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Hi Austin, Thanks so much for the link. Claire Gallam ------------------------------ Claire Gallam ------------------------------

Great news from POLITICO: Shira Perlmutter has just been reinstated as register of Copyrights.From article " Appeals court, weighing Trump's Library takeover, reinstates copyright chief." by Josh Gerstein 9/10/25. In the case a 2-1 decision from the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Shira Perlmutter ...

I’m keeping a close look on the lawsuit proceedings regarding Shira Perlmutter’s request for a temporary restraining order. Her case has been denied a second time and things don’t look great for her request. To me, just my opinion, these people judging such important issues know nothing about how libraries ...

Hi, Good news! Shira Perlmutter just filed a case against the Trump Administration. She has courage! Claire Gallam

Hi Frieda I am ready to sign my name on any strong statement expressing my horror that this criminal regime would attack our trusted and esteemed Library of Congress. I am retired now so any action I take will not cause me to lose my job. Having said this I can be as outspoken as I like to demand ...

Hi Has anyone seen the latest Trump decision to fire the Librarian of Congress? Why? Is this an attempt to equate banned books with the Library of Congress? What is the man thinking (???) . Has he ever read a book or does he even know what our great institution of books and other materials provide? ...

Hi Xan, I read the SCOTUS blog and listened to the Oral Arguments. This is a dilemma and it seems to me that Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, see a broader scenario here that goes beyond the issue of opt-outs for LGBTQ+ themed storybooks. Will opt-outs become the questioning of ...

900 books? What's left? And "Einstein on Race and Racism" that's a real stretch as a blockbuster "DEI" title. Who is the professional librarian determining these books for blacklisting? Are we as librarians going to let such attacks run under the radar? McCarthyism can no longer be tolerated! Who will ...

Hi, It has come to this, Shameful!!! Claire Rafferty Galam (lresearch librarian, Milwaukee, WI