Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.7 n.2, February 2021
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.
Activism and Social Justice in the Arts
- Blair, Elizabeth. “President Biden Revokes Trump’s Controversial Classical Architecture Order.”
NPR.org, February 25, 2021.
- Greenberger, Alex. “Indianapolis Museum of Art President Resigns Following Job Posting Centering ‘White Art Audience.’”
ARTnews, February 17, 2021.
- Liscia, Valentina Di. “Artists Contribute to a Coloring Book Benefiting the Black Painters Academy.”
Hyperallergic, February 10, 2021.
- Liscia, Valentina Di. “Meme Artist Raised Over $1M for Planned Parenthood, Donated Ironically in Rush Limbaugh’s Memory.”
Hyperallergic, February 23, 2021.
- Solomon, Tessa. “Nick Cave Prevails in Legal Battle Over Artwork in Upstate New York.”
ARTnews, February 4, 2021.
- Stromberg, Matt. “Palm Springs Takes a Stance Against Desert X Biennial’s Partnership With Saudi Arabia.”
Hyperallergic, February 24, 2021.
Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse
- Jacob, Meredith, et al. "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources: A Guide for
Authors, Adapters & Adopters of Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials."
American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and Center for Media and Social Impact, February 17, 2021.
- Shaw, Anny. "Jeff Koons and Centre Pompidou Lose appeal in Naf Naf Copyright Case—Now
Other French Museums Could Be in the Firing Line." The Art Newspaper,
February 25, 2021.
- Trendacosta, Katharine and Cara Gagliano. "Some Answers to Questions About the State of Copyright in 2021."
Electronic Frontier Foundation, February 5, 2021.
Funding
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)
- Armus, Teo. “A Black Lives Matter Activist Was Accused of Burning Books by Trump and Ann Coulter. He Was Then Fired from His Job.”
Washington Post, February 17, 2021.
- Gosart, Ulia. “Indigenous Librarianship: Theory, Practices, and Means of Social Action.”
IFLA Journal, February 2021.
- Greenlee, Story by Cynthia. “A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life.”
The Atlantic, February 9, 2021.
- McGlone, Peggy. “Phillips Collection’s Diversity Efforts Get Boost from $2 Million Gift.”
Washington Post, February 3, 2021.
- Wong, Desmond, Anastasia Chiu, Jessica Dai, Deborah Yun Caldwell, and Charlotte Roh. "Letter to Asian Diasporic Library Workers."
up//root, February 22, 2021.
Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information
- Armus, Teo. “A Louisiana Library Got a Grant for a Voting Rights Program. Its Board Rejected the Money, Citing ‘Far Left’ Content.”
Washington Post, February 5, 2021.
- Fister, Barbara. “The Librarian War Against QAnon.”
The Atlantic, February 18, 2021.
- Ramseth, Luke. “Historians
to Lawmakers: Please Don’t Politicize Mississippi’s Archives and History Board.”
Daily Journal, February 23, 2021.
- Shrum, Hope. “Bill to Punish Schools and Public Libraries for Distributing ‘Harmful Material’
to Minors Withdrawn by Senate Author.” TheStatehouseFile.com, February 24, 2021.
- Smith, Jordan. “This Week is Freedom to Read Week in Canada!”
CBLDF.com, February 23, 2021.
- Thomas, Deb. “The Shifting Landscape for Intellectual Freedom: Recent Challenges in Canadian Libraries.”
FreedomtoRead.ca, n.d.
Open Access
Privacy
- Bak, Greg. "For the Record: Digitizing Archives Can Increase Access to Information but Compromise Privacy."
The Conversation, February 28, 2021.
- Deming, David. "Balancing Privacy With Data Sharing for the Public Good."
The New York Times, February 19, 2021.
- Dressler, Virginia. "Book Review of Library Privacy Policies."
Choose Privacy Every Day, February 23, 2021.
- Feathers, Todd. "Schools Are Abandoning Invasive Proctoring Software after Student Backlash."
Motherboard, February 26, 2021.
- Tomaszewski, Stacy. "What Would You Do? Everyday Privacy Questions."
Choose Privacy Every Day, February 1, 2021.
Technology
- Brodkin, Jon. "House Republicans Propose Nationwide Ban on Municipal Broadband Networks."
Ars Technica, February 18, 2021.
- Hollister, Sean. "See How Libraries are Meeting Ebook Demand for the NYT Best Sellers List with this Visualization."
The Verge, February 11, 2021.
- Romm, Tony. "Millions of Low-Income Americans to Get up to $50 Subsidies for Their Monthly Internet Bills under Newly Finalized U.S. Program."
Washington Post, February 26, 2021.
- Shaw, Anny. "‘The Future of the Art Market’: Christie’s to Become First Major Auction House to
Sell a Standalone NFT Work of Art." The Art Newspaper, February 16, 2021.
- Volpicelli, Gian. "NFTs Boom as Collectors Shell Out to ‘Own’ Digital Art."
Wired, February 27, 2021.
Workplace
- Hardenbrook, Joe. "Will COVID End the All-Day Academic Librarian Interview? I Hope So!"
Mr. Library Dude, February 12, 2021.
- Hohenberger, Dennis. "Holyoke Public Library Director Wants Livable Wage for Workers."
masslive, February 24, 2021.
- Marowski, Steve. "Librarians, Archivists, Curators Seek to Unionize at University of Michigan."
mlive, February 26, 2021.
- Peet, Lisa. "Library Associations, Agencies, Workers Advocate for Early Vaccination Priority."
Library Journal, February 9, 2021.
- Wayman-Dalo, Sebastian, and Colter Adams. "Students Return to Work amid Fewer Job Opportunities on Campus."
The Bowdoin Orient, February 26, 2021.
This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Sarah Hamerman, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz.