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May 19, 2017 by Gary Price

1. Authors Alliance Celebrates Three Years!
2. Oxford Internet Institute Launches Digital Ethics Lab: Tackles Ethical Challenges Posed by Digital Innovation
3. DPLA Reharvests All Biodiversity Heritage Library Data (BHL), Over 187,000 Records Now Accessible
4. Request for Public Comments on IFLA Interlibrary Loan Guideline
MORE TO COME

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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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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