Thursday Roundup
1. ALA Announces $500,000 in “Libraries Ready to Code” Grants For 28 Libraries in 21 States Plus District of Columbia
2. New Resource: The Center for Open Science and EarthArXiv Launch Branded Preprint Service
3. Book Publisher Sales Were $5.72 Billion in the First Half of 2017, Ebook Publisher Sales Down 4.6%; Audiobook Publisher Sales Up 32%
4. Biodiversity Heritage Library Adds 43 New In-Copyright Titles as Part of Expanding Access to Biodiversity Literature Project
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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.