July 2020 News Alerts
Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.6 n.7, July 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.
Previous issues can be found here: https://arlisna.org/news/advocacy-public-policy-news-alerts<https://arlisna.org/news/public-policy-news-alerts>.
Black Lives Matter Updates
* Balzer, Cass. "Rethinking Police Presence<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/07/08/rethinking-police-presence/>." American Libraries, July 8, 2020.
* Bedrosian, Alyssa. "UNCG Launches Effort to Document Black Lives Matter Movement<https://news.uncg.edu/launches-effort-document-black-lives-matter/>." UNCG News, July 23, 2020.
* Damon, Anjeanette. "Douglas County Sheriff to Library: Support Black Lives Matter? Don't Bother Calling 911.<https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2020/07/28/douglas-county-sheriff-library-board-dont-call-911-black-lives-matter/5530078002/>" Reno Gazette Journal, July 28, 2020.
* Walsh, Sean Collins and Mensah M. Dean. "Free Library Director Siobhan Reardon Has Resigned Following Complaints about Workplace Racial Discrimination.<https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/philadelphia-free-library-director-siobhan-reardon-resigns-20200723.html>" Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23, 2020.
COVID-19 Updates
* Bowley, Graham. "Museum Directors Fear Permanent Closure, an Alliance Survey Shows<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/arts/design/museums-survey-coronavirus.html>." The New York Times, July 22, 2020.
* Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. "The New Model Library. Welcome Home<http://www.oclc.org/blog/main/the-new-model-library-welcome-home/>." Next, July 30, 2020.
* Gold, Kerry. "How Public Libraries Play a Vital Role in Restoring the Economy.<https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-virtual-and-physical-community-living-room-of-a-library-a-much/>" Globe and Mail, July 28, 2020.
* Zauzmer, Julie. "Librarians Alarmed about Coronavirus Safety at D.C.'s Reopened Public Libraries.<https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/23/librarians-alarmed-about-coronavirus-safety-dcs-reopened-public-libraries/>" Washington Post, July 23, 2020.
Activism and Social Justice in the Arts
* Bishara, Hakim. “Turkish Activist and Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala Nears 1,000 Days in Prison<https://hyperallergic.com/578553/osman-kavala-1000-days-prison/>.” Hyperallergic, July 24, 2020.
* Greenberger, Alex. “Monument Replacing English Slave Trader Statue by Artist Marc Quinn Gets Removed<https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/marc-quinn-monument-jen-reid-bristol-removed-1202694472/>.” ARTnews.Com, July 16, 2020.
* Jacobs, Julia. “The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art That Contain Multitudes<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/design/black-lives-matter-murals-new-york.html>.” The New York Times, July 16, 2020.
* Liscia, Valentina Di. “Congress Votes in Favor of Creating National Museum of the American Latino<https://hyperallergic.com/578824/congress-votes-in-favor-of-creating-national-museum-of-the-american-latino/>.” Hyperallergic, July 27, 2020.
* Liscia, Valentina Di. “House Votes to Remove Confederate Statues From US Capitol<https://hyperallergic.com/578396/house-votes-to-remove-confederate-statues-from-us-capitol/>.” Hyperallergic, July 23, 2020.
* Small, Zachary. “For Some Artists, Election Season Means ‘Enough of Trump<https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/arts/design/election-art.html>.’” New York Times, July 20, 2020.
* Solomon, Tessa. “This Independence Weekend, 80 Artists Will Protest Immigrant Incarceration In Nationwide Skywriting Campaign<https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/in-plain-sight-detention-centers-rafa-esparza-cassils-1202693356/>.” ARTnews.Com, July 3, 2020.
* Stromberg, Matt. “Open Letter Criticizes Getty for Racial Bias and Insensitivity<https://hyperallergic.com/577530/open-letter-criticizes-getty-for-racial-bias-and-insensitivity/>.” Hyperallergic, July 17, 2020.
Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse
* Albanese, Andrew. "Internet Archive Answers Publishers' Copyright Lawsuit<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/83971-internet-archive-answers-publishers-copyright-lawsuit.html>." Publishers Weekly, July 29, 2020.
* Doctorow, Cory. "Mexico's New Copyright Law Puts Human Rights in Jeopardy<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/mexicos-new-copyright-law-puts-human-rights-jeopardy>." Electronic Frontier Foundation, July 24, 2020.
* Kahle, Brewster. "Libraries Lend Books, and Must Continue to Lend Books: Internet Archive Responds to Publishers’ Lawsuit.<https://blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/internet-archive-responds-to-publishers-lawsuit/?iax=newsletter073120%7cctalnk>" Internet Archive Blogs, July 29, 2020.
* Lamberson, Nicole. "The Statue of Liberty: A Copyright Inspiration<https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2020/07/the-statue-of-liberty-a-copyright-inspiration/>." Library of Congress Copyright Blog, July 2, 2020.
Funding
* "A First Look at America’s Arts Industries Success in Accessing PPP Loans<https://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/americans-for-the-arts-news/a-first-look-at-americas-arts-industries-success-in-accessing-ppp-loans>." Americans for the Arts, July 23, 2020.
* Greenberger, Alex. "Which Top U.S. Galleries, Museums, and Art Spaces Received Small Business Loans?<https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ppp-loans-art-organizations-jeff-koons-guggenheim-museum-gagosian-1202693597/>" ARTnews, July 7, 2020.
* "IMLS Announces $18.2 Million Investment in U.S. Library Initiatives<https://www.imls.gov/news/imls-announces-182-million-investment-us-library-initiatives>." IMLS, July 23, 2020.
* Kromer, Kathi. "Congress Introduces Library Stabilization Fund Act<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/congress-introduces-library-stabilization-fund-act/>." American Libraries, July 8, 2020.
* Turner, Adrian. "'Building a National Finding Aid Network': Collaborative Research and Development Initiative Receives IMLS Funding Support.<https://cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2020/07/28/building-a-national-finding-aid-network-collaborative-research-and-development-initiative-receives-imls-funding-support/>" California Digital Library, July 28, 2020.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)
* Birch, Stephanie, Suzanne Stapleton, and Margarita Vargas-Betancourt. "Outreach from Academic Libraries: Supporting Our Local School District’s Diversity Initiative."<https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24538> College & Research Libraries News 81, no. 7 (July/August 2020).
* Brunskill, Amelia. “Without That Detail, I’m Not Coming”: The Perspectives of Students with Disabilities on Accessibility Information Provided on Academic Library Websites<https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24511>." College and Research Libraries 81, no 5 (July 2020).
* "Checklist for an Accessible Virtual Meeting & Presentation<https://peatworks.org/checklist-for-an-accessible-virtual-meeting-presentation/>." Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT). July 17, 2020.
* "Podcast: ADA Anniversary – What Does the Future Look Like for People with Disabilities at Work?<https://peatworks.org/futureofwork-podcast-2020-07-peat/>" Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT). July 23, 2020.
* Vine, Liz. "Training Matters: Student Employment and Learning in Academic Libraries<http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/student-employment-academic-libraries/>." In The Library With The Lead Pipe. July 22, 2020.
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information
* Brown, Stacy M. "Black Suffrage Heroes Honored in Digital Public Library<https://www.washingtoninformer.com/black-suffrage-heroes-honored-in-digital-public-library/>." Washington Informer, July 29, 2020.
* Eggerton, John. "Biden FCC Would Restore Net Neutrality Rules.<https://www.multichannel.com/news/biden-fcc-would-restore-net-neutrality-rules>" Multichannel News, July 10, 2020.
* Tomer, Adie and Lara Fishbane. "Bridging the Digital Divide through Digital Equity Offices<https://www.brookings.edu/research/bridging-the-digital-divide-through-digital-equity-offices/>." Brookings, July 23, 2020.
* Tsang, Daniel C. "National Security Law: Hong Kong's Librarians Must Stand Firm to Protect Intellectual Freedom<https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3093448/national-security-law-hong-kongs-librarians-must-stand-firm-protect>." South China Morning Post, July 18, 2020.
Open Access
* “2020 Open Education Conference to Be Held November 9-13 Online<https://sparcopen.org/news/2020/2020-open-education-conference-to-be-held-november-9-13-online/>.” SPARC - News, July 29, 2020.
* “Michael J. Fox Foundation Crafts Open Access Policy to Advance Parkinson’s Research<https://sparcopen.org/news/2020/michael-j-fox-foundation-crafts-open-access-policy-to-advance-parkinsons-research/>.” SPARC - News, July 14, 2020.
* Noorden, Richard Van. “Open-Access Plan S to Allow Publishing in Any Journal<https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02134-6>.” Nature. Nature Publishing Group, July 16, 2020.
Privacy
* Data & Society. "Working from Home During COVID: New Cautions for HR Managers on Worker Surveillance<https://datasociety.net/library/hr-tip-sheet-for-cautions-on-workplace-surveillance/>," July 28, 2020.
* Librarians' Assembly of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. "Statement on Online Proctoring Services<https://zsr.wfu.edu/2020/statement-on-online-proctoring-services/>." ZSR Library, July 23, 2020.
* Marks, Joseph. "The Cybersecurity 202: Cybersecurity Pros Are Uniting in a Battle to Save Encryption<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2020/07/07/the-cybersecurity-202-cybersecurity-pros-are-uniting-in-a-battle-to-save-encryption/5f03cfab88e0fa7b44f6eef7/>." The Washington Post, July 7, 2020.
* Nield, David. "How to Check Your Devices for Stalkerware<https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-check-for-stalkerware/>." Wired. Accessed July 23, 2020.
* Young, Scott W. H., Paige Walker, Shea Swauger, Michelle J. Gibeault, Sara Mannheimer, and Jason A. Clark. "Participatory Approaches for Designing and Sustaining Privacy-Oriented Library Services<https://journals.ala.org/index.php/jifp/article/view/7134>." Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy 4, no. 4 (Winter 2019–2020 [posted July 31, 2020]). [paywall]
Technology
* Boyd, Aaron. "Library of Congress Wants to Try Adding Humans to Automated Processes<https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/07/library-congress-wants-try-adding-humans-automated-processes/167109/>," NextGov.com, July 22, 2020.
* "First Look: The Thing BBS<https://rhizome.org/editorial/2020/jul/23/first-look-the-thing-bbs/>." Rhizome, July 23, 2020.
* "Peace Corps, ASU Partner to Provide Digital Libraries Across the Globe<https://yourvalley.net/stories/peace-corps-asu-partner-to-provide-digital-libraries-across-the-globe%2C171438>." Daily Independent, July 11, 2020.
Workplace
* Dirt and Art + Museum Transparency. "Annotated Bibliography of Institutional Callouts<https://docs.google.com/document/d/18NzY7vkJ9g4uu7m1z4fqBUBwRGMayhBFOL__UY6aTiU/edit>." Launched July 28, 2020.
* Li, Yanli. "Racial Pay Gap: An Analysis of CARL Libraries<https://scholars.wlu.ca/lib_pub/45/>." Library Publications 45 (2021 [pre-print posted July 14, 2020]).
* Tang, Lydia, Bridget Malley, Chris Tanguay, and Zachary Tumlin. "Towards Inclusion: Best Practices for Hiring People with Disabilities<https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=667849&ver=html5&p=6>." Archival Outlook, July/August 2020.
* Turner, Rachel. "Analyzing Cataloging Job Descriptions: Are Cataloging Jobs Disappearing, Changing, or Merging?<https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2020.1795768>" Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, July 23, 2020, 1–12. [paywall]
This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Amy Furness, Vaughan Hennen, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz.
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