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An Archivist’s Job is to ‘Keep The Receipts.’ What Happens When They Can’t Do Their Job?; ‘A Death Blow’: Filmmakers, Archivists Reel As DOGE Suddenly Cuts Their Funding; & More Headlines

Archivists and ArchivesAn Archivist’s Job is to ‘Keep The Receipts.’ What Happens When They Can’t Do Their Job? (via The Boston Globe)DemocracyOp/Ed From EveryLibrary, American Alliance of Museums; League of Women Voters: The Trump Administration is Not Just Erasing History, They’re Rewriting the Future and Attacking Democracy (via Newsweek)Funding‘A Death Blow’: Filmmakers, Archivists Reel As DOGE Suddenly Cuts Their Funding (via The San Francisco Stand
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Journal Article: The State of Cost Sharing And Collaborative Collection Development at AACSB-Accredited Universities
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Op/Ed: Politicians Shouldn’t Get to Delete Inconvenient Facts
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