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Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.6 n.12, December 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>.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

  *   Durón, Maximilíano. “Congress Authorizes Smithsonian to Proceed with American Latino, Women’s History Museums<https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-museums-american-latino-womens-history-approved-1234580145/>.” ARTnews.com, December 22, 2020.
  *   Liscia, Valentina Di. “Museums Were Key to Sackler PR Strategy, Family Group Chats Reveal<https://hyperallergic.com/609919/museums-were-key-to-sackler-pr-strategy-family-group-chats-reveal/>.” Hyperallergic, December 21, 2020.
  *   Liscia, Valentina Di. “Virginia Governor Requests $11M to Replace Confederate Statues With New Artworks<https://hyperallergic.com/609045/virginia-governor-requests-11m-to-replace-confederate-statues-with-new-artworks/>.” Hyperallergic, December 16, 2020.
  *   Seidman, Lila. “Smashed Breonna Taylor Sculpture Stolen Days after It Was Vandalized in Oakland<https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-29/breonna-taylor-sculpture-in-oakland-stolen-after-it-was-vandalized>.” Los Angeles Times, December 29, 2020.
  *   Selvin, Claire. “Trump Issues Executive Order Mandating ‘Beautiful’ Architecture for Federal Buildings<https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-signs-executive-order-classical-architecture-1234579994/>.” ARTnews.com, December 21, 2020.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

  *   Creswell, Marilyn. "Sojourner Truth and the Power of Copyright Registration<https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2020/12/sojourner-truth-and-the-power-of-copyright-registration/>." U.S. Copyright Office Blog, December 8, 2020.
  *   Gershon, Livia. "‘The Great Gatsby,’ Songs by Ma Rainey and Other Classic Works Are Now in the Public Domain<https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/great-gatsby-songs-ma-rainey-and-other-classic-works-will-enter-public-domain-2021-180976648/>." Smithsonian Magazine, December 31. 2020.
  *   Kelley, Jason. "The CASE Act Is Just the Beginning of the Next Copyright Battle<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/case-act-hidden-coronavirus-relief-bill-just-beginning-next-copyright-battle>." Electronic Frontier Foundation, December 22, 2020.

Funding

  *   ALA Member News. "Final Push for COVID Relief: ALA Issues Broad Call for Library Advocates<http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/12/final-push-covid-relief-ala-issues-broad-call-library-advocates>," December 8, 2020.
  *   Americans for the Arts. "Wallace Foundations Seeking Researchers to Study BIPOC Arts Organizations<https://www.americansforthearts.org/news-room/art-in-the-news/wallace-foundation-seeking-researchers-to-study-bipoc-arts-organizations>," December 7, 2020.
  *   McKenzie, Lindsay. "University Library Leaders Prepare for Uncertain Financial Future amid Pandemic<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/12/09/university-library-leaders-prepare-uncertain-financial-future-amid-pandemic>." Inside Higher Ed, December 9, 2020.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

  *   Christian, Jason. "Meet the Southern Librarians Fighting for Racial Justice and Truth-Telling<https://scalawagmagazine.org/2020/12/radical-southern-librarians/>." Scalawag, December 29, 2020.
  *   Clark, Jasmine L. "On JMLA, Conflict, and Failed Diversity Efforts in LIS<https://jasminelelis.medium.com/on-jmla-conflict-and-failed-diversity-efforts-in-lis-ed062285021e>." Jasmine L. Clark, Dec 22, 2020.
  *   Nataraj, Lalitha, Holly Hampton, Talitha Matlin, and Yvonne Nalani Meulemans. "'Nice White Meetings': Unpacking Absurd Library Bureaucracy through a Critical Race Theory Lens<https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.34340>." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–15.
  *   Pollack, John H. “Diversity in the Stacks: Indigenous Languages, Indigenous Voices.<https://www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/diversity-stacks-indigenous-languages-indigenous-voices>” Penn Libraries, December 8, 2020.
  *   Proffitt, Merrilee. "Towards Respectful and Inclusive Description.<https://hangingtogether.org/?p=8770>" OCLC Hanging Together, December 17, 2020.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

  *   Albanese, Andrew. “Amazon Publishing in Talks to Offer E-Books to Public Libraries.<https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/85068-dpla-in-talks-to-offer-amazon-publishing-e-books-to-libraries.html>” PublishersWeekly.com, December 4, 2020.
  *   Deto, Ryan. “Allegheny County Jail Restores Policy Allowing Physical Books Delivered to Inmates<https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/allegheny-county-jail-restores-policy-allowing-physical-books-delivered-to-inmates/Content?oid=18482601>.” Pittsburgh City Paper, December 2, 2020.
  *   Hilburn, Jessica. "How Streaming Platforms Reinforce Inequity in Public Access to Entertainment<http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/How-Streaming-Platforms-Reinforce-Inequity-in-Public-Access-to-Entertainment-144359.asp>." Information Today, December 15, 2020.
  *   Popowich, Sam. "The Antinomies of Academic Freedom: Reason, Trans Rights, and Constituent Power<https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.33980>." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–28.
  *   Rand, Lisa. “Library Access Beyond English<https://www.oif.ala.org/oif/?p=23786>.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, December 9, 2020.

Open Access

  *   Banks, Michael. “Physics Societies Call for Sustainable Approach to Open Access<https://physicsworld.com/a/physics-societies-call-for-sustainable-approach-to-open-access/>.” Physics World, December 17, 2020.
  *   “Decade of OER Push in Texas Is Paying Off<https://sparcopen.org/news/2020/decade-of-oer-push-in-texas-is-paying-off/>.” SPARC - News, December 22, 2020.
  *   “Knowledge Equity Lab Lays the Foundation for a Knowledge Ecosystem That Is Radically More Inclusive<https://sparcopen.org/news/2020/knowledge-equity-lab-lays-the-foundation-for-a-knowledge-ecosystem-that-is-radically-more-inclusive/>.” SPARC - News, December 1, 2020.

Privacy

  *   Anderson, Jill. "The Scholarly Networks Security Initiative<https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/the-scholarly-networks-security-initiative/>." Choose Privacy Every Day, December 29, 2020.
  *   Brustein, Joshua. "Relentless Hacking Is Turning All of Us Into Data Nihilists<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-24/solarwinds-hack-is-the-latest-to-affirm-our-data-nihilism>." Bloomberg Businessweek, December 24, 2020.
  *   Cox, Kate. "FTC Kicks off Sweeping Privacy Probe of Nine Major Social Media Firms<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/ftc-kicks-off-sweeping-privacy-probe-of-nine-major-social-media-firms/>." Ars Technica, December 14, 2020.
  *   Kardash, Adam, and Natasha Anzik. "A Year Featuring a Flurry of Canadian Privacy Legislative Reform<https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7b8c22ca-cd25-4578-985d-4a758373e003>." Lexology, December 8, 2020.
  *   Whittaker, Zack. "Cloudflare and Apple Design a New Privacy-Friendly Internet Protocol<https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/12/08/cloudflare-and-apple-design-a-new-privacy-friendly-internet-protocol/>." TechCrunch, December 8, 2020.

Technology

  *   Evans, Courtney. "Best Practices of Library Virtual Programming<https://hacklibraryschool.com/2020/12/24/bestpracticesoflibraryvirtualprogramming/>." Hack Library School, December 24, 2020.
  *   Harrison, Stephen. "Twitter Wants to Use Wikipedia to Help Determine Who Gets a Blue Checkmark.<https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/twitter-checkmark-verification-wikipedia-notability.html>" Slate, December 4, 2020.
  *   Hollister, Sean. "In 2021, We Need to Fix America's Internet.<https://www.theverge.com/22177154/us-internet-speed-maps-competition-availability-fcc>" The Verge, December 17, 2020.
  *   Joseph, Kris. "The Digital Disease in Academic Libraries.<https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/article/view/34028>" The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, December 18, 2020.
  *   Norman, Nick, Drini Cami and Mek. "Introducing the Open Library Explorer.<https://blog.openlibrary.org/2020/12/16/introducing-the-open-library-explorer/>" The Open Library Blog, December 16, 2020.

Workplace

  *   Almeida, Nora. "The Labour of Austerity: Absurdity, Performative Resistance, and Cultural Transformation<https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.34008>." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–25.
  *   Bowman, Max, and Monica Samsky. "Access Services: Not Waving, but Drowning<https://doi.org/10.17615/74f0-hx32>." In Deconstructing Service in Libraries: Intersections of Identities and Expectations, edited by Veronica Arellano Douglas and Joanna Gadsby, 79–94. Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press, December 2020.
  *   Leebaw, Danya. "Critical Library Performativity: Toward Progressive Change in Academic Library Management and Organizations<https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.34402>." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–19
  *   "Precarious Work and Knowledge Mobilization with Ted Lee and Ean Henninger at Keeping It ReAL<https://organizingideaspod.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/ep-32-precarious-work-and-knowledge-mobilization-with-ted-lee-and-ean-henninger-at-keeping-it-real/>." Organizing Ideas Podcast, December 11, 2020.
  *   Seale, Maura, and Rafia Mirza. "The Coin of Love and Virtue: Academic Libraries and Value in a Global Pandemic<https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v6.34457>." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship 6 (December 18, 2020): 1–30.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Sarah Hamerman, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz.
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