Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.7 n.5, May 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. 

 

Previous issues can be found here: https://arlisna.org/news/advocacy-public-policy-news-alerts.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

·         Bishara, Hakim. “Artist Emily Jacir’s Bethlehem Arts Center Ransacked By Israeli Army.” Hyperallergic, May 18, 2021.

·         Greenberger, Alex. “Laurence Des Cars to Become First Woman to Direct Louvre.” ARTnews, May 26, 2021.

·         Harris, Ida. “A Look at 6 Black Works of Art That Immortalize George Floyd on The One-Year Anniversary of His Death.” Black Enterprise, May 25, 2021.

·         Liscia, Valentina Di. “Ancient Indigenous Petroglyphs Defaced With Racist Message.” Hyperallergic, May 4, 2021.

·         Liscia, Valentina Di. “Artists and Scholars Sound Alarm on Far-Right Israeli Extremists in Lydda.” Hyperallergic, May 25, 2021.

·         Selvin, Claire. “Josef and Anni Albers Foundation to Open Hospital in Senegal.” ARTnews, May 4, 2021.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

·         Canadian Association of University Teachers. “CAUT to Argue on Fair Dealing, Copyright Tariffs before Supreme Court” May 19, 2021.

·         Canadian Federation of Library Associations. "CFLA-FCAB Calls for Immediate Reinstatement of a Clear Regulatory Exemption of EndUser Content in Bill C-10." May 5, 2021.

·         Canadian Federation of Library Associations Copyright Committee. "CFLA Copyright Committee Update (May 2021)." May 25, 2021.

·         Canadian Internet Registration Authority. “CIRA Warns against Website Blocking in Copyright Consultation.” GlobeNewswire News Room, June 1, 2021.

·         Frankel, Allison. “Photographers’ New Instagram Class Action Wants to Upend Online Publishing.” Reuters, May 24, 2021.

·         Stihler, Catherine. “At the Intersection of NFTs and Creative Commons Licenses.” Creative Commons. May 5, 2021.

 

Funding

·         “$15 Million in American Rescue Plan Act Grants Now Available for Museum and Library Services.” IMLS, May 26, 2021. 

·         “Archival Workers Emergency Fund Organizing Committee Annual Report, 2020-2021.” AWEF blog, April 21, 2021. 

·         Bishara, Hakim. “NYC Launches a $25M WPA-style Recovery Program for the Arts.” Hyperallergic, May 9, 2021. 

·         Bishara, Hakim. “San Francisco’s Program to Pay Artists $1K Per Month Has Been Extended and Expanded.” Hyperallergic, May 24, 2021. 

·         Di Liscia, Valentina. “Dozens of LA Arts Nonprofits Receive Over $36M In Post-Pandemic Relief.” Hyperallergic, May 20, 2021.

 

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

·         De La Rosa, Sarah. “Student Diversity Award Spotlight: Sarah De La Rosa.” The Art of Diversity, May 28, 2021.

·         Habacon, Alden E. “Why Now?” Alden E. Habacon, May 20, 2021.

·         Jamisa, Andrea. “What Does Diversity Mean?” American Libraries Magazine, May 3, 2021.

·         Srikanth, Anagha. “Ivy League Librarian Says Libraries Reinforce White Supremacy.” TheHill, May 12, 2021.

·         Yurcaba, Jo. “New Lavender Book App Will Map Safe Spaces for Black Queer People.” Nbcnews, May 17, 2021.

·         Greenberger, Alex. “Laurence Des Cars to Become First Woman to Direct Louvre.” ARTnews, May 26, 2021.

 

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

·         Corsillo, Gretchen. “Apply Now for a Banned Books Week Celebration Grant.” Intellectual Freedom Blog, May 27, 2021.

·         Feldman, Noah. “Florida’s New Social Media Law Violates the First Amendment.” Bloomberg.com, May 26, 2021.

·         Gessen, Masha. “Did a University of Toronto Donor Block the Hiring of a Scholar for Her Writing on Palestine?" The New Yorker. May 8, 2021.

·         Knight, Erin. “Beyond C-10: Inside the Government’s Plan to Suspend Internet Users and Block Website Access.” OpenMedia. May 11, 2021.

·         Pekoll, Kristen. “IFRT, FTRF and UIUC ISchool Honor Intellectual Freedom Award Winners at Virtual Celebration Featuring Banned Author Kyle Lukoff.” American Library Association News and Press Center, May 26, 2021.

Open Access

·         “From Microfilm to Internet Archive.” Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County, May 31, 2021. 

·         Graham, Mark. “Tips for Using the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine in Your Next Investigation.” Global Investigative Journalism Network, May 5, 2021.

·         Vézina, Brigitte. “Four Creative Commons Working Groups Will Explore Policy Issues. Meet Their Leads!” Creative Commons, May 25, 2021.

·         Vézina, Brigitte. “The Future of Museums Is Open.” Creative Commons, May 18, 2021. 

 

Digital Privacy

·         Dressler, Virginia. "Privacy Advocacy Guides for Libraries: An interview with Erin Berman and Bonnie Tijerina.” Choose Privacy Every Day, May 4, 2021. 

·         IS Virtual Engagement Committee, “Privacy Literacy Discussion.” ACRL Instruction Section Semi-Annual Newsletter 38, no. 1 (Spring 2021), 5. 

·         Jackson, Lauren. “Shoshana Zuboff Explains Why You Should Care About Privacy.” NYT, May 21, 2021. 

·         Pyne, Lydia. “A Data Artist’s Guide to Putting People (and Privacy) First.” Hyperallergic, May 6, 2021. 

·         Winter, Jana. “Facial Recognition, Fake Identities, and Digital Surveillance Tools: Inside the Post Office's Covert Internet Operations Program.” yahoo!news, May 18, 2021. 

 

Technology

·         Albanese, Andrew. “Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-Books in Libraries.” PublishersWeekly.Com, May 18, 2021.

·         Breeding, Marshall. “2021 Library Systems Report." American Libraries Magazine, May 3, 2021.

·         Gault, Matthew. “Activist Archivists Are Trying to Save the ‘Pirate Bay of Science,’” VICE Motherboard, May 20, 2021.

·         O’Brien, Danny. “The Enclosure of the Public Interest Internet.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, May 6, 2021. 

·         Liscia, Valentina Di. “You Can Now Report Stolen Art Using Interpol’s New App.” Hyperallergic, May 9, 2021.

 

Workplace

·         Cascone, Sarah. “Employees at the Whitney Museum and the Hispanic Society Join the Growing Ranks of U.S. Culture Workers Seeking to Unionize.” Artnet News, May 18, 2021.

·         Ford, Anne. “The Library Employment Landscape.” American Libraries Magazine, May 3, 2021.

·         Greenberger, Alex. “Brooklyn Museum Workers Push to Form Union.” ARTnews, May 25, 2021. 

·         Li, Yanli. “Racial Pay Gap: An Analysis of CARL Libraries.” College & Research Libraries, May 2021. 

·         “SAA Council Approves Requirement for Salary Transparency.” Society of American Archivists, May 26, 2021. 

·         “Solidarity Letters in Support of OCADU Librarians Keep Pouring In.” Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty Association Blog, May 17, 2021.

 

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Freyja Catton, Sarah Hamerman, Rachel Harris, Lauren McDaniel, and Michael Wirtz.