News Roundup
1. Archive of Michael Ondaatje, Author of “The English Patient,” Acquired by UT Austin’s Harry Ransom Center
2. University of Illinois Rare Book And Manuscript Library Acquires Papers of Poet Haki Madhubuti and Third World Press
3. Tony Marx, President of The New York Public Library, is C0-Chair of New Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy
4. Open Textbooks: OpenStax Partners With Katalyst To Deliver Free Textbooks To Poland
Note: OpenStax recently announced a partnership in the UK.
5. Northeastern University: Dan Cohen, Dean of Libraries, Addresses Faculty Senate
Filed under: Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Roundup
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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