News Roundup (Items from LOCKSS, DPLA, Zepheira, New Brave Ad-Blocking Browser, and More))
1. Milestone: LOCKSS Software Now Preserving Over 1000 “Long Tail” Journal Publishers
2. Site Creates Unauthorized Searchable Database of Info of Jacksonville State University Students, Faculty (Via Office Of Inadequate Security Blog)
3. Agenda For DPLAFest 2016 (April 14-15, 2016 in Washington DC) Now Available
4. Milestone: Library of Congress Veterans History Project Archives 100,000th Veteran’s Collection
5. Boston University Libraries Choose Zepheira to Convert Catalog to Linked Data
6. Clearing Google’s Hurdle, Brave’s Ad-Blocking Browser Arrives (via CNET)
Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, News, Roundup
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.