News Roundup (June 19, 2018)
1. Recent Documents Digitized Through the DigiLab at Library and Archives Canada
2. De Gruyter Acquires Düsseldorf University Press
3. Emerald Launches a New Open Research Publishing Platform – Emerald Open Research – in Partnership With F1000
4. The Library of Congress Doesn’t Want to Pay Writers? (via The Washingtonian)
5. Value of UK Publishing Industry Increases 5% to £5.7bn (via Publishers Association) ||| Additional Info via The Bookseller
6. Apple Loses Last Siri Cofounder and Search Chief (via Seeking Alpha)
7. Wikimedia Foundation and Kiwix Partner to Grow Offline Access to Wikipedia
8. Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) Stands Against Language-Based Pricing in Recent Negotiation, Group Will Not be Renewing its National License with Cairn, an Aggregator 0f Francophone Publications
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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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