library funding

An executive order has stopped mid-Missouri libraries from receiving reimbursements for federally funded grants.

The entire staff of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services were put on leave Monday. The Institute is the largest funder of cultural institutions in the U.S. It gives money to the states to pass on to local communities in the form of grants. It most recently gave Missouri just over $3 million.

The Boone County Commission presented the Daniel Boone Regional Library with $250,000 of the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funds Monday.

University of Missouri libraries will offer fewer subscriptions to academic journals and databases in an effort to address a budget reduction.Campus…