News Roundup (January 19, 2018)

January 19, 2018 by Gary Price

1. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) . Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Have Signed-On as Co-Sponsors of S.2271 – Museum and Library Services Act of 2017

UPDATED March 1, 2018: Sen. Gary Peters (D- MI) Signs on as 12th Co-Sponsor

UPDATED February 15, 2018: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is the 11th Member of the Senate to Become Co-Sponsor

UPDATED February 12, 2018: Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) Signs-On as Co-Sponsor

UPDATED January 24: Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) Becomes Co-Sponsor

2. VIDEO: Louisiana: Southern University Library Inundated with Water After Pipe Burst, Extensive Cleanup Needed (via WAFB)
3. The Associated Press (AP) Fact Check Team Launches Twitter Stream

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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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.

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