Alan Inouye's ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Update, 10/25/2020
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ALA PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY DEVELOPMENTS
--> Upcoming Webinar: Learn about ALA's new toolkit to help states strengthen relationships among all types of libraries and their leadership/professional organizations for the purpose of strengthening advocacy to a variety of audiences. ALA Committee on Library Advocacy. Oct 29, 2 pm central.
https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j4-Gs6ipQmuPpBiOGa5keg
--> Upcoming Webinar: What’s Next for Library E-books and Digital Content? By Publishers Weekly. Includes Sari Feldman, Kelvin Watson, Lisa Rosenblum and Kathy Zappitello with Andrew Albanese. Oct 27, 3 pm eastern.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/event/item/120-october-lounge-2020.html
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1317022949644341249
--> Upcoming Webinar: Reading vs. The World—An Immersive Media & Reading 2020 Consumer Survey Preview by the Panorama Project. Includes Brian O'Leary and Alan Inouye. November 5, 1 pm eastern.
https://www.panoramaproject.org/news/2020/10/9/reading-vs-the-world
https://twitter.com/PanoramaProjOrg/status/1316043661319303168
--> Upcoming Webinar: SHLB E-rate Workshop: Successful Strategies for Obtaining Category Two Support. Features Lauren Abner, Kentucky Dept. for Libraries and Archives and member of ALA's E-rate Task Force. ALA is a sponsor of the SHLB webinar series. Oct 30, 1 pm eastern.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1318585909454032899
ALA joins IFLA's Library Pledge for Digital Inclusion
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1319327021118488576
Bridging the digital divide – a new chapter in the life of the public library--in Microsoft's On The Issues. Includes reference to PLA’s grant project to provide laptops and portable WFi to public libraries in rural areas.
A Reset for Library E-books, in Publishers Weekly
ALA (Public Programs Office) and Capital One announced 20 public libraries selected to participate in Community Connect: Digital Access at Home, a program supporting digital access and financial capability for rural communities nationwide.
NEWS AND ARTICLES
ICYMI: Covid-19 took away our family’s second home: The library, in the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/10/20/public-library-closed-covid-19/
DIRECTORY OF BEST PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENTS from the Panorama Project
https://twitter.com/glecharles/status/1318184893004849153
How (Not) To Get a Job in an Administration: Five Lessons From Transition Experts, from the Center for Presidential Transition, Partnership for Public Service
‘The Upswing’ Review: Bowling Alone No More? Two decades after he diagnosed America’s crisis of civic life, Robert Putnam offers a remedy.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1319213299909656577
WSJ: Enough of Zoom—Office Happy Hours Return. After months of virtual meetings, some employees are finding ways to get back to in-person socials and the connections they had missed.