News Roundup (March 6, 2017)
1. Purdue University Research Repository Gets Makeover
2. Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) Posts 2017 Year-in-Review
3. The Biodiversity Literature Repository Passes the 200,000-Items Milestone
4. Wikimedia Releases Eighth Transparency Report ||| Full Text Report
5. Indiana: Allen County Public Library Gets $1 Million Grant For Literacy Program (via The Journal Gazette)
6. LITA Issues Statement Against the Ballot Measure and in Favor of the MLIS-Preferred for Next ALA Executive Director
Statements From Other Divisions
- Text of Statement From ALA Division Presidents to ALA President Jim Neal
- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
- Public Library Association (PLA)
- Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
- Timeline of ALA Executive Director Search (via PLA)
Filed under: Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Public Libraries, 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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