PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES
à Upcoming Webinar. ALA/PPA is partnering with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) on the "We Can Do This" campaign to share trusted information about COVID-19 vaccines with parents and families with children younger than 12. Free webinar on May 25, 2 pm Eastern.
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=366
à FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is the featured speaker at the Opening General Session of the 2022 ALA Annual Conference. Registration:
https://twitter.com/ALAConferences/status/1525919198341480448
--> Action. Organizations: Please endorse the Airwaves for Equity proposal to dedicate some spectrum auction revenue for digital equity & inclusion. Funds would flow to libraries & other community anchor institutions – relevant for all library types.
https://www.airwavesforequity.org/#endorse
https://www.airwavesforequity.org/
--> Action. Please sign up/endorse the Unite Against Book Bans campaign
https://twitter.com/UABookBans/status/1515418043442249729
--> Action. Hiring a project coordinator, based in our Washington office. Apply or let your friends know!
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1513461005308907525
à Action. Funding available to support library adoption of the PLA DigitalLearn online courses and training materials. Apply now.
https://www.ala.org/pla/initiatives/digitalliteracy/incentive
à New Book. "Libraries That Build Business," Megan Janicki, editor, just published by ALA. There will be a book party during the annual conference. Join us! Food and drink!
https://twitter.com/alaeditions/status/1524048952651304961
ALA PPA staffers Shawnda Hines and Megan Cusick presented at the New York Library Association Spring on the Hill event.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1526669518893989888
ALA submits comments to the FCC to oppose the proposal for a centralized database and system for bids in the E-rate program.
https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/search-filings/filing/104270059721415
"CASE Act: Implications for college and research libraries" in College & Research Libraries News, ACRL. By Sara Benson, Carla Myers, and Tim Vollmer (all members of the ALA Policy Corps)
https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/25453/33363
"Let's Keep Driving Forward on Connected Cars & Next-Gen Wi-Fi," op-ed in Real Clear Policy. By Ian Adams & Kathleen Burke , Deborah Collier , Alan S. Inouye , Ryan Johnston , Andrew Jay Schwartzman , Joel Thayer.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/05/06/lets_keep_driving_forward_on_connected_cars_and_next-gen_wi-fi_830898.html
ALA Policy Corps Cohort IV completes its initial training workshop in Washington
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1519064315424382976
NEWS, ARTICLES, RESOURCES
First batch of Notices of Funding Opportunity for the NTIA's broadband funding programs under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1525186123793846272
Rhode Island digital books bill passes Senate Committee unanimously. Now goes to the full Senate.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/89385-rhode-island-advances-its-library-e-book-law.html
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks visits the Los Angeles Public Library
https://twitter.com/LAPublicLibrary/status/1522002731791134720
The Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has won a 2022 AIA/ALA Library Building Award!
https://twitter.com/dcpl/status/1526923253503115264
"Opinion: Make e-books available to all," op-ed in the Connecticut Post by Alice Knapp
https://www.ctpost.com/opinion/article/Opinion-Make-e-books-available-to-all-17080350.php
Islands of hope': Ukrainian libraries respond to Russian invasion in surprising and heartbreaking ways - here's how. Webinar with 11 Ukrainian librarians and their colleagues.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1519364035338248193
Heritage War: Preserving Ukraine's cultural treasures with digital tools. On the PBS NewsHour.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1520186817273864193
Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations
American Library Association
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