Summary and Analysis of Potential Impact of January 2025 POTUS Executive Orders on Libraries Served by the ESLN
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You have requested my expedited input regarding the potential impact on ESLN member organizations of the 33 executive orders issued in the first week of the second term of President Donald Trump, which began January 20, 2025.
The nine regional “reference and research library resources” systems comprising the Empire State Library Network serve:
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SUMMARY
The flurry of executive orders issued at the start of the 2025 POTUS term creates many immediate and emphatic changes to federal executive policy. Many of these orders also lay the groundwork for further changes, many of which could directly impact the libraries and library-containing organizations listed above.