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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> alacoun-request@lists.ala.org <alacoun-request@lists.ala.org> on behalf of Aaron W. Dobbs <aaron@thelibrarian.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 11, 2020 6:02 AM<br>
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<div dir="auto">ALA Policy and Advocacy Updates<br>
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<div dir="auto">-Aaron (apologies for any phone-autocorrect shenanigans)</div>
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From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Alan S. Inouye</strong> <span dir="auto">
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Date: Sun, May 10, 2020, 10:24 PM<br>
Subject: [alacol2] Public Policy Update (May 10, 2020)</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ALA POLICY & ADVOCACY UPDATES</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Broadband is getting traction in Congress for the 4<sup>th</sup> coronavirus recovery/stimulus bill (sometimes called CARES II). Rep. Meng introduced a broadband bill in the House and Sen. Markey is expected
to introduce a similar bill in the Senate imminently. ALA endorses both bills and is advocating to move them into CARES II. Article by Marijke Visser in American Libraries magazine.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258755809615515649" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258755809615515649</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/covid-19-filling-learning-gap-broadband-access/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/covid-19-filling-learning-gap-broadband-access/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Advocacy for funding for IMLS in CARES II. Letter signed by over 100 House members. Letter co-leads are Reps. Levin, Young, and Grijalva. Letter with over 40 signatures in the U.S. Senate was sent to Senate
leadership.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://andylevin.house.gov/media/press-releases/levin-grijalva-and-young-lead-bipartisan-letter-urging-support-america-s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://andylevin.house.gov/media/press-releases/levin-grijalva-and-young-lead-bipartisan-letter-urging-support-america-s</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">House Judiciary Committee’s investigation on competition in digital markets coming to a conclusion this spring, says Rep. David Cicilline. ALA submitted comments and has been engaged throughout.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259423144693174272" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259423144693174272</a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ALA formally endorsed legislation to make states and local governments eligible for emergency paid leave tax credits.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-katko-cox-king-degette-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-make-states" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://schneider.house.gov/media/press-releases/schneider-katko-cox-king-degette-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-make-states</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Article on how college & research libraries can benefit from the CARES Act funding.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALA_ACRL/status/1258422941164933123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/ALA_ACRL/status/1258422941164933123</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many ALA Policy Corps members engaged in Virtual Library Legislative Week. Here is Qiana Johnson. Many more can be found on twitter @ALAlibrary or @LibraryPolicy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1257810343524470790" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/ALALibrary/status/1257810343524470790</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bohyun Kim on artificial intelligence and other technologies and implications for libraries, in American Libraries magazine. Kim is a member of ALA’s Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:blue"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/new-tech-revolution/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2020/05/01/new-tech-revolution/</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ALA submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate about the FY21 budgets for the Library of Congress and Government Publishing Office.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257224778399825920" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257224778399825920</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ACRL & ALA submitted comments on public access to federally-funded research to the White House Office for Science and Technology Policy.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258326858480979974" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1258326858480979974</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ALA Senior Policy Fellow Sari Feldman provides a U.S. update and overview about eBooks for IFLA.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/IFLA/status/1252975672668061696" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/IFLA/status/1252975672668061696</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Third cohort of ALA’s Policy Corps begins—article in American Libraries magazine.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/meet-the-2020-ala-policy-corps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/meet-the-2020-ala-policy-corps/</a></span></u><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Funding available from our Libraries Lead (Grow With Google) initiative for public libraries to improve job services and support for small business.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257232347814154245" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1257232347814154245</a><u></u><u></u></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ALA joined Next Century Cities in a FCC filing on the Lifeline Program.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10420161296478" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/10420161296478</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NEWS AND ARTICLES<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">IMLS announces new grant program for coronavirus response and recovery.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/news/15-million-imls-cares-act-grants-now-available-museum-and-library-services" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://www.imls.gov/news/15-million-imls-cares-act-grants-now-available-museum-and-library-services</span></a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#14171a; background:white">"...dozens of Juilliard students who now are quarantined in their respective homes bring a socially distant approach to the classic orchestral composition [Maurice Ravel's
Bolero]." Worth a watch if you enjoy the arts--about 9 min.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzkn-jX-JU" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzkn-jX-JU</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259612624066666498" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="color:blue">https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1259612624066666498</span></a><u><u></u><u></u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">Alan S. Inouye, Ph.D.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">American Library Association</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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