Alan Inouye's ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Update, September 19
/Thank you to Mr. Inouye for keeping librarians informed on ALA advocacy and news:
ALA POLICY & ADVOCACY UPDATES
Upcoming: Our staffer Marijke Visser will be a panelist at the upcoming National Tribal Broadband Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of the Interior (in collaboration with USDA and IMLS). Panel on Wednesday: Community Connectors: Tribal Libraries Make Broadband Work
https://www.doi.gov/tribalbroadband
Upcoming: CopyTalk webinar--"Fair Use as Cultural Appropriation." Speaker will be Dr. Trevor Reed, associate professor of law at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. October 1, 2020 at 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific.
https://ala-events.zoom.us/j/92413260126?pwd=aUZESE5YcU5Wd25kK1NRUGFuQmp4UT09 (passcode 530231).
ALA submits reply comments to the FCC in agreement with CDT opposing the NTIA petition for a rulemaking on Sec. 230 of the Communications Act.
ALA releases new report on tribal broadband
ALA news release: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/09/tribal-libraries-partners-leverage-federal-e-rate-deliver-high-speed
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan references report and introduces into the record. Video clip.
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1306668767565447174
Article on the report that features ALA staffer Marijke Visser:
ALA releases new report on the formerly incarcerated and libraries
https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1306010410630479872
The FCC recognizes America's libraries for heightened efforts to close digital divide during the pandemic
https://www.fcc.gov/document/commissioner-starks-announces-2020-doer-honorees
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2020/09/america-s-libraries-honored-fcc-inaugural-doer-award
ALA submitted comments to the FCC on the Eligible Services List for the E-rate program
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1304345741134041091
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10904134405716/ALA%20E-rate%20ESL%20Reply%20Comments%2009042020.pdf
ALA files comments with FCC on broadband mapping. We agree with SHLB and ADTRAN that data collection should explicitly include community anchor institutions. WC Dockets 19-195 & 11-10.
https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10917232133257/ALA%20Mapping%20Reply%20Comments%2009172020.pdf
ALA supports the BRIDGE Act introduced by Senators Bennet and King. ALA named in Congressional news release. Support broadband deployment.
Steven Yates, an ALA Policy Corps member, meets with Sen. Shelby to make the case for federal funding for libraries during the pandemic
https://twitter.com/HeyLibraraman/status/1304169573462179842
ALA Midwinter Meetings and Exhibits (Conference) is virtual. A strong lineup is emerging.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1306161568107966466
ARTICLES & NEWS
CEO John Sargent of Macmillan Publishers is departing the firm at the end of the year
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/books/macmillan-john-sargent.html
https://fortune.com/2020/09/18/one-of-the-great-enemies-of-the-public-library-is-departing/amp/
Imminent decision on the next U.S. Register of Copyrights: Needs to be someone who will fairly reflect all stakeholders and views
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1303633888154136581
New AEI Report: "Combined shortfalls in all state and local government revenue streams are likely to be on the order of $240 billion for the current fiscal year."
https://twitter.com/AEI/status/1304845988729966592
Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover: The social and economic costs borne by young people without offices
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/career-costs-working-from-home/615472/
Goodbye, Open Office. Hello, ‘Dynamic Workplace.’ With their headquarters largely empty amid the pandemic, tech companies are reconfiguring their open-plan spaces to appeal to employees when they return, with opportunities for collaboration and focus workers can’t get at home.
In the New Yorker: How Can We Pay for Creativity in the Digital Age? There’s still money to be made, but it’s mostly not the creators who are getting rich.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/how-can-we-pay-for-creativity-in-the-digital-age