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Day in Review (June 19, 2020)

ARL Member Libraries

LSU Board of Supervisors Unanimously Pass Resolution to Remove Troy H. Middleton’s Name from Library
https://www.lsureveille.com/news/lsu-board-of-supervisors-unanimously-pass-resolution-to-remove-troy-h-middletons-name-from-library/article_7b5fc136-b248-11ea-92bc-57f0a49a4e32.html

VIDEO: Workers Remove Middleton Name from LSU Library after Board of Supervisors Vote
https://www.wbrz.com/news/workers-remove-middleton-name-from-lsu-library-after-board-of-supervisors-vote/

U of Maryland: “We stand with dreamers. We celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision not to end the DACA program, which ensures vulnerable members of the UMD community have the opportunity and security to pursue higher education.”
https://www.lib.umd.edu/news

U of Missouri Libraries: Town Hall Notes and Recording 6/10/20
http://library.missouri.edu/news/staff-news/town-hall-notes-and-recording-6-10-20

Using Open Pedagogy to Engage LIS Students: A Case Study (author from U Buffalo)
https://jlsc-pub.org/articles/abstract/10.7710/2162-3309.2357/

 

ARL-Funded Project

Project to Study Jim Crow Laws Receives Additional Grant Funding
https://library.unc.edu/2020/06/venture-fund-grant-for-on-the-books/

 

Higher Education

Columbia and Howard Universities Launch US African American Redress Network
https://news.columbia.edu/news/columbia-and-howard-universities-launch-african-american-redress-network

MIT Statement on Juneteenth
https://news.mit.edu/2020/letter-president-reif-mit-marks-juneteenth-0618

CAUT Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day
https://www.caut.ca/latest/2020/06/caut-statement-national-indigenous-peoples-day

Journal Statement: Digital Humanities Quarterly (DHQ) Statement on Black Lives Matter and Structural Racism
http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/14/1/000846/000846.html

 

Other (Including Policy)

AAP Joins Amicus Brief in United States v. Bolton
https://publishers.org/news/aap-joins-amicus-brief-in-united-states-v-bolton/

APLU Applauds Confirmation of Sethuraman Panchanathan as Director of the National Science Foundation
https://www.aplu.org/news-and-media/News/2020/06/18/aplu-applauds-confirmation-of-sethuraman-panchanathan-as-director-of-the-national-science-foundation

Sen. Sherrod Brown  Releases New Proposal That Would Protect Consumers’ Privacy from Bad Actors
https://www.brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/brown-proposal-protect-consumers-privacy

TAA Council Issues Statement on Racism
https://blog.taaonline.net/2020/06/taa-council-issues-statement-on-racism/

 

Curated by Gary D. Price, MLIS
Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal’s infoDOCKET
Information Industry Analyst Librarian
http://infoDOCKET.com
@infodocket

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