Published 01/09/20

Advocacy and Public Policy Committee News Alerts v. 5 n. 12, December 2019

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

• Bishara, Hakim. “Banksy Unveils a Political Interpretation of the Nativity Scene in Bethlehem.” Hyperallergic, December 23, 2019.
• Di Liscia, Valentina. “A Church Nativity Scene Makes a Statement About Border Detentions.” Hyperallergic, December 10, 2019.
• Di Liscia, Valentina. “Mellon Foundation Pulls $1.5M Grant After UNC Settles With Neo-Confederate Group.” Hyperallergic, December 17, 2019.
• Eligon, John. “‘Who Owns Black Art?’: A Question Resounds at Art Basel Miami.” The New York Times, December 3, 2019.
• Small, Zachary. “Curator of Controversial ‘Gay Zapata’ Painting Decries ‘Dangerous Precedent for Freedom of Expression.’” ARTnews.Com, December 18, 2019.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

• Andreadis, Steve. "Copyright on the Internet." Library of Congress Copyright Blog, December 4, 2019.
• Flynn, Jacob, Rebecca Giblin, and François Petitjean. "What Happens When Books Enter the Public Domain?" Kluwer Copyright Blog, December 1, 2019.
• Hall, Allison. "Bingo!" Library of Congress Copyright Blog, December 23, 2019.

Funding

• Lynch, Robert L. "Americans for the Arts and Americans for the Arts Action Fund Issue Statement in Response to Passage of FY2020 Spending Bills." Americans for the Arts, December 17, 2019.
• "Native Hawaiian, Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants Now Available." IMLS, December 5, 2019.
• Whang, Vanessa. "Diving into Racial Equity: The MAP Fund’s Exploration." Animating Democracy, December 2019.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Duke, Ellie. "Color-blind Museumgoers in Denver Can Now See Art in Full Color." Hyperallergic, December 13, 2019.
• Jorgensen, Daryl and Mae Sevedge. "Two Case Studies in Decolonization."  American Alliance of Museums, December 12, 2019.
• Peet, Lisa. "Meeting Room Policy Protests in Toronto, Vancouver." Library Journal, December 5, 2019.
• Velez, LeTesha. "Diversity Librarianship Survey."  Librarianship.ca, December 11, 2019.
• Wagley, Catherine G. "Organizations Outside the Art World Are Better at Reaching Underserved Populations." Hyperallergic, December 16, 2019.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Ebenstein, Ruth. "The Book Truck Brings Free Books to Thousands of L.A. Students." School Library Journal, December 19, 2019.
• "How State Policy Shapes Broadband Deployment." Pewtrusts.org, December 17, 2019.
• Jensen, Kelly. "Taking from the Vulnerable: JPay, States Charge Incarcerated for Free Ebooks." Book Riot, December 5, 2019.
• Romm, Tony. "Net Neutrality Supporters Ask Court to Reconsider Ruling that Upheld FCC Repeal." The Washington Post, December 13, 2019.
• Szabo, John F. and Skye Patrick. "Opinion: A Major Publisher is Denying Library Users Access to New E-Books. That's Wrong." The Los Angeles Times, December 3, 2019.

Open Access

•  "Collaborating to Support Greater Visibility and Discoverability of Open Scholarship – DSpace 5 & 6 Extension Will Soon Enable Support for new OpenAIRE Guidelines." CARL-ABRC, December 2, 2019.
• Mandelbaum, Ryan. “Publishing Companies Are Mad That The President Might Want to Make Federally-Funded Research Open Access.” Gizmodo, December 27, 2019.
• Rabesandratana, Tania. “Elsevier Deal with France Disappoints Open-Access Advocates.” Science, December 13, 2019.
• “Swiss Researchers to Lose Access to Prestigious Journals over Open Access.” SWI Swissinfo.Ch, December 18, 2019.

Privacy

• Cappello, Lawrence. "Surveillance Is a Fact of Life, so Make Privacy a Human Right." The Economist: Open Future, December 13, 2019.
• Harwell, Drew. "Colleges Are Turning Students' Phones into Surveillance Machines, Tracking the Locations of Hundreds of Thousands." The Washington Post, December 24, 2019.
• Morrison, Sara. "California's New Privacy Law, Explained." Recode by Vox, December 30, 2019.
• Wantuck, Susan Giles. "Temple Terrace Public Library Tackles Tough Topics." WUSF News, December 23, 2019.
• Warzel, Charlie. "Will Congress Actually Pass a Privacy Bill?" The New York Times, December 10, 2019.

Technology

• "One of the world's largest private equity firms just bought one of the world's largest library ebook companies." Boing Boing, December 27, 2019
• Enis, Matt. "Ex Libris Acquires Innovative Interfaces." Library Journal, December 5, 2019.
• Ochigame, Rodrigo. "The Invention of 'Ethical AI': How Big Tech Manipulates Academia to Avoid Regulation," Intercept, December 20, 2019.
• McGivern, Hannah. "How to Make Museums More Accessible to Disabled People? Ask Them." The Art Newspaper, December 10, 2019. 

Workplace

• "8Rs and Canada’s Public Libraries." Librarianship.ca, December 8, 2019.
• Dyer, Emma. "University Loses Appeal in Library Union Case." The Chicago Maroon, December 28, 2019.
• McCulloch, Alissa. "The Price of Entry." Cataloguing the Universe, December 4, 2019.
• Reyes, Juliana Feliciano. "Why a Google Spreadsheet Was the Most Powerful Tool for Labor in 2019." The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 31, 2019.
• Seeber, Kevin. "Austerity Forever." Blog, December 3, 2019.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Amy Furness, Sarah Hamerman, Serenity Ibsen, Karly Wildenhaus, Lynora Williams, and Michael Wirtz.