News Roundup (August 17, 2018)
1. The Top 10 Most Popular Open Access ebooks in JSTOR
2. “Shark Tank” Meets Book Publishing, MIT Press to Host a Pitchfest Competition at 2018 Boston Book Festival
3. University of Minnesota: “Librarian ‘Dream Team’ Collaborates to create Free Access Public Health Website” (via continuum)
4. UNCG Receives $294,000 Grant to Expand Digital Library on American Slavery
5. FCC Chair Explains Why Agency Misled Congress on Fake Cyberattack (via Newsy)
6. National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and 12 Other Organizations Release Joint Statement: “President Trump’s Effort to Intimidate Book Publisher Will Fail”
Filed under: Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing, Roundup
About Gary Price
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.
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