Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.6 n.8, August 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.
- Greenberger, Alex. “See
Amy Sherald’s Touching Painting of Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair.”
ARTnews.Com, August 24, 2020.
- Penrose, Kelsey. "Douglas
County Library Director Speaks about BLM Investigation, Community Response."
The Sierra Nevada Ally, August 28, 2020.
- Small, Zachary. “Black Artists
Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland.”
The New York Times, August 23, 2020.
COVID-19 Updates
- Shoenberger, Elisa. "Library
Science Programs Move Largely Online for Fall."
Library Journal,
August 25, 2020.
- "Visionary
Futures and Making Change in the Academy With Data: The Visionary Futures Collective is Mapping Institutional COVID-19 Responses throughout Higher Education."
Nightingale: The Journal of the Data Visualization Society, Aug. 27, 2020.
- Williams, Lindsey. "Libraries
Reopen in COVID-19 Hot Spots: Are Library Staff Being Protected?"
Book Riot, August 18, 2020.
- Witteveen, April and Lisa Peet. "Libraries
Roll Back In-Person Services Due to COVID-19 Contact, Local Resurgence."
Library Journal, September 1, 2020.
Activism and Social Justice in the Arts
- Aima, Rahel. "Whitney
Museum Cancels Show after Artists' Accusations of Exploitation."
The Art Newspaper,
August 26, 2020.
- Bishara, Hakim. “Artists and Art
Nonprofits Band Together to Raise Beirut From the Rubble.”
Hyperallergic, August 12, 2020.
- Greenberger, Alex. “Ai
Weiwei’s Surprise-Released Wuhan Film Is a Gripping Document of the Coronavirus Pandemic’s Beginnings.”
ARTnews.Com, August 24, 2020.
- Liscia, Valentina Di. “EU
Officials Ignored Calls for Help, Says Crew of Banksy’s Migrant Rescue Boat.”
Hyperallergic, August 31, 2020.
- Sharp, Sarah Rose. “Living
Statues Mock Donald Trump’s Scandals.”
Hyperallergic, August 6, 2020.
Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse
Funding
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information
- Balingit, Moriah. " 'A
National Crisis': As Coronavirus Forces Many Schools Online This Fall, Millions of Disconnected Students Are Being Left Behind."
Washington Post, August 16, 2020.
- Fowler, Hayley. "Drag Queen
Story Hour Cost SC Librarian His Job, He Says. Now County Library Will Pay."
The State, August 11, 2020.
- Hartman-Caverly, Sarah. "An Invitation to Danger: Perspectives
on Intellectual Freedom and Information War."
Intellectual Freedom Blog, August 13, 2020.
- Marcotte, Alison. "By
the Numbers: Rural and Small Libraries."
Library Journal, September 1, 2020.
Open Access
Privacy
- Fussell, Sidney. "When
Private Security Cameras Are Police Surveillance Tools."
WIRED, August 11, 2020.
- Jacobs, Julia. "Natural
History Museum Union Files Complaint Over Coronavirus App."
The New York Times, August 26, 2020.
- Kilic, Burcu. "Don’t
Default to Mass Surveillance in the Workplace."
The Hill, August 23, 2020.
- Swauger, Shea. "Software
That Monitors Students during Tests Perpetuates Inequality and Violates Their Privacy."
MIT Technology Review, August 7, 2020.
- Uberti, David. "Colleges
Weigh Transparency Versus Privacy When It Comes to Covid-19 Data."
The Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2020.
Technology
- Banerjee, Kyle. "The Linked Data Myth,"
Library Journal,
August 13, 2020.
- Choi, Jennie and Spencer Kiser. "Connecting
to Art: How the Met Museum Used a Public API to Share 5,000 Years of Creativity with Audiences Beyond Its Walls."
Increment,
August 2020.
- Rose, Janus. "Algorithms
are Automating Fascism. Here's How We Fight Back."
VICE Motherboard,
August 24, 2020.
- Sheard, Nathan. "Future
Ada: Tech Organizing through an Intersectional Lens."
Electronic Frontier Foundation,
August 18, 2020.
- Song, Victoria. "A
Teen Threw Scots Wiki into Chaos and It Highlights a Massive Problem with Wikipedia."
Gizmodo,
August 26, 2020.
Workplace
- Bishara, Hakim. "Metropolitan
Museum Will Now Pay All Interns."
Hyperallergic, August 4, 2020.
- Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO. "Library
Professionals: Facts & Figures: 2020 Fact Sheet," August 19, 2020.
- Pogrebin, Robin. "Museum
Boss Salaries: Reduced but Still an Issue Amid Wider Cutback."
The New York Times, August 18, 2020.
- Selingo, Jeffrey. "Colleges
Are Deeply Unequal Workplaces."
The Atlantic, August 1, 2020.
This issue of
News Alerts was compiled by Sarah Hamerman, Vaughan Hennen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and
Michael Wirtz.