Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.6 n.3, March 2020
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.
- "#CLOSETHELIBRARIES."
Launched March 28, 2020.
- "Coronavirus
Disease (COVID-19) Resources for Libraries."
Librarianship.ca, March 31, 2020.
- "Museum Staff Impact During COVID19."
Launched March 20, 2020.
- Riley, Elliot. "LJ
Survey: U.S. Public Libraries Mostly Closed, But No Consensus on Who Works and Where."
Library Journal, March 26, 2020.
- Taylor, Kate. "Canada’s
Museums Scramble to Promote Online Experiences as Coronavirus Shuts Their Doors."
The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2020.
- "U.S. Archive Staff Impact During
COVID19 Spreadsheet." Launched March 26, 2020.
- Yadin, Hallel. "Reading
List: Coronavirus Resources for Contingent GLAM Workers."
Stacks on Stacks, March 14, 2020.
Activism and Social Justice in the Arts
- Bishara, Hakim. “A
Guerrilla Projection Urges NYC to ‘Cancel the Rent’ and ‘End Bail.’”
Hyperallergic, March 30, 2020.
- Bishara, Hakim. “Who’s
Behind the Media Campaign Against a Decolonize This Place Organizer?”
Hyperallergic, March 16, 2020.
- Boucher, Brian. “As
New York and California Hospitals Face Critical Equipment Shortages, Museums and Schools Step Into the Breach.”
ARTnews.com, March 24, 2020.
- Di Liscia, Valentina. “A
Cultural Tradition in Spain Has Become a Symbol of Strength During Coronavirus Pandemic.”
Hyperallergic, March 24, 2020.
- Farago, Jason. “The
Merry-Go-Round Stopped. What Sort of Art Will Emerge?”
The New York Times, March 25, 2020.
Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse
Funding
- Cascone, Sarah. "Anonymous
Was a Woman Announces $250,000 in Emergency Grants for Female Artists Over 40 in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis."
ArtNet News, March 30, 2020.
- Cristine, Rachael. "An
Evaluation of the Stimulus Package and Resources for LAM Professionals."
Rachael Cristine Consulting LLC, March 30, 2020.
- "Federal
Economic Stimulus Relief Funds Provide Encouraging Support to the Nation’s Community-Based Arts and Culture Organizations Experiencing $3.6 Billion in Devastating Losses."
Americans for the Arts, March 27, 2020.
- "Federal
Government Invests $50M in Museums, Libraries to Address Digital Divide During COVID-19."
Institute of Museum and Library Services, March 27, 2020.
- Kromer, Kathi. "Federal
Relief Package Supports Libraries."
American Libraries, March 27, 2020.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)
- Evans, Meredith. "Making
Room for Everyone."
Off the Record, March 16, 2020.
- Hicks, Dan. "Will
Europe’s Museums Rise to the Challenge of Decolonisation?"
The Guardian, March 7, 2020.
- Leckrone, Bennett. "Why
This 'Diversity Librarian' Wants to Make Her Job Obsolete."
The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 4,
2020.
- "What
You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19."
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, March 19, 2020.
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information
- Bender, Maddie. "You
Can Now Access 1.4 Million Books for Free Thanks to the Internet Archive."
Vice, March 25, 2020.
- Bode, Karl. "Libraries
Want to Turn Bookmobiles into Free WiFi Trucks During Coronavirus Lockdown."
Vice, March 24, 2020.
- "Freedom-of-Information
Requests Shunted to Sidelines During Virus Crisis."
Burnaby Now, March 26, 2020.
- Mentzer, Rob. "With
Schools Closed, Library Parking Lots are Some Families' Only Place for Internet."
Wisconsin Public Radio, March 23, 2020.
- Salam, Richard and Nina Sweig. "Public
Access to Information Suffers Under Coronavirus."
Columbia Journalism Review, March 25, 2020.
Open Access
- Allen, Nicole. “Annual
OER Survey: Momentum Continues to Grow as Landscape Evolves.”
SPARC, March 10, 2020.
- Brainard, Jeffrey. “Publishers
Try out Alternative Pathways to Open Access.”
Science, March 13, 2020.
- Finley, Klint. “Global
Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research.”
Wired, March 13, 2020.
- Heath, Victoria and Brigitte Vézina. "Now
is the Time for Open Access Policies - Here's Why."
Creative Commons, March 19, 2020.
Privacy
- Boutilier, Alex. "Ottawa
Wants More Time to Update Canada’s Data Privacy Laws. Critics Say We Can’t Wait."
Toronto Star, March 6, 2020.
- Lieberman, Mark. "Massive
Shift to Remote Learning Prompts Big Data Privacy Concerns."
Education Week, March 26, 2020.
- Okuda, Soraya, Will Greenberg, Ben Elam, and Hayley Tsukayama. "Keeping
Each Other Safe When Virtually Organizing Mutual Aid."
Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 30, 2020.
- Singer, Natasha, and Choe Sang-Hun. "As
Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets."
The New York Times, March 23, 2020.
- Whittaker, Zack. "Maybe
We Shouldn't Use Zoom after All."
TechCrunch, March 31, 2020.
Technology
- Falcon, Ernesto. "Social
Distancing, The Digital Divide, and Fixing This Going Forward."
Electronic Frontier Foundation,
March 23, 2020.
- Lepore, Jill. "The
National Emergency Library is a Gift to Readers Everywhere."
The New Yorker,
March 26, 2020.
- Ostman, Sarah. "Fighting
Fake News in the Pandemic: Using Your Library's Digital Reach to Thwart Misinformation."
American Libraries,
March 20, 2020.
- Toussaint, Kristin. "Makers
Are Rushing to Fight Coronavirus with 3D Printed Face Shields and Test Swabs."
Fast Company,
March 27, 2020.
Workplace
- Brown, Meg. "When
No Public Means No Paycheck."
Library Journal, March 25, 2020.
- Cifor, Marika, and Brian M. Watson. "The
Cost of Entry: Internships in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums Education." In
iConference 2020: Sustainable Digital Communities, 525–35. Boras, Sweden: Springer, 2020.
- "Evaluating
Project Design for Worker Equity."
Collective Responsibility Labor Toolkit, March 31, 2020.
- "Recommendations
to Funders: Promoting Equitable Approaches to Project Staff Design."
Collective Responsibility Labor Toolkit, March 31, 2020.
- Schwartz, Meredith. "Gig
Librarianship | Editorial."
Library Journal, March 3, 2020.
This issue of
News Alerts was compiled by Amy Furness, Sarah Hamerman, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams,
and Michael Wirtz.
