News Roundup
1. Read as You Ride! TEXAS: A New BiblioTech (All-Digital Public Library) Joint Partnership Makes It Easier and Faster to Access Materials While Riding San Antonio Region Public Transportation
2. University of Cincinnati’s Digital Scholarship Center Awarded a $900,000 Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
“research on machine learning and data visualization in multiple disciplines in the humanities and beyond.”
3. Publishing Platforms: Positive Evaluations of Open Access Monograph Platform Kriterium (via OpenAccess.se)
4. De Gruyter and United Nations Cooperate on Open Access Book Project
5. ProQuest: Ebook Central Enhances Accessibility for Researchers
6. New Engineering Network Launches on SSRN
7. Geospatial Open Data Available From Official National Sources Across Europe (via European Open Data Portal)
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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.