A federal court ruling prompted the Institute of Museum and Library Services to restore grants that the Trump administration had canceled, marking a legal rebuke to efforts that sought to dismantle the agency. The reinstatement restores federal funding streams that support digital access, literacy and research services used by campuses and academic libraries nationwide. Higher‑education leaders who rely on IMLS grants for community outreach and library modernization hailed the decision as a check on administrative overreach and a stabilizing move for grant‑dependent programming.