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.

https://www.placonference.org/profile.cfm?profile_name=session&master_key=072AFF36-A9D2-9FD0-A8C4-4BAC5B001FD8&page_key=3B32BA3B-0C73-28BC-D7F3-2A5F86C92F37&xtemplate&userLGNKEY=0  

Discussion of Macmillan, Digital Book World, and ALA – in Washington Post

https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?e=cm9uLmNoYXJsZXNAd2FzaHBvc3QuY29t&s=5e3440c1fe1ff636eb2cdc1d&linknum=4&linktot=61

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.