News Roundup (Monday December 4, 2017)
1. For Kids Under 13 Facebook Launches “Messenger Kids”, A Standalone Messaging App Controlled From Parent’s/Guardian’s Facebook Account
UPDATE December 7: Facebook’s New Messenger App for Kids Has Congress Asking About Privacy (via Recode)
2. Ex Libris Academy: New Self-Service Training Platform for Ex Libris Product Certification Programs
3. World’s Most Popular Audio File Format Arrives at Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons Now Supports MP3 File Uploads
4. Texas: Brownstone Book Fund Donates 100 New Children’s Books to Libraries Recovering from Hurricane Harvey (via TSLAC)
5. STM Association Publishes Recommendations on the Next EU Framework Programme (FP9) on Open Access and Open Science (3 pages; PDF)
Filed under: Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Open Access, 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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