Hi all,
My apologies to everyone. I have been locked out of my ALA account for a couple of weeks. I finally gained access this morning! PHEW!
Our agenda and meeting notes from September 16, 2024 are below:
Here is our agenda for today:
I Introductions, Kevin Walker, Alison Payne, Kaitlyn Tanis-chair, Natalie Marquez-vice chair, Laura Hall, Jim Abernathy, Nancy Calabrese, Lorely Ambriz, Brett Spencer, Sarah Mchone-Chase
II Quick Rundown of Work and Responsibilities
a Here is the Legislative Agenda for 2024-2025
III Share Draft of new Legislative Agenda for 2025 - 2026
a Discuss sections and responsibilities
Usually set the end date for May and then we (NEM/KT) submit,
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Spring meeting in April to ask for edits,
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So done with edits by March?
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Add emerging technologies to the main area
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Add DEIA-TOPIC IS BROAD, so would have to decide what to include and be specific
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FAFSA problems for last year, separate topic or incorporated in another topic
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Divy up sections
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- Upholding Intellectual Freedom - Natalie, Kaitlyn, Sarah
- Federal Funding for Libraries - Kevin
- Net Neutrality - H, Nancy
- Safety and Security of Artificial Intelligence - Jim, Natalie, and Lorely
- Open Access and Federally Funded Research - Natalie
- Affordable College Textbook Act - Kaitlyn, Brett, Nancy
- Watchlist:
- Proposed Elimination of the IPEDS Academic Libraries Survey - Allison
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA)/Immigration Issues - Natalie
- Environmental Impact of Data Centers and Emerging Technologies - Jim
- Consumer Data Privacy - Natalie, Kaitlyn
- Accessible Instructional Materials - Brett, Lorely
Good to Know - Kaitlyn
-Do research on topics and touch base with co-authors, make comments on the document
-Will meet at the end of October, KT will send out doodle poll with a couple of dates starting mid-October to the end of October
-West Coast committee members like this time-10am-as a good meeting time.
-NEM will put the minutes on ALA Connect-when it is fixed.
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Natalie Marquez
Library Assistant 4
University of California, Irvine
She/Her/Hers
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