Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.3 n.4, April 2017

 

Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor public policy issues and 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/public-policy-news-alerts.

 

Art, Activism, & Social Justice

• Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth. "Creativity & Social Justice." SXSWedu, April 18, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLwutlscrGUO3RSsUV6kNdInK7DdYfYFen&v=FEu9Circ95g
• Sutton, Benjamin. "Art Collectors and Museum Patrons Among Biggest Donors to Trump’s Inauguration." Hyperallergic, April 20, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/373504/trump-donors-art-patrons/
• Voon, Claire. "Australians Have Beef with Hermann Nitsch Performance Involving Bull Carcass." Hyperallergic, April 18, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/373412/australians-have-beef-with-hermann-nitsch-performance-involving-bull-carcass/
• Stromberg, Matt. "Protesters Honor Ana Mendieta at LA Opening of Carl Andre Retrospective." Hyperallergic, April 13, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/372600/protesters-honor-ana-mendieta-at-la-opening-of-carl-andre-retrospective/

Copyright & Fair Use

• Sheehan, Kerry. "Let’s Make The Copyright Office Less Political, Not More." Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 27, 2017. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/lets-make-copyright-office-less-political-not-more
• Masnick, Mike. "Newly Leaked Documents Expose Stunning Waste And Incompetence At The Copyright Office." TechDirt, April 3, 2017. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170401/23571937059/newly-leaked-documents-expose-stunning-waste-incompetence-copyright-office.shtml
• Roberts, Jeff John. "Charging Bull vs. Fearless Girl: Why the Artist Has No Case." Fortune, April 16, 2017. http://fortune.com/2017/04/16/fearless-girl-copyright/
• Kinsella, Eileen. "Prince Photographer Fires Back at Warhol Foundation Copyright Suit." Artnet, April 13, 2017. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/prince-photographer-fires-back-warhol-foundation-copyright-suit-923759
• Thuronyi, George. "U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Separability Analysis in its Ruling on Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc." Library of Congress Blog, April 6, 2017. https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2017/04/u-s-supreme-court-clarifies-separability-analysis-in-its-ruling-on-star-athletica-llc-v-varsity-brands-inc/
• Voon, Claire. "Bushwick Street Artists Threaten Legal Action Against McDonald’s for Using Their Work." Hyperallergic, April 18, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/373490/bushwick-street-artists-threaten-legal-action-against-mcdonalds-for-using-their-work/

Image Rights & Reuse

• Boucher, Brian. "Not Lovin' It: Street Artists Slam McDonald's For Using Their Work in New Ad." Artnet, April 19, 2017. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nyc-graffiti-artists-mcdonalds-929855
• Kineslla, Eilenn. "Billionaire Igor Olenicoff, Guilty of Making Knockoffs of Famous Artworks, Will Pay Zero." Artnet, April 7, 2017.  https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/billionaire-igor-olenicoff-guilty-making-knock-offs-famous-artworks-will-pay-zero-285373
• Willsher, Kim. "Jeff Koons Plagiarised French Photographer for Naked Sculpture." Guardian, March 9, 2017.  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/09/jeff-koons-plagiarised-french-photographer-for-naked-sculpture

Funding

• Bullard, Giuliana. "IMLS Awards $9.7 Million for Librarian Training and for Excellence in the Field." Institute of Museum and Library Services, April 18, 2017. https://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/imls-awards-97-million-librarian-training-and-excellence-field
• Sieczkowski, Cavan. “Librarians School Ivanka Trump After Tone-Deaf Tweet.” The Huffington Post, April 17, 2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-librarians-national-library-week_us_58f4c2b4e4b0b9e9848d001f
• Brickman, Laura. "Five Costs to Cutting Arts Programs." Forbes, April 15, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabrickman/2017/04/15/five-costs-to-cutting-arts-programs/#3f9c7d158e02
•  Hutter, Victoria. "Latest Economic Data Tracks Arts and Cultural Jobs per State." National Endowment for the Arts, April 19, 2017. https://www.arts.gov/news/2017/latest-economic-data-tracks-arts-and-cultural-jobs-state
• National Library Legislative Day (NLLD): May 1-2, 2017. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld 

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Nye, Valerie. "A Call to Protect Academic Freedom." Intellectual Freedom Blog, April 18, 2017. http://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=9170
• Goldberg, Barbara. "Librarians Asked to Pull Cosby Books after Sex Assault Charges: Study." Reuters, April 10, 2017. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-cosby-idUSKBN17C217
• Krueger, Vicki. "How the Freedom of Information Act Applies to Federal Agencies." Poynter, April 12, 2017. http://www.poynter.org/2017/how-the-freedom-of-information-act-applies-to-federal-agencies/455789/

Open Access

• Blumenstyk, Goldie. "Publishers and Open-Resource Advocates Square Off on the Future of Course Content." The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 17, 2017. http://www.chronicle.com/article/PublishersOpen-Resource/239806/
• Smith, Kevin. "What are the Next Steps for Open Access?" In the Open, April 7, 2017. http://intheopen.net/2017/04/what-are-the-next-steps-for-open-access/

Privacy

• Choose Privacy Week is May 1-7, 2017: https://chooseprivacyweek.org/
• Recording of Practical Privacy Practices Webinar from the ALA office for Intellectual Freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KJW4p7urV8&feature=youtu.be 
• Kaste, Martin. "States Introduce New Legislation to Protect Internet Privacy." All Things Considered, April 10, 2017. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/10/523311405/states-introduce-new-legislation-to-protect-internet-privacy
• Wong, Calvin. "Western librarians publish first-ever online privacy guide by a Canadian university library."  The Gazette, April 11, 2017. http://www.westerngazette.ca/news/western-librarians-publish-first-ever-online-privacy-guide-by-a/article_fe70ab6a-17c5-11e7-a3e0-070260a5ca45.html 

Technology & Telecommunications

• Domonoske, Camila. "Former Microsoft CEO Launches New Tool for Finding Government Data." The Two-Way: Breaking News from NPR, April 18, 2017. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/18/524553683/former-microsoft-ceo-launches-new-tool-for-finding-government-data?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170419
• Davis, Wynne and Lulu Garcia-Navarro. " Companies and Users Can Do More To Stay Secure With Smart Devices." All Tech Considered, March 27, 2017. http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/26/521362526/companies-and-users-can-do-more-to-stay-secure-with-smart-devices
• Chen, Brian X. "For Internet Privacy, VPNS Are an Imperfect Shield." The New York Times, April 5, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/technology/personaltech/vpn-internet-security.html 

 

This issue was compiled by Caley Cannon, Sara DeWaay, Serenity Ibsen, Mary Kandiuk, and Lynora Williams.