Published 04/03/20

Advocacy and Public Policy Committee News Alerts v. 6 n. 3, March 2020

COVID-19 Updates
The APPC issued a special COVID-19 news alert on March 20. Here are a few updates to that alert.

• "#CLOSETHELIBRARIES." Launched March 28, 2020.
• "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Resources for Libraries." Librarianship.ca, March 31, 2020.
• "Museum Staff Impact During COVID19." Launched March 20, 2020.
• Riley, Elliot. "LJ Survey: U.S. Public Libraries Mostly Closed, But No Consensus on Who Works and Where." Library Journal, March 26, 2020.
• Taylor, Kate. "Canada’s Museums Scramble to Promote Online Experiences as Coronavirus Shuts Their Doors." The Globe and Mail, March 18, 2020. 
• "U.S. Archive Staff Impact During COVID19 Spreadsheet." Launched March 26, 2020.
• Yadin, Hallel. "Reading List: Coronavirus Resources for Contingent GLAM Workers." Stacks on Stacks, March 14, 2020.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

• Bishara, Hakim. “A Guerrilla Projection Urges NYC to ‘Cancel the Rent’ and ‘End Bail.’” Hyperallergic, March 30, 2020.
• Bishara, Hakim. “Who’s Behind the Media Campaign Against a Decolonize This Place Organizer?” Hyperallergic, March 16, 2020.
• Boucher, Brian. “As New York and California Hospitals Face Critical Equipment Shortages, Museums and Schools Step Into the Breach.” ARTnews.com, March 24, 2020.
• Di Liscia, Valentina. “A Cultural Tradition in Spain Has Become a Symbol of Strength During Coronavirus Pandemic.” Hyperallergic, March 24, 2020.
• Farago, Jason. “The Merry-Go-Round Stopped. What Sort of Art Will Emerge?” The New York Times, March 25, 2020.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

• Algenio, Emilie, et al. "Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research." March 13, 2020.
• Gormley, Holland. "TEACHing from a Distance and Copyright Considerations." Library of Congress Copyright Blog, March 17, 2020. 
• Trosow, Sam and Lisa Macklem. "Fair-dealing and Emergency Remote Teaching in Canada." Sam Trosow (blog), March 21, 2020.

Funding

• Cascone, Sarah. "Anonymous Was a Woman Announces $250,000 in Emergency Grants for Female Artists Over 40 in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis." ArtNet News, March 30, 2020.
• Cristine, Rachael. "An Evaluation of the Stimulus Package and Resources for LAM Professionals." Rachael Cristine Consulting LLC, March 30, 2020.
• "Federal Economic Stimulus Relief Funds Provide Encouraging Support to the Nation’s Community-Based Arts and Culture Organizations Experiencing $3.6 Billion in Devastating Losses." Americans for the Arts, March 27, 2020.
• "Federal Government Invests $50M in Museums, Libraries to Address Digital Divide During COVID-19." Institute of Museum and Library Services, March 27, 2020.
• Kromer, Kathi. "Federal Relief Package Supports Libraries." American Libraries, March 27, 2020. 

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Evans, Meredith. "Making Room for Everyone." Off the Record, March 16, 2020. 
• Hicks, Dan. "Will Europe’s Museums Rise to the Challenge of Decolonisation?" The Guardian, March 7, 2020. 
• Leckrone, Bennett. "Why This 'Diversity Librarian' Wants to Make Her Job Obsolete." The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 4, 2020.
• "What You Should Know About the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and COVID-19." U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, March 19, 2020.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Bender, Maddie. "You Can Now Access 1.4 Million Books for Free Thanks to the Internet Archive." Vice, March 25, 2020.
• Bode, Karl. "Libraries Want to Turn Bookmobiles into Free WiFi Trucks During Coronavirus Lockdown." Vice, March 24, 2020.
• "Freedom-of-Information Requests Shunted to Sidelines During Virus Crisis." Burnaby Now, March 26, 2020. 
• Mentzer, Rob. "With Schools Closed, Library Parking Lots are Some Families' Only Place for Internet." Wisconsin Public Radio, March 23, 2020.
• Salam, Richard and Nina Sweig. "Public Access to Information Suffers Under Coronavirus." Columbia Journalism Review, March 25, 2020.

Open Access

• Allen, Nicole. “Annual OER Survey: Momentum Continues to Grow as Landscape Evolves.” SPARC, March 10, 2020.
• Brainard, Jeffrey. “Publishers Try out Alternative Pathways to Open Access.” Science, March 13, 2020.
• Finley, Klint. “Global Officials Call for Free Access to Covid-19 Research.” Wired, March 13, 2020.
• Heath, Victoria and Brigitte Vézina. "Now is the Time for Open Access Policies - Here's Why." Creative Commons, March 19, 2020. 

Privacy

• Boutilier, Alex. "Ottawa Wants More Time to Update Canada’s Data Privacy Laws. Critics Say We Can’t Wait." The Toronto Star, March 6, 2020. 
• Lieberman, Mark. "Massive Shift to Remote Learning Prompts Big Data Privacy Concerns." Education Week, March 26, 2020.
• Okuda, Soraya, Will Greenberg, Ben Elam, and Hayley Tsukayama. "Keeping Each Other Safe When Virtually Organizing Mutual Aid." Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 30, 2020.
• Singer, Natasha, and Choe Sang-Hun. "As Coronavirus Surveillance Escalates, Personal Privacy Plummets." The New York Times, March 23, 2020.
• Whittaker, Zack. "Maybe We Shouldn't Use Zoom after All." TechCrunch, March 31, 2020.

Technology

• Falcon, Ernesto. "Social Distancing, The Digital Divide, and Fixing This Going Forward." Electronic Frontier Foundation, March 23, 2020.
• Lepore, Jill. "The National Emergency Library is a Gift to Readers Everywhere." The New Yorker, March 26, 2020.
• Ostman, Sarah. "Fighting Fake News in the Pandemic: Using Your Library's Digital Reach to Thwart Misinformation." American Libraries, March 20, 2020.
• Toussaint, Kristin. "Makers Are Rushing to Fight Coronavirus with 3D Printed Face Shields and Test Swabs." Fast Company, March 27, 2020.

Workplace

• Brown, Meg. "When No Public Means No Paycheck." Library Journal, March 25, 2020.
• Cifor, Marika, and Brian M. Watson. "The Cost of Entry: Internships in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums Education." In iConference 2020: Sustainable Digital Communities, 525–35. Boras, Sweden: Springer, 2020.
• "Evaluating Project Design for Worker Equity." Collective Responsibility Labor Toolkit, March 31, 2020.
• "Recommendations to Funders: Promoting Equitable Approaches to Project Staff Design." Collective Responsibility Labor Toolkit, March 31, 2020.
• Schwartz, Meredith. "Gig Librarianship | Editorial." Library Journal, March 3, 2020.

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