News Roundup
1. Live Tomorrow (Tuesday, July 12, 2017):Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Holds Twitter Chat on Future of Open Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Chat is scheduled to begin at 3pm BST/10am EDT. #OASPAChat
2. First key vote on FY18 Library Funding Set For July 13 (via ALA)
Note: The bill markup will be streamed live.
3. Semantic Web: Results of the DBpedia Strategy Survey 2017 Released
4. Google Awards Grants For Immersive Journalism (Google 360)
5. State Librarian of Kansas Jo Budler Announces Retirement (via Capital-Journal) ||| Official News Release (via Gov. of Kansas)
Note: “Jo Budler: LJ’s 2013 Librarian of the Year (via Library Journal)
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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.
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