PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES
Time to think about ALA Annual Conference 2024 this summer in San Diego! Registration opens on February 20.
https://twitter.com/ALAConferences/status/1749504223761276966
ALA filed comments on the e-rate hotspot proceeding at the FCC. Learn Without Limits!
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748145244556698089
ALA filed second round (reply) comments on net neutrality with the FCC
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748871333818102088
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/copyright/copyrightcases/23-1260%20Amici%20Brief.pdf
ALA joins 100 civil society groups to call for net neutrality
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1748872200558370972
ALA, through the Library Copyright Alliance, calls for an expansion to DMCA exemptions regarding preservation for out-of-commerce software.
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1744430403732070847
"Emily Drabinski: Will Congress Keep Its Broadband Promise? Or will it cut the cord for millions of Americans? In Broadband Breakfast.
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/2024/01/emily-drabinski-will-congress-keep-its-broadband-promise/
ALA's letter noting the accomplishments of Crosby Kemper's 4-year term as IMLS director
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/libfunding/fed/IMLS%20Director_124.pdf
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1750273042888941713
Our Megan Janicki talks libraries and economic opportunity with the US Conference of Mayors
https://twitter.com/LibraryPolicy/status/1749471663266079088
Lisa Varga named Librarian of the Year by Library Journal (she is a member of the ALA Policy Corps)
https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/speaking-up-lisa-varga-is-ljs-2024-librarian-of-the-year
Reporting about the Gen Z and Millennials report by Kathi Berens and Rachel Noorda published by ALA
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1741296881035042898
Andrew Pace, former ALA Executive Board member, named ARL Executive Director
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1739699576477818995
Article about Penguin Random House and its book banning efforts in the Wall Street Journal: "A Publishing Giant's Risky Fight Against Book Bans."
(PRH is a national partner on Unite Against Book Bans among other ALA things)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/penguin-random-house-book-ban-publishing-giant-risky-fight-230eb685?mod=wknd_pos1
Call for TPRC52 conference proposals (information policy conference; I'm on the board)
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Announcing-the-TPRC52-Call-for-Proposals.html?soid=1135726906650&aid=ivM2G-85BrU
From my travels: The Abrehot Library, new public library in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1742208965717451239
Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.
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American Library Association
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