December 2019 News Alerts

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.5 n.12, December 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/advocacy-public-policy-news-alerts.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

·         Bishara, Hakim. “Banksy Unveils a Political Interpretation of the Nativity Scene in Bethlehem.” Hyperallergic, December 23, 2019.

·         Di Liscia, Valentina. “A Church Nativity Scene Makes a Statement About Border Detentions.” Hyperallergic, December 10, 2019.

·         Di Liscia, Valentina. “Mellon Foundation Pulls $1.5M Grant After UNC Settles With Neo-Confederate Group.” Hyperallergic, December 17, 2019.

·         Eligon, John. “‘Who Owns Black Art?’: A Question Resounds at Art Basel Miami.” The New York Times, December 3, 2019.

·         Small, Zachary. “Curator of Controversial ‘Gay Zapata’ Painting Decries ‘Dangerous Precedent for Freedom of Expression.’” ARTnews.Com, December 18, 2019.

 

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

·         Andreadis, Steve. "Copyright on the Internet." Library of Congress Copyright Blog, December 4, 2019.

·         Flynn, Jacob, Rebecca Giblin, and François Petitjean. "What Happens When Books Enter the Public Domain?" Kluwer Copyright Blog, December 1, 2019.

·         Hall, Allison. "Bingo!" Library of Congress Copyright Blog, December 23, 2019.

Funding

·         Lynch, Robert L. "Americans for the Arts and Americans for the Arts Action Fund Issue Statement in Response to Passage of FY2020 Spending Bills." Americans for the Arts, December 17, 2019.

·         "Native Hawaiian, Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Now Available." IMLS, December 5, 2019.

·         Whang, Vanessa. "Diving into Racial Equity: The MAP Fund’s Exploration." Animating Democracy, December 2019.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

·         Duke, Ellie. "Color-blind Museumgoers in Denver Can Now See Art in Full Color." Hyperallergic, December 13, 2019.

·         Jorgensen, Daryl and Mae Sevedge. "Two Case Studies in Decolonization."  American Alliance of Museums, December 12, 2019.

·         Peet, Lisa. "Meeting Room Policy Protests in Toronto, Vancouver." Library Journal, December 5, 2019.

·         Velez, LeTesha. "Diversity Librarianship Survey."  Librarianship.ca, December 11, 2019.

·         Wagley, Catherine G. "Organizations Outside the Art World Are Better at Reaching Underserved Populations." Hyperallergic, December 16, 2019.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

·         Ebenstein, Ruth. "The Book Truck Brings Free Books to Thousands of L.A. Students." School Library Journal, December 19, 2019.

·         "How State Policy Shapes Broadband Deployment." Pewtrusts.org, December 17, 2019.

·         Jensen, Kelly. "Taking from the Vulnerable: JPay, States Charge Incarcerated for Free Ebooks." Book Riot, December 5, 2019.

·         Romm, Tony. "Net Neutrality Supporters Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling that Upheld FCC Repeal." Washington Post, December 13, 2019.

·         Szabo, John F. and Skye Patrick. "Opinion: A Major Publisher is Denying Library Users Access to New E-Books. That's Wrong." Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2019.

Open Access

·         "Collaborating to Support Greater Visibility and Discoverability of Open Scholarship – DSpace 5 & 6 Extension Will Soon Enable Support for new OpenAIRE Guidelines." CARL-ABRC, December 2, 2019.

·         Mandelbaum, Ryan. “Publishing Companies Are Mad That The President Might Want to Make Federally-Funded Research Open Access.” Gizmodo, December 27, 2019.

·         Rabesandratana, Tania. “Elsevier Deal with France Disappoints Open-Access Advocates.” Science, December 13, 2019.

·         “Swiss Researchers to Lose Access to Prestigious Journals over Open Access.” SWI Swissinfo.Ch, December 18, 2019.

Privacy

·         Cappello, Lawrence. "Surveillance Is a Fact of Life, so Make Privacy a Human Right." The Economist: Open Future, December 13, 2019.

·         Harwell, Drew. "Colleges Are Turning Students' Phones into Surveillance Machines, Tracking the Locations of Hundreds of Thousands." The Washington Post, December 24, 2019.

·         Morrison, Sara. "California's New Privacy Law, Explained." Recode by Vox, December 30, 2019.

·         Wantuck, Susan Giles. "Temple Terrace Public Library Tackles Tough Topics." WUSF News, December 23, 2019.

·         Warzel, Charlie. "Will Congress Actually Pass a Privacy Bill?" The New York Times, December 10, 2019.

Technology

·         "One of the world's largest private equity firms just bought one of the world's largest library ebook companies." Boing Boing, December 27, 2019

·         Enis, Matt. "Ex Libris Acquires Innovative Interfaces." Library Journal, December 5, 2019.

·         Ochigame, Rodrigo. "The Invention of 'Ethical AI': How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation," Intercept, December 20, 2019.

·         McGivern, Hannah. "How to Make Museums More Accessible to Disabled People? Ask Them." The Art Newspaper, December 10, 2019. 

Workplace

·         "8Rs and Canada’s Public Libraries." Librarianship.ca, December 8, 2019

·         Dyer, Emma. "University Loses Appeal in Library Union Case." The Chicago Maroon, December 28, 2019.

·         McCulloch, Alissa. "The Price of Entry." Cataloguing the Universe, December 4, 2019.

·         Reyes, Juliana Feliciano. "Why a Google Spreadsheet Was the Most Powerful Tool for Labor in 2019." The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 31, 2019.

·         Seeber, Kevin. "Austerity Forever." Blog, December 3, 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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