PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES
Upcoming: 2021 ALA Annual Conference, headliner is Former President Barack Obama. https://2021.alaannual.org/
I will send list of sessions on public policy & advocacy in the next Update in about a week.
Upcoming: PLA Webinar: "Building Business Know-How through Data Literacy," June 16, 1pm central time. Discover the power of Census data to help your community's entrepreneurs plan and grow their businesses. #LibrariesBuildBusiness
https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/2216215226141/WN_poV99nhaT4mVqNpH-YtV1A
>> Getting $ from the American Rescue Plan Act:
>>>>> ALA's resources for the library community
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/american-rescue-plan-state-guide
>>>>> Article for school librarians
https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/how-school-librarians-can-get-a-piece-of-the-arpa-pie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-school-librarians-can-get-a-piece-of-the-arpa-pie
>>>>> Analysis of the rules for the Emergency Connectivity Fund, $ for broadband and technology for K-12 schools (including school libraries) and public libraries
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/telecom/erate/ALA%20Summary%20of%20ECF%20Order_5.19.21.pdf
Amber Gregory, chair of ALA's E-rate Task Force and the library board member of the Universal Service Administrative Corporation, named Library Journal Mover and Shaker
https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=amber-gregory-movers-shakers-2021-advocates
>> Build America's Libraries Act:
>>>>> New ALA data sheet provides information about how libraries need $ for construction and renovation
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1395745579922337793
>>>>> Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) tweets out op-ed in Anchorage Daily News
https://twitter.com/repdonyoung/status/1396898022643097621
>>>>> Op-ed in the New Haven (Conn.) Register
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1400855984755593216
Senators Murray, Portman, and King Introduce Major Bipartisan Legislation to Close Digital Divide, Promote Digital Equity (ALA endorsement for the Digital Equity Act is in the Congressional release)
https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ContentRecord_id=0EBFF33F-29C4-44CB-A4BD-6B1B1C986794
New law on library ebooks in Maryland! Release from the Maryland Library Association:
https://www.mdlib.org/files/docs/press/HB518.pdf
New York Legislature Passes Library E-book Bill (Publishers Weekly)
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86637-new-york-legislature-passes-library-e-book-bill.html
Op-ed on library ebook legislation in Rhode Island
https://twitter.com/rilibraries/status/1392973699914084361
ALA's Joint Digital Content Working Group releases report on library ebooks
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/06/ala-joint-digital-content-working-group-paper-calls-improved-access-licensing
Amazon and Digital Public Library of America announce agreement to make some Amazon-published digital books available to libraries via DPLA
https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=dpla-agreement-makes-amazon-publishing-ebooks-audiobooks-available-to-libraries
FY22 appropriations kicks off: ALA release and article in Library Journal that features our Kevin Maher
https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=fy22-federal-budget-request-includes-robust-increases-for-libraries-education
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/05/ala-welcomes-fy-2022-white-house-budget-proposal
ALA joined several prominent tech policy public interest groups in an amicus brief to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sony Music Entertainment v. Cox Communication, Inc.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1401125623448363009
2 min. video worth a look: Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Library and its new entrepreneurship program for the formerly incarcerated. Part of our Libraries Build Business initiative.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1391135987720409091
NEWS AND ARTICLES
OverDrive to Acquire Kanopy (Publishers Weekly)
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/86608-overdrive-to-acquire-kanopy.html
FCC broadband and e-rate guru Lisa Hone goes to White House
https://twitter.com/BrianDeeseNEC/status/1401930656230391811
Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations
American Library Association
1615 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
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