News Roundup
1. University of Texas Libraries Launch Texas Data Repository, Powered by Dataverse
||| Learn More About the Repository, Read: “Building the Data Environment”/Meet Jessica Trelogan, Data Management Coordinator (via TexLibris Blog) ||| Direct to Texas Data Repository
2. Digital Library Federation Introduces New and Improved Digitization Cost Calculator
3. Open Access Books: Knowledge Unlatched Shares Plans For 2017
4. US Intelligence Seeks a Universal Translator for Text Search in Any Language (via ars technica)
5. USC’s Master of Management in Library and Information Science (MMLIS) Program Receives ALA Accreditation
6. New Event: First Annual “Nationwide Reading Without Walls Month” Will Take in April 2017
7. Microsoft Joins Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition (SHLB) ||| List of All SHLB Members
8. NARA’s FOIA Committee Considers Accountability for Agency Information Offices (via Federal News Radio)
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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.