Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts, November 2021

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. The articles complied in the News Alerts bring to the forefront recent news from a range of perspectives designed to elicit discussion; they are not compiled to represent the views of ARLIS as an organization or the members of the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.

Previous issues can be found here: https://www.arlisna.org/news/appc-news-alert

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

• Colarossi, Natalie. “DC Comics Illustrators Seek Police Protection after Bisexual Superman Sparks Angry Threats.” Newsweek, November 2, 2021.
• Greenberger, Alex. “First-Time Exhibitors Shine at Art Basel Miami Beach as Selection Committee Pushes to Diversify.” Com, November 30, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Activists Speak Out Against Plan to Relocate NYC’s Controversial Roosevelt Statue to North Dakota.” Hyperallergic, November 29, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Bernini Bust of a Woman He Abused Exhibited Alongside Photographs of Survivors.” Hyperallergic, November 2, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “In Ceremony, Met Museum Officially Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.” Hyperallergic, November 22, 2021.
• Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De. “Maker of Totem Poles Allegedly Faked Native American Heritage.” Com, November 29, 2021.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

• Chinlund, Gregory J., and Gordon, Kelley S. “What Are The Copyright Implications Of NFTs?” October 29, 2021.
• Justice Institute of British Columbia Library. “LibGuides: Copyright Guide for Faculty: Images.” November 29, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. “Copyright Office Further Extends Timing Adjustments for Persons Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency.” NewsNet. November 5, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. 2021. “Copyright Office Invites Second-Round Comments in Publishers Protections Study.” NewsNet. November 9, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. 2021. “Copyright Office Reports Substantial Progress on CASE Act Implementation, Extends Date for Commencement of Copyright Claims Board Operations.” NewsNet. November 30, 2021.
• Van der Sar, Ernesto. 2021. “Dubious Outfit Uses Copyright Claims for Black Hat SEO Scheme.” November 26, 2021.
• Van der Sar, Ernesto. 2021. “‘The Pirate Bay Can’t Be Stopped ,’ Co-Founder Says.” TorrentFreak, November 28, 2021.

Funding

• Bishara, Hakim. “A $6M Program Will Support POC-led Arts Organizations in the South.” Hyperallergic, November 3, 2021.
• Di Liscia, Valentina. “Brooklyn Museum Gets Historic $50 Million Capital Infusion From New York City.” Hyperallergic, November 22, 2021.
• “IMLS Releases FY 2021 Annual Financial Report.” IMLS, November 15, 2021.
• “NEA Announces American Rescue Plan Grants to Local Arts Agencies.” NEA, November 18, 2021.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Christopher, Rob. “Library Services and Incarceration.” News and Press Center, November 19, 2021.
• Jensen, Kelly. “Library of Congress Subject Heading Change Doesn’t Address the Real Issue.” BOOK RIOT, November 15, 2021.
• Kickstarter: “The Nib Launches Campaign for Be Gay, Do Comics: A Queer Comics Anthology.” Rainbow Round Table Book and Media Reviews. November 30, 2021.
• “Library of Congress Changes Illegal Aliens Subject Heading.” American Libraries Magazine, November 12, 2021.
• Page, Sydney. “ Commissioners Called LGBTQ Gathering a ‘Hate Group’ and Denied Funds to Library Where It Was to Meet. So Citizens Stepped In.” Washington Post, November 29, 2021.
• Szalusky, Stephanie. “The American Library Association Opposes Widespread Efforts to Censor Books in U.S. Schools and Libraries.” News and Press Center, November 29, 2021.
• “Retention of Racialized Academic Librarians in the U.S. and Canada Survey.” ViMLoC: Visible Minority Librarians of Canada, November 4, 2021.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• “Campaign Against Library Censorship.” Language Magazine, November 17, 2021.
• Goldberg, Michelle. “Opinion | A Frenzy of Book Banning.” The New York Times, November 12, 2021.
• NBC News. “South Carolina Governor Calls for LGBTQ Book to Be Banned in Schools.” November 12, 2021.
• Bangor Daily News. “Opinion: Libraries, and the Books in Them, Must Reflect the Diversity of Thought and Values in Their Communities.” November 27, 2021.
• Manfredi, Angie. “How To Fight for the Freedom To Read.” Harper’s BAZAAR, November 4, 2021.

Open Access

• “Coffee & Conversations: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OER.” Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS), November 30, 2021.
• Mendez, Anahi. “OpenSkill Will Fund Open Access, Interactive Online Learning for Students.” ASU News, November 2, 2021.
• Morgan, Tannis, Elizabeth Childs, Christina Hendricks, Michelle Harrison, Irwin DeVries, and Rajiv Jhangiani. “How Are We Doing with Open Education Practice Initiatives? Applying an Institutional Self-Assessment Tool in Five Higher Education Institutions.” The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, November 2021.
• Myllykoski, Matti. "Libraries and Scholars on the Green Path to Open Access: Services, Policies, and Challenges." Atla Summary of Proceedings, November 24, 2021.
• Stoddard, Louise. “New Agreement Announced Supporting the Directory of Open Access Journals through OhioLINK.” DOAJ News Service, November 15, 2021.
• Vézina, Brigitte. 2021. “Creative Commons Welcomes EC Recommendation On Common European Data Space For Cultural Heritage.” Creative Commons, November 19, 2021.

Digital Privacy

• “Artists, Activists Protest Use of Amazon One Palm-Scanning Tech in Concert Venues.” PYMNTS, November 17, 2021.
• Chavanic, Samantha. “Research finds US adults have context-specific views on biometric technology use.” TechXplore, November 23, 2021.
• Robertson, Adi. “Twitter bans posting pictures of ‘private individuals’ against their wishes.” The Verge, November 30, 2021.
• Sigov, Mike. “Cyber Attack Knocks Ohio County Library Computers Offline.” Government Technology, November 3, 2021.

Technology

• Albanese, Andrew. “Internet Archive Rejects Publishers’ ‘Stonewalling’ Claim in Scanning Lawsuit.” Publishers Weekly, November 25, 2021.
• Cameron, Peter. “Public Money Is Pouring Into Broadband Expansion. Will It Go Where It’s Needed Most?” In These Times, November 1, 2021.
• “How 21 Museums & Cultural Organizations Engaged with NFTs in 2021.” Cuseum. November 16, 2021.
• Gault, Matthew, and Jason Koebler. “Apple Will Tell You How to Fix IPhones, Sell Parts to the General Public.” Vice Motherboard, November 17, 2021.
• Greer, Evan. “Restore Net Neutrality, Or Facebook Will Dominate The Internet Forever.” Vice Motherboard, November 17, 2021.
• Kelly, Makena. “After COVID Boom, Ebook Aggregators Face Licensing Questions from Congress.” The Verge, November 18, 2021.
• Ovenden, Richard. “Libraries, Bitstreams and the Threat to Our Repositories of Knowledge.” Financial Times, November 3, 2021.
• Shepardson, David. “S. Senate Panel to Hold Dec 1 Hearing on FCC Nominee.” Reuters, November 23, 2021.
• Tsukayama, Hayley. “Remembering Aaron Swartz: Aaron Swartz Day 2021.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 12, 2021.
• “Why Archiving the Internet Is Vital and How a Decentralized Web Can Help | Ep. 6.” The Future Rules, November 3, 2021.

Workplace

• Feinberg, Robbie. “The Portland Museum of Art Has Reached an Agreement with Its New Union.” Maine Public, November 24, 2021.
• Irish, Anni. “MFA Boston Workers Who Unionised Go on Strike.” The Art Newspaper, November 17, 2021.
• Lewis, Andy. “Op-Ed: At the Academy Museum, Hollywood’s Own Labor History Is Left Unexamined.” Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2021.
• Owens, Trevor. “A Good Jobs Strategy for Libraries.” Library Leadership & Management, November 15, 2021.
• Real, Brian and Teague Schneiter. "2020 AMIA Annual Salary and Demographics Survey of the Field." Association of Moving Image Archivists, November 11, 2021.
• Shoenberger, Elisa. “New Temporary Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Could Impact Librarians with Student Loans.” Library Journal, November 15, 2021.
• Small, Zachary. “There Are Almost Two Dozen Director Roles Vacant in U.S. Museums Right Now. Why Does Nobody Want Them?” Artnet News, November 22, 2021.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Freyja Catton, Sarah Hamerman, Rachel Harris, Lauren McDaniel, Petra Warren, and Michael Wirtz.