News Roundup (February 21, 2018)
1. UBC (University of British Columbia) Library is Launching Project to Support Faculty in the Creation of Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources
2. OCLC Introduces Syndeo: A New Suite of Services for National and Regional Library Collaboration and Sharing
3. OCLC Extends WorldShare Management Services Mobile Capabilities Worldwide
4. Frontiers Partners with Figshare to Promote Open Data
5. Introducing PlumX Analytics on SSRN Author Profile Pages
6. Poland: Elsevier Signs National Licensing Agreement For SciVal
7. CDL and DuraSpace Launch Open Community Outreach Initiative For ARK Identifiers
8. Research4Life Announces Several Enhancements for Program Users
9. Open Access: Iowa State University Joins Luminos (U. of California Press) Member Library Program
10. Missouri Gov. Greitens Bans Public Business On Encrypted Messaging App ‘Confide’ (via StateScoop)
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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.