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December 20, 2017 by Gary Price

News Roundup (December 20, 2017)

December 20, 2017 by Gary Price

1. Infographic: JSTOR and Artstor 2017 Year in Review
2. SPARC Europe, JISC, and U. of Cambridge Announce “New Competition to Engage More Researchers With Research Data ||| The Details: Deadlines, Criteria, Process, etc. (2 pages; PDF)
From the Web Page: “We look forward to applications from all parts of the world!”
3. Facebook Rejects 31% of All Piracy Takedown Requests (via Torrent Freak)
4. Milwaukee Journal and Sentinel Newspaper Archives Are Back on the Web (via Milwaukee Journal)
5. ORCiD’s Directors Share 2017 Accomplishments
6. Inside the Natural History Museum’s (UK) Mission to Archive All of its 80 Million Items (via Wired)

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Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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