News Roundup (September 5, 2018)
1. Connecticut State Library Receives Supplemental Grant to the Previously Awarded Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program EXCITE Transformation for Libraries Project
2. New Grant Allows Kansas City Public Library to Expand Pioneering Group-Learning Program
3. New Mexico State Library Awarded $50,000 Library Leadership Grant For “Libraries Lead: A Creative Economy Initiative” Project
4. EFF Dedicates the Pioneer Awards to John Perry Barlow
5. NEW VIDEO From JSTOR and JSTOR Labs: “JSTOR Labs & the Library of Congress Labs present: Design Thinking”
See Also: Two New Digital Resources: JSTOR Labs and Library of Congress Labs Introduce “Cultural History Baseball Cards” and “Mapping America’s Past Time”
6. NISO Releases Draft Revised Transfer Code of Practice for Public Comment
7. Data Repositories: Dryad Announces the Appointment of Melissanne Scheld as Executive Director
Filed under: Awards, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, 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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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