Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. 

Published on 7/08/21

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.7 n.6, June 2021

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments.

Previous issues can be found here: https://arlisna.org/news/advocacy-public-policy-news-alerts.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts: Michael

• “Cuban Artist Arrested after German Residency.” ArtReview, June 28, 2021.
• Greenberger, Alex. “Detroit Institute of Arts Faces Backlash Over Newly Unveiled Police Mural.” ARTnews.Com, June 7, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Hundreds March Through Midtown for Final Week of ‘Strike MoMA.’” Hyperallergic, June 13, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Why Is a Racist Roosevelt Statue Still Standing in New York City?” Hyperallergic, June 21, 2021.
• Michel, Karen. “Jane Kaufman, Guerrilla Girl and Pioneer of the Pattern and Decoration Movement, Dies at 83.” ARTnews, June 25, 2021.
• Selvin, Claire. “Toppled Statue of Slave Trader Goes On View in Bristol, Generating Controversy.” ARTnews.Com, June 8, 2021.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse: Freyja

• Albanese, Andrew. “New York Legislature Passes Library E-Book Bill.” PublishersWeekly.Com. June 11, 2021.
• Canadian Federation of Library Associations. "Response to Consultation on a Modern Copyright Framework for Online Intermediaries." Canadian Federation of Library Associations. June 2, 2021.
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). "IFLA Joins the 41st Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights.” IFLA. June 28, 2021.
• Stihler, Catherine. “CC Search to Join WordPress.” Creative Commons. May 3, 2021.
• U.S. Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization. “Roundtables on International Copyright Education.” June 15, 2021.
• Vézina, Brigitte and Stihler, Catherine. “We’re Launching the CC Open GLAM Program.” Creative Commons, June 10, 2021.

Funding: Lauren

• Kobert, Elizabeth. “How the American Rescue Plan Act Works for Libraries.” Library Journal, June 21, 2021.
• Peet, Lisa. “Ohio Senate Restores Library Budget.” Library Journal, June 9, 2021.
• “SAA Foundation Awards Six Strategic Growth Grants.” Society of American Archivists, June 1, 2021.
• Sallick, Daniel. “Why America Needs a 1% Federal Art Sales Tax.” ARTnews, June 10, 2021.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA): Rachel

• Berry, Dorothy. “The House Archives Built.” Up//Root. Accessed July 6, 2021.
• Hathcock, April. “Goodbye, ALA.” At The Intersection, June 29, 2021.
• “Joint Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Education about Racism in American History.” American Historical Association, June 2021.
• Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De. “‘The Museum Has Never Been a Neutral Space’: Curator Laura Raicovich Takes Aim at Institutions.” ARTnews, June 15, 2021.
• Petrowski, Mary Jane, and Ione Damasco. “VAL Spotlight Series: Practices of Equity & Social Justice – Ione Damasco.” ACRL Insider, June 16, 2021.
• Tulshyan, Ruchika. “Return to Office? Some Women of Color Aren’t Ready.” The New York Times, June 23, 2021.
• Librarianship.ca. “Statements from the Canadian Library and GLAM Community Related to Kamloops Indian Residential School.” Librarianship.ca. Updated June 28, 2021.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information: Freyja

• Hayes, Amber. “ALA Committee on Education Seeks Feedback on Newly Revised ALA Core Competences.” American Library Association: News and Press Center. June 17, 2021.
• Smith, Jordan. “Facebook Censors ‘Fake News’ Satire as ‘Fake News’." Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. June 11, 2021.
• Smith, Jordan. “Overcoming Identity Censorship One-Sheet." Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. June 28, 2021.
• Smith, Jordan. “Victory! Supreme Court Issues Mahanoy Decision." Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. June 23, 2021.
• Vock, Daniel C. “Teachers Come under Pressure as Politicians, Parents Battle over ‘Critical Race Theory.’” Colorado Newsline, June 12, 2021.
• Wallace-Wells, Benjamin. “How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory.” The New Yorker. June 18, 2021.

Open Access: Rachel

• Avanço, Karla. “Future of Scholarly Communication: Forging an Inclusive and Innovative Research Infrastructure for Scholarly Communication in Social Sciences and Humanities.” OPERAS, June 29, 2021.
• Boston, Arthur. “The Values of Library Publishing and Open Infrastructure: Recapping #LPForum21.” Commonplace, June 2, 2021.
• Cummins, Eleanor. “How Academic Pirate Alexandra Elbakyan Is Fighting Scientific Misinformation.” Motherboard: Tech by VICE. Accessed July 6, 2021.
• Lockett, Andrew. “Publishing, the Internet and the Commons: Debates and Developments.” Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture. University of Westminster Press, June 1, 2021.

Digital Privacy: Lauren

• “OA eBook Usage Data Trust Releases Data Ecosystem and Use Case Documentation.” Educopia Newsletter, June 2021.
• “Opinion: If facial recognition is not regulated now, it will never be used responsibly.” Washington Post, June 2, 2021.

Technology: Sarah

• Albanese, Andrew. “OverDrive to Acquire Kanopy.” Publishers Weekly. June 9, 2021.
• Carlton, Amy. “Social Justice Requires Broadband Access.” American Libraries Magazine. June 26, 2021.
• Enis, Matt. “Full Stream Ahead: What’s Next for Streaming Media.” Library Journal. June 17, 2021.
• Haigh, Susan. “CARL Submission to the Ontario government's Consultation on Developing Ontario's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Framework". Canadian Association of Research Libraries. June 4, 2021.
• Lawson-Tancred, Jo. “Selling the World Wide Web.” Apollo Magazine, June 29, 2021.
• "National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Report on Artists’ Use of Technology as a Creative Medium." NEA, June 30, 2021.
• Newman, Nathan. “Where Is Our Spotify for Books?” Slate Magazine, June 7, 2021.
• Pretty, Heather, et al. "Final Report of the Canadian BIBFRAME Readiness Task Force." Canadian Federation of Library Associations. June 14, 2021.

Workplace: Sarah

• Comanda, Bridgette et. al. “Service Ceiling: The High Cost of Professional Development for Academic Librarians.” In the Library with the Lead Pipe. June 9, 2021.
• Concerned CPL Workers. “The Chicago Public Library Should Not Be the Library of the Year.” Medium, June 25, 2021.
• Hudson, David James. “Considering the MLS.” David James Hudson, June 9, 2021.
• Kopel, Dana, and Maxwell L. Anderson. “Will Unions Make a Difference at US Museums?” Apollo Magazine, June 28, 2021.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Freyja Catton, Sarah Hamerman, Rachel Harris, Lauren McDaniel, and Michael Wirtz.