[Libs-Or] ALA Public Policy Update (May 10, 2020)

Mon May 11 09:52:30 PDT 2020

Hi folks,

A lot of you may receive these updates already, but I thought I'd pass them along.

Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney, MLIS
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ALA Policy and Advocacy Updates

-Aaron (apologies for any phone-autocorrect shenanigans)

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From: Alan S. Inouye <ainouye at alawash.org<mailto:ainouye at alawash.org>>
Date: Sun, May 10, 2020, 10:24 PM
Subject: [alacol2] Public Policy Update (May 10, 2020)
ALA POLICY & ADVOCACY UPDATES
Broadband is getting traction in Congress for the 4th coronavirus recovery/stimulus bill (sometimes called CARES II). Rep. Meng introduced a broadband bill in the House and Sen. Markey is expected to introduce a similar bill in the Senate imminently. ALA endorses both bills and is advocating to move them into CARES II. Article by Marijke Visser in American Libraries magazine.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258755809615515649
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/covid-19-filling-learning-gap-broadband-access/

Advocacy for funding for IMLS in CARES II. Letter signed by over 100 House members. Letter co-leads are Reps. Levin, Young, and Grijalva. Letter with over 40 signatures in the U.S. Senate was sent to Senate leadership.
https://andylevin.house.gov/media/press-releases/levin-grijalva-and-young-lead-bipartisan-letter-urging-support-america-s

House Judiciary Committee’s investigation on competition in digital markets coming to a conclusion this spring, says Rep. David Cicilline. ALA submitted comments and has been engaged throughout.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259423144693174272

ALA formally endorsed legislation to make states and local governments eligible for emergency paid leave tax credits.
https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-katko-cox-king-degette-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-make-states

Article on how college & research libraries can benefit from the CARES Act funding.
https://twitter.com/ALA_ACRL/status/1258422941164933123

Many ALA Policy Corps members engaged in Virtual Library Legislative Week. Here is Qiana Johnson. Many more can be found on twitter @ALAlibrary or @LibraryPolicy.
https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1257810343524470790

Bohyun Kim on artificial intelligence and other technologies and implications for libraries, in American Libraries magazine. Kim is a member of ALA’s Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee.
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/new-tech-revolution/

ALA submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate about the FY21 budgets for the Library of Congress and Government Publishing Office.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257224778399825920

ACRL & ALA submitted comments on public access to federally-funded research to the White House Office for Science and Technology Policy.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258326858480979974

ALA Senior Policy Fellow Sari Feldman provides a U.S. update and overview about eBooks for IFLA.
https://twitter.com/IFLA/status/1252975672668061696

Third cohort of ALA’s Policy Corps begins—article in American Libraries magazine.
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/meet-the-2020-ala-policy-corps/

Funding available from our Libraries Lead (Grow With Google) initiative for public libraries to improve job services and support for small business.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257232347814154245

ALA joined Next Century Cities in a FCC filing on the Lifeline Program.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10420161296478

NEWS AND ARTICLES

IMLS announces new grant program for coronavirus response and recovery.
https://www.imls.gov/news/15-million-imls-cares-act-grants-now-available-museum-and-library-services

"...dozens of Juilliard students who now are quarantined in their respective homes bring a socially distant approach to the classic orchestral composition [Maurice Ravel's Bolero]." Worth a watch if you enjoy the arts--about 9 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzkn-jX-JU
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259612624066666498

Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations
American Library Association
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