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Alan S. Inouye <ainouye@alawash.org>Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Subject: PUBLIC POLICY & ADVOCACY (October 30, 2022)
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PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES
--> Action. Sign up for the Unite Against Book Bans campaign. It is easy to sign up. Be informed about what's happening to libraries and library workers in the book banning & censorship arenas. And take action if you can, with ALA. Ask your candidates to take the pledge to support freedom to read and oppose book bans.
https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/ https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/pledge/ --> Action. Join ALA and AASL to thank Sen. Reed and Rep Grijalva for introducing the Right to Read Act, which highlights and advances the valued role of school librarians.
https://oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?promo_id=18192 https://twitter.com/AASLpresident/status/1582020861963702273 --> Action. Registration now open for ALA's LibLearnX conference in January 2023 in New Orleans.
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1585323254872522772 https://www.2023.alaliblearnx.org/registration ALA PPA releases "Leverage Libraries to Achieve Digital Equity for All" based on a June convening held by ALA in Washington, D.C. Thanks to the Mellon Foundation for sponsoring the convening. Aimed towards getting libraries to get a chunk of the NTIA $$$ from the IIJA in 2023 and 2024.
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/Digital_Equity_Report_102022.pdf https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1585679358206803971 ALA does Manhattan! ALA delegation meets with various organizations in the reading/publishing ecosystem.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1581738424679424002 also had the pleasure of visiting Cranston (R.I.) Public Library, directed by Ed Garcia, who is also chair of ALA's Committee on Legislation
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1580194114897063937 50+ Reps have signed Rep. Andy Levin's and Rep. Espillat's letter calling for an historic investment to #BuildLibraries & modernize facilities. The funding, already included in the Senate budget proposal, would be the first of its kind in 25+ yrs.
https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/10/more-50-representatives-urge-support-library-facilities-fy-2023 https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1586015254487896064 https://twitter.com/RepAndyLevin/status/1586007477119762434 ALA recommends Amber Gregory, Arkansas State Library, to be re-appointed to serve on the USAC board. Members of the EdLiNC coalition also endorsed her re-appointment.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/results?q=(filers.name:(%22American%20Library%20Association%22)) How the FCC and local libraries are addressing "digital redlining," featuring ALA Executive Director Tracie Hall
https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2022-10-04/how-the-fcc-and-local-libraries-are-addressing-digital-redlining Gigi Sohn was nominated to serve on the Federal Communications Commission a full year ago. ALA continues to support her confirmation and joins letter with other public interest and other organizations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/14/hundreds-allies-rally-gigi-sohns-fcc-confirmation/ https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1585292707764862978 ALA is a part of an amicus brief on the server test case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Alexis Hunley and Matthew Scott Brauer, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Instagram, LLC
https://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/22-15293-EFF-et-al-Hunley-Amicus.pdf ALA joins coalition to call for continued funding for the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF)
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/telecom/broadband/ECF%20Letter%20to%20Congress%20Oct%202022.docx-9.pdf E-rate Task Force members, ALA staff, at SHLB Conference.
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1580644655493828609 NEWS, ARTICLES, RESOURCES
Mayor Adams, New York City's Libraries Partner With Google.org, Best Buy, Joly Family Foundation To Provide Nearly $20 Million In Funding To Support Teens And Young Adults Disproportionately Impacted By Pandemic
https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/745-22/mayor-adams-new-york-city-s-libraries-partner-google-org-best-buy-joly-family-foundation-to?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7e96c3b9-326e-436a-a447-8982d69ac68b Public Libraries' Role in Workforce and Small Business Development from the Measures That Matter initiative
https://measuresthatmatter.net/research/public-libraries-role-in-workforce-and-small-business-development-a-look-across-ten-public-library-systems/ Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education: To say nothing of the fact that we don't value reading enough in the first place!
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/banned-books-libraries-crt/ Nice tweet from Sen. Jack Reed
https://twitter.com/SenJackReed/status/1582400799392428032 Main building of New York Public Library always worth a photo!
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1580009675931934720 Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
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American Library Association
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