Hello all,
Sharing Alan Inouye's recent update to the ALA Committee on Library Advocacy (COLA), as the information may be of value as you work to update the ACRL Legislative Agenda. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best, Kim,
ALA COLA Committee, ACRL Liaison
- ALA filed comments on the e-rate hotspot proceeding at the FCC. Learn Without Limits!
- twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748145244556698089
- ALA filed second round (reply) comments on net neutrality with the FCC
- twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748871333818102088
- www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/...
- ALA joins 100 civil society groups to call for net neutrality
- twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748872200558370972
- ALA, through the Library Copyright Alliance, calls for an expansion to DMCA exemptions regarding preservation for out-of-commerce software.
- twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1744430403732070847
- "Emily Drabinski: Will Congress Keep Its Broadband Promise? Or will it cut the cord for millions of Americans? In Broadband Breakfast.
- broadbandbreakfast.com/2024/01/...
- ALA's letter noting the accomplishments of Crosby Kemper's 4-year term as IMLS director
- www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/...
- twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1750273042888941713
- Our Megan Janicki talks libraries and economic opportunity with the US Conference of Mayors
- twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1749471663266079088
- Lisa Varga named Librarian of the Year by Library Journal (she is a member of the ALA Policy Corps)
- www.libraryjournal.com/story/...
- Reporting about the Gen Z and Millennials report by Kathi Berens and Rachel Noorda published by ALA
- twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1741296881035042898
- Andrew Pace, former ALA Executive Board member, named ARL Executive Director
- twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1739699576477818995
- Article about Penguin Random House and its book banning efforts in the Wall Street Journal: "A Publishing Giant's Risky Fight Against Book Bans." (PRH is a national partner on Unite Against Book Bans among other ALA things)
- www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/...
- Call for TPRC52 conference proposals (information policy conference)
- myemail.constantcontact.com/...
- From my travels: The Abrehot Library, new public library in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1742208965717451239
Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations; Interim Associate Executive Director, Public Policy and Advocacy; and Interim Chief Advancement Officer
American Library Association
1615 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Office 202-403-8218 ▪ Mobile 202-276-6738 ▪ ainouye@alawash.org
Follow Me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye
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Kim Copenhaver
Director, Access Services
Emory University
kim.copenhaver@emory.edu------------------------------