ALA UPDATES
Registration now open for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference in San Diego. See you there!
https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1760009696419754297
From last week's Congressional Fly-in
Briefing day
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1765384701882028474
Rhode Island delegation
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1766173230199341417
Massachusetts delegation featured in Publishers Weekly
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/94542-the-week-in-libraries-march-8-2024.html
California delegation
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1765778081610870964
New York delegation
https://twitter.com/Librarian_Eli/status/1765890435824730482
I presented and participated in the Oklahoma Library Association conference in Tulsa; PPA's Shawnda Hines was a co-panelist
Amanda Kordeleski and Tim Miller presented on Unite Against Book Bans on behalf of the ALA Policy Corps
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1766465445048054183
"Librarian Feud" at the Scholarship Bash
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1766076437201559884
Tulsa Public Library
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1766544763249897798
New column on public policy and advocacy in American Libraries magazine. First issue features Lorcan Dempsey on artificial intelligence
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1764764979331268611
ALA submitted second-round (reply) comments to the FCC on its proceeding on cybersecurity funding in the Universal Service Program
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1764394746967998668
ALA joined a coalition letter about the Administration's National Spectrum Strategy, promoting innovation and broad public priorities
https://twitter.com/WifiForward/status/1764681496579711326
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=0000018e-048f-d29d-afff-05cf063a0000
Axios article "Libraries are on the front lines of America's problems" featured ALA President Emily Drabinski
https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship
Book resumes announced by Unite Against Book Bans initiative
https://twitter.com/UABookBans/status/1759958107914907915
Coverage of SwSW session on book banning, panel included Policy Corps member Becky Calzada
https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1765451030102188238
Lee Rainie & Janna Anderson released "Experts Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040" from the Elon University Imagining the Digital Future Center. I contributed to the report, along with many others across diverse sectors.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1766943795331912096
ALA opposed S. 835, the ''Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act'' (Pro Codes Act) via a public interest coalition
https://www.arl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pro-Codes-Judiciary.pdf
NEWS AND ARTICLES AND OTHER STUFF
Skip Dye and Penguin Random House on book banning in the Wall Street Journal
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1763903718179639627
State of the Union address talks book bans
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1765957158171009114
Upcoming: The U.S. Copyright Office invites you to register to attend the upcoming online webinar, "Copyright Essentials: Copyright Myths Explained" on March 27, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. eastern time.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1766424100736471346
"The FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, is America's first presidential library. It's also the only one used by a sitting president..." from @POLITICO West Wing Playbook.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1763932677437075945
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
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