October 2019 News Alerts

 

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.5 n.10, October 2019

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/public-policy-news-alerts.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

·         Bishara, Hakim. “Artist Phil Collins Withdraws From MoMA PS1 Exhibition in Solidarity With Prison Divestment.” Hyperallergic, October 30, 2019.

·         Durón, Maximilíano. “Instagram Holds Closed-Door Roundtable with Artists on Art and Nudity.” ARTnews, October 21, 2019.

·         Greenberger, Alex. “Arrests at MoMA: Protesters Block Entrance, Demanding Removal of Board Member Holding Puerto Rican Debt.” ARTnews, October 21, 2019.

·         Greenberger, Alex. “Hundreds Ascend Metropolitan Museum of Art Stairs for Indigenous Peoples’ Day Protest.” ARTnews, October 14, 2019.

·         Russeth, Andrew. “Richard Prince Portrait Subject Slams Artist’s Instagram Appropriation: ‘Reckless, Embarrassing, and Uninformed.’” ARTnews, November 1, 2019.

·         Sharp, Sarah R. “Greta Thunberg’s Handwriting Sprouts as a New Typeface: Greta Grotesk.” Hyperallergic, October 17, 2019.

·         Weber, Jasmine. “Emmett Till Gets a Bulletproof Memorial.” Hyperallergic, October 21, 2019.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

·         Brunet, Melanie and Amanda Wakaruk. “An Exercise in Contradiction? The Role of Academic Copyright Librarians.” Education and Research Archive, October 10, 2019.

·         Geist, Michael. “The CBC Lawsuit, Fair Dealing and Future Reform: The Unexpected Arrival of Copyright in Election 2019.” Michaelgeist.ca, October 17, 2019.

·         Perelli, Amanda. “Prominent YouTube Creator Lindsay Ellis is Challenging the Platform over the Way it Handles Copyright Claims.” Business Insider, October 29, 2019.

·         Temple, Karen A. “New Fees Proposed for U.S. Copyright Office Services.” Library of Congress, Copyright Blog, October 17, 2019.

·         Trendacosta, Katharine. “Today: Tell Congress Not to Pass Another Bad Copyright Law.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 15, 2019.

Funding

·         “Fall Federal Legislative Priorities Released.” Americans for the Arts, October 11, 2019. 

·         “National Park Service Now Accepting Proposals for the Save America's Treasures Grant Program.” Institute of Museum and Library Services, October 17, 2019.

·         “San Francisco Art Institute Gets Save America's Treasures Grant to Restore New Deal-Era Frescoes.” National Endowment for the Humanities, October 4, 2019. 

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

·         Cassell, Dessane Lopez. “Revealing Lost Archives of Black Cinema and Creating New Ones.” Hyperallergic, October 10, 2019. 

·         Damen, Jos. “How to Decolonise the Library.” LSE Impact Blog, October 4, 2019. 

·         Goskar, Tehmina. “Curatorial Thoughts on Decolonisation.” Curatorial Research Centre, October 2, 2019. 

·         Mattern, Shannon. “Fugitive Libraries.” Places Journal, October 2019.

·         “Ontario Human Rights Commission Inquiry to Ask: Do Students With Reading Disabilities Have Meaningful Access to Education?” Librarianship.ca, October 8, 2019. 

·         Sanders, Carol. “Lack of Diversity in Canadian Museum Leadership Decried.” Winnipeg Free Press, October 23, 2019. 

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

·         Breakenridge, Rob. “COMMENTARY: We Should Expect Public Libraries to be on the Side of Freedom of Expression.” Global News, November 2, 2019.

·         Caldwell-Stone, Deborah. “Auditing the First Amendment at Your Public Library.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, October 2, 2019.

·         Enis, Matt. “Responding to Congress, ALA Denounces Amazon, Macmillan.” Library Journal, October 24, 2019.

·         Jensen, Kelly. “Why and How Censorship Thrives in American Prisons.” Book Riot, October 21, 2019.

·         “New ALA Report Cites Abusive Pricing, Denial and Delay of Sales to Libraries by Major Publishers.” American Libraries, October 24, 2019.

Open Access

·         “Advancing Open – Summary and Invitation for Comment.” Librarianship.ca, October 13, 2019.

·         “Cambridge to Trial Crowdfunding Open Access Book | Research Information.” Research Information, October 21, 2019.

·         “CARL and Canada’s Federal Granting Agencies Working Together to Improve the Discovery of Canadian Research Outputs.” CARL/ABRC, October 23, 2019. 

·         Geist, Michael. “The LawBytes Podcast, Episode 28: The Past, Present and Future of Open Access – A Conversation with Leslie Chan.” www.michaelgeist.ca, October 21, 2019.

·         “Internalizing ‘Open for Whom?’: Unpacking the Connection Between Equity & Open.” SPARC - News, October 21, 2019.

·         Khoo, Shaun. “Opinion: Boycotting Elsevier Is Not Enough.” The Scientist Magazine, October 22, 2019.

Privacy

·         Cox, Joseph. “Comcast Is Lobbying Against Encryption that Could Prevent It from Learning Your Browser History." Motherboard: Tech by VICE, October 23, 2019.

·         Lund, Brady. “Using the Dark Web in Libraries | Field Reports.” Library Journal, October 2, 2019.

·         Sempek, Ross. “Privacy Matters: A Critique of Open Libraries.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, October 15, 2019.

·         Snowden, Edward. “Without Encryption, We Will Lose All Privacy. This Is Our New Battleground.” The Guardian, October 15, 2019.

·         Vogels, Emily A., and Monica Anderson. “Americans and Digital Knowledge.” Pew Research Center, October 9, 2019.

·         Yoose, Becky. “One Step Forward, Many Steps Back.” Dorothea Salo, October 16, 2019.

Technology

·         Wong, Alia. “College Students Just Want Normal Libraries.” The Atlantic, October 4, 2019.

·         Broussard, Meredith. “Why Binary Code Won't Accommodate Non-Binary People.” Slate, October 13, 2019.

·         Keyes, Os. “The Body Instrumental.” Logic Magazine, Issue 9, October 2019.

Workplace

·         Allard, Suzie. “Placements & Salaries 2019.” Library Journal, October 10, 2019. [paywalled]

·         Art + Museum Transparency. “If Culture Sector Employers Want Equality, Post Salary and Benefits With Job Descriptions.” Hyperallergic, October 4, 2019.

·         Bishara, Hakim. “After Strained Negotiations, New Museum Signs Five-Year Contract With Union Workers.” Hyperallergic, October 2, 2019.

·         Chen, Kristina. “MIT Library Workers Campaign to Unionize.” The Tech, October 23, 2019.

·         Geary, Jade, and Brittany Hickey. “When Does Burnout Begin? The Relationship Between Graduate School Employment and Burnout Amongst Librarians.” In the Library With The Lead Pipe, October 16, 2019.

 

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Amy Furness, Sarah Hamerman, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz.

 

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Lynora Williams

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National Museum of Women in the Arts

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