Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts, December 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 compiled 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

Covid-19 Updates

• Balzer, Cass. “Put to the Test.” American Libraries Magazine, December 1, 2021.

• Bishara, Hakim. “MoMA to Mandate COVID-19 Boosters For All Staff, Leaked Email Reveals.” Hyperallergic, December 27, 2021.

• Hernandez, Joe. "Some Colleges and Universities will Start New Year Online as Omicron Spreads." NPR, December 22, 2021.

• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Facing COVID-Related Staff Shortages, Smithsonian Shutters Four Museums.” Hyperallergic, December 29, 2021.

• Sutton, Benjamin. "US Museums Close or Reduce Capacity as Omicron Variant Causes Surge in Covid-19 Cases." The Art Newspaper, December 22, 2021.

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts

• Bahr, Sarah. “A Painting of George Floyd Roils Catholic University.” The New York Times, December 24, 2021.
• Cascone, Sarah. “In a Landmark Move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Removed the Sackler Name From Its Walls.” Artnet News, December 9, 2021.
• Greenberger, Alex. “Bell Hooks, Essential Writer on Black Art and Feminism, Dies at 69.” Com, December 15, 2021.
• Kwok, Dennis WH. “Op-Ed: Hong Kong’s ‘Pillar of Shame’ Becomes Even More Powerful With Its Removal.” Com, December 31, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Two Artists Charged With Faking Indigenous Heritage to Sell Art.” Hyperallergic, December 14, 2021. .
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Why Was An Artist ‘Swarmed’ By Police During a Miami Art Fair Performance?” Hyperallergic, December 2, 2021.
• Liu, Jasmine. “Banksy Sold T-Shirts to Fundraise for Activists Accused of Toppling Edward Colston Statue.” Hyperallergic, December 13, 2021.
• Liu, Jasmine. “Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork.” Hyperallergic, December 10, 2021.

Copyright, Fair Use, Image Rights/Reuse

• Albanese, Andrew. “Education Publishers Sue Shopify for Copyright, Trademark Infringement.” com. December 1, 2021.
• Albanese, Andrew. “Judge Extends Discovery Deadline in Internet Archive Book Scanning Suit.” com. December 2, 2021.
• AP News. “‘Pooh,’ ‘Sun Also Rises’ Among Works Going Public In 2022.” December 31, 2021.
• Brittain, Blake. “YouTube Says Creators Are ‘Hiding the Ball’ With Copyright Claims.” December 14, 2021.
• Cunningham, Lynn. “Library Guides: Art History: Image Copyright.” UC Berkeley Library. December 9, 2021.
• Hancock, Holly. "Twitter Has Banned Posting of Images of People Without Their Consent.” com. December 7, 2021.
• Handler, Samantha. “Netflix, Disney Sue Streaming Sites for Copyright Infringement.” Bloomberg Law. December 3, 2021.
• Kavcar, Gülenay, and Savaş, Besray. “A New Concept of Intellectual Property: What Is Image Rights?” Kilinc Law & Consulting. December 14, 2021.
• “China to Tighten Copyright Protection in Livestreaming, E-Commerce Platforms by 2025.” US News & World Report. December 29, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. “Copyright Office Proposes Small Claims Procedures for Active Proceedings and Evidence.” NewsNet, Issue 938. December 8, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. “Copyright Office Announces a Series of Consultations on Technical Measures That Identify or Protect Copyrighted Works.” NewsNet, Issue 940. December 22, 2021.
• S. Copyright Office. “Copyright Office Ending CARES Act Timing Adjustments.” NewsNet, Issue 941. December 29, 2021

Funding

• Durón, Maximilíano. “Poetic Logic: Elizabeth Alexander Is Transforming How a Major Philanthropic Foundation Operates.” ARTnews, December 15, 2021.
• Escalante-De Matei, Shanti. “New York City to Give Record-Breaking $50 M. in Grants to Cultural Organizations.” ARTnews, December 9, 2021.
• Frisque, Michelle. "What Libraries Need to Know About the Digital Equity Act." American Libraries, December 28, 2021.
• Iyengar, Sunil. “Sweating the Big Stuff for Small Nonprofits – Plus New Jobs Numbers.” NEA, December 2021.
• Liu, Jasmine. “Docs About Jamaica Kincaid, Confederate Monuments, Repatriation and More Receive Over $20M from Ford Foundation.” Hyperallergic, December 21, 2021.
• “Native American Library Services Basic Grants Available for 2022.” IMLS, December 1, 2021.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA)

• Carrasco, Maria. “Disabled Student Unions Fight for Better Accessibility.” Inside Higher Ed, December 17, 2021.
• "How Steven D. Booth Does History." Contingent Magazine, December 30, 2021.
• Nicoll, Gina. “Why Police Shouldn’t Be in Libraries (And How to Help Change That).” BOOK RIOT, December 2, 2021.
• Nonko, Emily. “Libraries Will Lead the Equitable Recovery.” Next City. Accessed December 20, 2021.
• Roach, Stephanie M. “Still Changing the Subject: Examining Library of Congress Subject Headings and Considering Options for Change” Council of California Community College Chief Librarians, December 2021.

Intellectual Freedom/Access to Information

• Flood, Alison. “Malcolm X’s Former Prison Cell Becomes First of 1,000 Planned ‘Freedom Libraries.’” The Guardian, December 7, 2021.
• Goldberg, Michelle. "A Frenzy of Book Banning" | GUEST COMMENTARY - Baltimore Sun, December 7, 2021.
• Logan, Erin B. “Essential Politics: On the Politics of Banning Books.” Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2021.
• Walsh, Mark. "Yanking Books from School Libraries: What the Supreme Court Has Said, and Why It's Murky." Education Week, December 15, 2021.

Open Access

• Bamforth, Emily. "Wiley Acquires Knowledge Unlatched, Expanding Open Access Publishing Efforts." EdScoop, December 2, 2021.
• "COPIM Statement on the Corporate Acquisition of OA Infrastructure." Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs, December 15, 2021.
• Smalley, Suzanne. "MIT Press Plans to Release Many Spring Titles Open Access." Inside Higher Ed, December 14, 2021.
• “University Libraries Publishes ‘Art History Dissertations’ Online Bibliography.” Penn State University Libraries, December 9, 2021.
• Vezina, Brigitte and Catherine Stihler. "Digital Services Act -- Is the EU Legislative Train on the Right Track?" Creative Commons Blog, December 21, 2021.

Digital Privacy

• Bignoli, Callan, Sam Buechler, Deborah Yun Caldwell and Kelly McElroy. "Rejecting Crisis Surveillance Capitalism in Academic Libraries." Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, December 15, 2021.
• Cohn, Cindy. “2021 Year in Review.” Electronic Frontier Foundation, December 23, 2021.
• Di Liscia, Valentina. “New Twitter Policy Bans Posting Photos of People Without Consent.” Hyperallergic, December 1, 2021.
• Dressler, Virginia. “Book review of ‘Cyber Privacy: Who Has Your Data and Why You Should Care’.” ALA: Choose Privacy Every Day, Voices for Privacy Blog, December 20, 2021.
• McCabe, David. “The Companies Benefiting from Fragmenting Internet Privacy Rules.” New York Times, December 27, 2021.
• Tabor, Nick. "Is New Orleans Trading Internet Access for Corporate Surveillance," The New Republic, December 27, 2021.
• Yoose, Becky. “Libraries (and Archives) as Information Fiduciaries? Part Three.” ALA: Choose Privacy Every Day, December 14, 2021.

Technology

• Aton, Francesca. “Forrest Nash on the Importance of Documentation and Accessibility in Digital Archiving.” ARTnews, December 10, 2021.
• Enis, Matt. “Maryland Passes Law Requiring Publishers to License Ebooks to Libraries Under ‘Reasonable Terms.’” Library Journal, December 9, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “Artists Say Plagiarized NFTs Are Plaguing Their Community.” Hyperallergic, December 28, 2021.
• Liu, Jasmine. “New Study on NFTs Deflates the ‘Democratic’ Potential for the Medium.” Hyperallergic, December 3, 2021.
• Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De. “NFTs Will Get a Dedicated Physical Museum in Seattle Next Month.” ARTnews, December 3, 2021.
• Povoledo, Elisabetta. “A Vatican Library Shortens the Distance Between Its Works and Its Scholars.” The New York Times, January 1, 2022.
• Young, Jeffrey R. “The Surprising History of Google’s Push to Scan Millions of Library Books.” EdSurge, December 21, 2021.

Workplace

• “AWEF Sunsetting December 31, Having Supported 188 Archivists in Need | Society of American Archivists.” Society of American Archivists, December 13, 2021.
• Bailey, Gregory. “Walters Art Museum Workers Should Be Able to Organize into One Union: READER COMMENTARY.” Baltimore Sun, December 20, 2021.
• Lederman, Doug. “Higher Ed Workforce Shrank by 4% in Fall 2020.” Inside Higher Ed, December 14, 2021.
• Liscia, Valentina Di. “While 11% of Staff Was Laid Off, Guggenheim Director Made Record $1.5 Million.” Hyperallergic, December 20, 2021.
• Nathanson, Rebecca, Astra Taylor, Ryann Liebenthal, Max Rivlin-Nadler, Natalie Shure, Laura Weiss, Molly Osberg, and Cora Currier. “The 20-Year Fight to Unionize Graduate Student Workers.” The New Republic, December 14, 2021.
• “Northwestern Library Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Unionize.” SEIU Local 73, December 3, 2021.

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