MADISON, Ind. — A federal judge reinstated the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS) federal grants, according to the American Library Association (ALA).

This is after the agency was on a list in an executive order by President Donald Trump from March, titled the 'reduction of the federal bureaucracy'.

"So far a lot of the things that we've heard just over this past year have been pretty negative, so you feel like you're being hit from all sides, but that was a breath of fresh air," said Jefferson County Public Library director Judi Terpening.

IMLS helped fund the digitization of a history project for the Madison library's 200th birthday.

Free database services and programs where libraries share resources, among others, are possibly at risk.

Over the past year, public li

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