POLICY & ADVOCACY UPDATES
-- Continuing: Join the Unite Against Book Bans campaign. Tell your friends and colleagues.
https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/
-- Upcoming: Alan Inouye looks forward to speaking at the upcoming AALL Conference in Boston. Hope to chat with folks while there--let me know if you'll be around.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1676409761242271747
At ALA Annual: FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel announces proposal to expand eligible services for E-rate program for libraries.
https://twitter.com/JRosenworcel/status/1673350706823331840
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1672362418075234307 https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairwoman-rosenworcel-announces-learn-without-limits-initiative
https://twitter.com/SenatorLujan/status/1673446303978647553
At ALA Annual Conference: Rally for the Right to Read, headlined by Ibram X. Kendi. Set the tone for the conference. Thanks again to sponsors and partners Ingram Content Group, EBSCO Information Services, and Penguin Random House.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92618-freedom-fighters-ibram-x-kendi-kicks-off-ala-2023-with-a-powerful-message-to-librarians.html
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1672541790895833088
https://www.wbez.org/stories/ibram-x-kendi-to-headline-right-to-read-rally-in-chicago/61d998e0-ffeb-4499-82f8-66dd74c92b3e
ALA Policy Corps cadre on intellectual freedom speak out at the ALA Annual Conference
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/louder-together/
ALA, AAP Reaffirm Landmark Freedom to Read Statement on 70th Anniversary
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/92653-ala-aap-reaffirm-landmark-freedom-to-read-statement-on-70th-anniversary.html
https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-freedom-read-65ff9855cb1c0ec263970c5170de11dd
ALA endorses nomination of Anna Gomez as a FCC Commissioner and re-nominations of Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr as FCC Commissioners.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1671265667973275649
https://www.regulations.gov/comment/NTIA-2023-0002-0193
ALA submitted comments on funding programs under the Digital Equity Act to the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1670890280092835840
"Behind E-Books, Libraries Find Restrictions and High Costs," Government Technology
https://www.govtech.com/biz/data/behind-e-books-libraries-find-restrictions-and-high-costs
ALA, as part of the Library Copyright Alliance, submitted comments on artificial intelligence and copyright to the Office of Science and Technology Policy
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1677126008808300546
ALA as part of the Library Copyright Alliance joined the Access to Knowledge Coalition to comment on the latest draft of the WIPO Broadcast Organizations Treaty (SCCR/43/3), focusing on fixation and limitations and exceptions.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1675492033581006849
"How new tactics have driven a spike in book ban attempts," The Hill
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/4086695-how-new-tactics-have-driven-a-spike-in-book-ban-attempts/
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American Library Association
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