Alan Inouye's Update on ALA Policy & Advocacy, 2/23/20
/ALA’s Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations Alan Inouye has provided the following update:
Upcoming: eBook program at the PLA Conference in Nashville: Building the case for #eBooksForAll, Friday, 10:15 a.m.
Discussion of Macmillan, Digital Book World, and ALA – in Washington Post
A Midwinter wrapup includes eBook discussion, from American Libraries magazine
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/02/06/2020-midwinter-wrap-up/
ARTICLES AND NEWS
Library eBook roundtable in Rhode Island with Rep. David Cicilline (Chairman, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law, House Judiciary Committee).
In American Libraries: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/bringing-congress-board-ebooksforall/
In the Cranston Herald: http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/libraries-push-back-after-publisher-enacts-e-book-embargo,151426
In WPRI.com Eyewitness News (item 11): https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/ted-nesi/nesis-notes-feb-8/
My tweet: https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1225210473857126402
Roundup of Macmillan News, in Information Today
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/Spotlight/A-Roundup-of-the-Latest-Macmillan-News-139033.asp
As always, RF thanks Mr. Inouye for his advocacy and sharing the news.