News Roundup
1. Chicago Public Library Releases “Best of the Best Books 2017” Lists (Adults, Teens, Kids)
2. PLOS (Public Library of Science) Reports $1.7M Loss in 2016 (via The Scholarly Kitchen)
3. Amazon Web Services Begins Offering Tools, Services to Create VR/AR Content
New service is named Sumerian.
4. The Electrochemical Society Plans to Launch a Preprint Archive, ECSarXiv
Will be powered by COS.
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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.