Legislative Advocacy and Public Policy Work for Academic and Research Library Workers

Ray Pun is the academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education, a teacher residency program in California. In addition, he is a member of the American Library Association (ALA) Policy Corps, where he collaborates with members to engage and support legislative advocacy work and priorities under the ALA.Sonya Durney is the scholarly communication librarian at the University of New England. Sonya is a member of the ALA Policy Corps and past president of the Maine Library Association (2023–2024).Tarida Anantachai is the director of talent management at the North Carolina State University Libraries. She has contributed to library advocacy work within groups such as the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and was a past president of the Eastern New York Chapter of ACRL.

• Introduction Raymond Pun, Sonya M. Durney, and Tarida Anantachai Section I. Overviews of Public Policy Issues Impacting Academic and Research Libraries Chapter 1. We’re in the Future Now: Advocating for Transformative Change in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Valerie D. Glenn and Shari Laster Chapter 2. Solving the Ebook Conundrum: Libraries, Legislation, and Advocacy in the States Kyle K. Courtney and Juliya Ziskina Chapter 3. Contract Override: The Hidden Copyright Issue in Electronic Licensing Sara Benson, Carla Myers, James G. Neal, Timothy Vollmer Chapter 4. No Clear Vision: Problems and Opportunities with the Law Regarding Equitable Access for the Blind, Visually Impaired, and Print-Disabled (BVIPD) Students Eric P. Robinson, Dick Kawooya, Clayton A. Copeland, and Brandy Fox Chapter 5. Digital Equity in Higher Education Kara Malenfant, Laurie Blandino, and Anne Craig Chapter 6. Harnessing OER Policy to Benefit All Learners Regina H. Gong and Nicole Allen Chapter 7. Digital Privacy and Policy Work in Higher Education: An Interview with Frans Albarillo Section II. Perspectives and Strategies from Academic and Research Library Workers Chapter 8. Uniting Policy, Advocacy, and Education: Reframing the Open Access Policy as a Statement of Values in a Time of Funder Mandates Miriam Rigby and Franny Gaede Chapter 9. Beyond the Legislature’s Website: Strategies and Tools for State Legislative Research that Informs Advocacy Work Jennifer Horne Chapter 10. Bridging Gaps: Librarians Fostering Intellectual Freedom Across State Lines Harley Rogers and Lindsay Decker Chapter 11. From Advocacy to Advocacy: 25 Years of GovInfo Day, the Annual Gathering of Librarians Interested in Government and Legal Information Carla Graebner Chapter 12. Partnering with Humanities Advocates to Benefit Archives Bryan Whitledge Chapter 13. Advocacy and Influence: What We Know After Fifty Years of Training and Research: An Interview with Dr. Ken Haycock Chapter 14. Getting Heard Irene M. H. Herold Chapter 15. Librarian Lobbyist? Front Lines of Virginia OER Legislative Advocacy Anita R. Walz Chapter 16. Narrow Coverage of Broadband: Librarians and Public Telecom Consultations Kris Joseph and Michael B. McNally Chapter 17. Cultivating Resistance: Academic Librarian Strategies to Mobilize the Black Community Against Book Bans Tiffeni Fontno Chapter 18. What Civil Rights Pioneers Taught Me About Advocacy: An Interview with Arnetta Girardeau Chapter 19. Conducting Research in Support of Advocacy: What We Have Learned From Analyzing the Canadian Copyright Act Review Jennifer Zerkee and Stephanie Savage Chapter 20. Minding the State Advocacy Gap: Organizing Academic Librarian-Focused State Advocacy Days Diana J. Castillo Chapter 21. Advocacy for Intellectual Freedom in a State Library Association: Recent Experiences from Virginia Keith Weimer and Shari Henry Chapter 22. Federal Requests for Information: Responding to Advocate and Develop Campus Networks Abigail Goben and Andrew Boyd About the Authors