PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES
>> Upcoming/Action: 2024 ALA Annual Conference in San Diego, end of June, the largest library conference in the world. Join us!
https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1782102522028609600
>> Upcoming/Action: The FCC will vote on an order for net neutrality on Thursday, April 25 at 10:30 a.m. eastern: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (WC Docket No. 23-320) and Restoring Internet Freedom (WC Docket No. 17-108). It is expected to pass by a 3-2 vote. ALA has a long history of submitting comments to the FCC in favor of net neutrality.
The open meeting will be streamed: http://www.fcc.gov/live.
Upcoming/Action: With Congress launching the FY25 budget process, library advocates need to take action. ALA Pres. Emily Drabinski: "Vibrant libraries make vibrant communities, & that takes funding." https://ala.org/news/press-releases/2024/04/ala-launches-fy-2025-fundlibraries
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>> Upcoming/Action: ALA is hiring a development director. Please spread the word!
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1777450811452276914
Spanberger, Kaine, Valadao Lead Bipartisan, Bicameral Effort to Expand Digital Skills in Workforce Training. This legislation is endorsed by ALA and we are included in the Congressional release:
https://spanberger.house.gov/posts/spanberger-kaine-valadao-lead-bipartisan-bicameral-effort-to-expand-digital-skills-in-workforce-training?emci=d3bd3707-dffc-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&emdi=ad48f6a4-fafc-ee11-aaf0-7c1e52017038&ceid=9838181
ALA applauds the U.S. Dept of Education for its new rule prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ+ students and library workers as Department funded institutions, which will bolster the freedom to read! ALA submitted comments.
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1781337796818485254
American Library Association Launches Reader. Voter. Ready. Campaign to Equip Libraries for 2024 Elections
https://twitter.com/alanews/status/1778395925309804926
Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya pens an article in American Libraries magazine. "Protecting the Equalizers: Litigation can be a valuable tool in protecting the right to read" is published in our new column on public policy and advocacy. PRH is a national partner on UABB.
https://twitter.com/penguinrandom/status/1777702314733678934
Our friends and UABB national partner Interfaith Alliance fighting against book banning and censorship:
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1777670027807690995
ALA congratulates Cyndee Landrum, a longtime library leader with a wealth of experience serving library patrons as well as library workers, on her appointment as Acting Director of IMLS
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1770823336819384742
Sen. Jack Reed highlighting libraries during National Library Week
https://twitter.com/SenJackReed/status/1777424050123321788
Celebrating the Library Journal Librarian of the Year Lisa Varga, a member of the ALA Policy Corps, at the PLA National Conference
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1776271850105983252
Public Knowledge filed a joint amicus brief with Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Library Association, and others in the Sony v. Cox trial, asking the appeals court to reconsider its finding on contributory infringement.
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1769163477027872791
ALA, as part of LCA, submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office with the Software Preservation Network, drafted by the Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School to propose expansion of the software preservation exemption (37 C.F.R. § 201.40(b)(18)).
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1777115358886826233
LA as part of LCA, submitted comments to U.S. Copyright Office with the Software Preservation Network, drafted by the Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, to propose expansion of the video game preservation exemption (37 C.F.R. § 201.40(b)(17))
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1777114688905531631
Library people have a cat thing!
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1774493867041038539
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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