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.
- Balzer, Cass. "Rethinking Police Presence."
American Libraries, July 8, 2020.
- Bedrosian, Alyssa. "UNCG Launches Effort to Document Black Lives Matter Movement."
UNCG News, July 23, 2020.
- Damon, Anjeanette. "Douglas
County Sheriff to Library: Support Black Lives Matter? Don't Bother Calling 911."
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."
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23, 2020.
COVID-19 Updates
- Bowley, Graham. "Museum Directors
Fear Permanent Closure, an Alliance Survey Shows."
The New York Times, July 22, 2020.
- Connaway, Lynn Silipigni. "The New Model Library. Welcome Home."
Next, July 30, 2020.
- Gold, Kerry. "How
Public Libraries Play a Vital Role in Restoring the Economy."
Globe and Mail, July 28, 2020.
- Zauzmer, Julie. "Librarians
Alarmed about Coronavirus Safety at D.C.'s 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.” Hyperallergic, July 24, 2020.
- Greenberger, Alex. “Monument Replacing English
Slave Trader Statue by Artist Marc Quinn Gets Removed.”
ARTnews.Com, July 16, 2020.
- Jacobs, Julia. “The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Street Art That
Contain Multitudes.” The New York Times, July 16, 2020.
- Liscia, Valentina Di. “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.” Hyperallergic, July 23, 2020.
- Small, Zachary. “For Some Artists, Election Season Means ‘Enough of Trump.’”
New York Times, July 20, 2020.
- Solomon, Tessa. “This Independence Weekend,
80 Artists Will Protest Immigrant Incarceration In Nationwide Skywriting Campaign.”
ARTnews.Com, July 3, 2020.
- Stromberg, Matt. “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."
Publishers Weekly, July 29, 2020.
- Doctorow, Cory. "Mexico's New Copyright Law Puts Human
Rights in Jeopardy." Electronic Frontier Foundation,
July 24, 2020.
- Kahle, Brewster. "Libraries
Lend Books, and Must Continue to Lend Books: Internet Archive Responds to Publishers’ Lawsuit."
Internet Archive Blogs, July 29, 2020.
- Lamberson, Nicole. "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."
Americans for the Arts, July 23, 2020.
- Greenberger, Alex. "Which
Top U.S. Galleries, Museums, and Art Spaces Received Small Business Loans?"
ARTnews, July 7, 2020.
- "IMLS Announces $18.2 Million Investment in U.S. Library
Initiatives." IMLS, July 23, 2020.
- Kromer, Kathi. "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."
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."
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." College and Research Libraries
81, no 5 (July 2020).
- "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?" Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT).
July 23, 2020.
- Vine, Liz. "Training Matters: Student Employment and Learning
in 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." Washington Informer, July 29, 2020.
- Eggerton, John. "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."
Brookings, July 23, 2020.
- Tsang, Daniel C. "National
Security Law: Hong Kong's Librarians Must Stand Firm to Protect Intellectual Freedom."
South China Morning Post, July 18, 2020.
Open Access
Privacy
- Data & Society. "Working from Home During COVID: New Cautions
for HR Managers on Worker Surveillance," July 28, 2020.
- Librarians' Assembly of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. "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."
The Washington Post, July 7, 2020.
- Nield, David. "How to Check Your Devices 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."
Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy 4, no. 4 (Winter 2019–2020 [posted July 31, 2020]). [paywall]
Technology
Workplace
- Dirt and Art + Museum Transparency. "Annotated Bibliography
of Institutional Callouts." Launched July 28, 2020.
- Li, Yanli. "Racial Pay Gap: An Analysis of CARL Libraries."
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."
Archival Outlook, July/August 2020.
- Turner, Rachel. "Analyzing Cataloging Job Descriptions: Are Cataloging Jobs Disappearing, Changing,
or Merging?" 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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