[Nmtriblibs] Fwd: PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY UPDATES (January 29, 2024)

Mon Jan 29 09:49:09 MST 2024

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Cassandra E. Osterloh (Cherokee Nation), MLS, MA
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[cid:3b14c4f7-7a15-409e-9ea0-e92c3782d302]Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator
Library Development Bureau, New Mexico State Library
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Santa Fe NM 87507

ALA-APA Councilor, NM Chapter

505-264-2427 (cell)
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cassandra.osterloh at dca.nm.gov
Learn more: Tribal Libraries Program<https://nmstatelibrary.org/services-for-new-mexico-libraries/tribal-libraries-program/>
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Public Policy and Advocacy updates, lots going on.

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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

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