News Roundup
1. U.S. Census Bureau Adds International Trade Statistics to its API ||| API: Trade Statistics Documentation
2. The Authors Guild Sends Letters to U.S. Congress in Support of Libraries and Library Finding
Healthy libraries nurture authors and develop readers; they are a fundamental part of a functioning publishing ecosystem.
3. Cengage Announces Major Initiative to Counterfeit Course Materials
Cengage print products will include a unique certification seal developed by an expert third-party certification company. The seal includes a QR code and one-off indicators that verify the product’s authenticity.
4. Roundup: Apple’s Big Announcements From Today’s WWDC 2017 Keynote (via IMore) & The 11 Most Exciting New Features Coming To The iPhone And iPad in iOS 11 (via BGR)
5. Interim Business Plan For Sustaining the Thor Federated PID Infrastructure and Services (via THOR)
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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.