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What Does the Fiscal 2011 Budget Hold for the History and Archives Communities?

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The IMLS budget was reduced by $44 million down to a level of $238 million. In fiscal 2010 the IMLS received $282.3 million, $16 million of which was for congressional earmarks. The $44 million reduction includes the amount of those earmarks plus $28 million of cuts in programmatic funding. There is no breakdown available yet as to how the money will be divided between museum and library programs.

Read entire article at Lee White in Perspectives, the monthly newsletter of the AHA