News Roundup (July 12, 2018)
1. SPARC Europe Embarks on New Research Project Around Funders and Open Incentives and Reward Systems
2. Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL) Members Select Ex Libris Alma and Primo ||| Statement from OCUL on Selection and Collaborative Futures Initiative
3. 14-Page Affordable Care Act Website Removed from Medicaid.gov (via Sunlight Foundation)
4. Decentralized Information Curation: DIRT Protocol Raises $3M from General Catalyst, Greylock, Lightspeed, and Pantera to Build a Wikipedia for Structured Data
5. You Can Now Test Google’s Biggest Chrome Redesign In Years (via BGR)
6. Library of Congress is Spending $1.5m on a Public Congressional Research Service Reports Website. Is it Worth It? (via FedScoop)
7. FY 2019: U.S House Committee Approves Level Funding for Libraries (via ALA District Dispatch)
8) Social Media in Elections and Democracy: Social Science One Announces Public Launch, Website, and First RFP
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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.
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