Section: Features

Three Things ALCTS Members Can Do to Advocate for Net Neutrality

Features

On November 21, 2017 the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) formally announced its intention to repeal the “Open Internet Order,” a set of net neutrality rules adopted by the FCC in 2015. The five commissioners of the FCC will vote on the proposed repeal [PDF], titled “Restoring Internet Freedom,” on December 14, 2017.

What can you do to advocate for continued protections to net neutrality? Contact your representatives in Congress. Encourage your institution to sign on to a joint letter to the Energy and Commerce Committee. Contact the FCC. Keep up to date with ALA and ALCTS advocacy.

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Creating the Future of Digital Scholarship Together: Collaboration from Within Your Library

ALA Annual Conference, Conference News, Features

More than 100 people filled the room for the program “Creating the Future of Digital Scholarship Together: Collaboration from Within Your Library” held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at McCormick Place in Chicago. The program was co-sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Digital Humanities Interest Group, and the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS)—units within ALA where many library collaborators who provide digital scholarship services find their home. From their perspectives as both digital scholarship specialists and metadata specialists, panelists described the collaborative infrastructure that underpins new forms of faculty and student scholarship.

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