News Roundup
1. Revised Agreement: MIT Libraries and Harvard Library to Continue Expanded Access and Borrowing Privileges
2. A New Platform For SAGE Journals Now Live, Powered by Atypon’s Literatum
See Also: SAGE Journals Migration Information Portal
3. Elsevier Journals are Back Online at 60 German Institutions that had Lost Access (via Science)
Official Statement from Elsevier
Background: Sixty Major German Research Universities Reject Elsevier’s Nationwide Licensing Offer, No Full Text Access Expected on Jan 1st (Dec. 15, 2016)
4. Gartner Says Worldwide Sales of Smartphones Grew 7 Percent in the Fourth Quarter of 2016
5. Ghostery Acquired by Cliqz Browser
6. UK National Nuclear Archive Opens in Scotland (via WNN)
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.